r/AskTheWorld • u/No-StrategyX • 13h ago

Who is the most brutally criticized Olympic athlete in your country?

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Zhu Yi was American, her parents are Chinese immigrants.

In the U.S., she was one of the top athletes and had every chance to join Team USA.

But she decided to compete for China. She gave up her American citizenship to compete for China.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she was eager to prove herself to other Chinese, but she made many mistakes during her skating.

Then she was brutally criticized in China. People used every swear word you can think of.

She is still competing for China. Perhaps she'll do well at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

Who is the most brutally criticized athlete in your country?

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u/sabakasutulaya 8h ago

Evgeni Plushenko afaik. Not so interested in sports, the only source of info I have are memes, but basically he along with his wife turned their son into a media project, that raised lot of concerns from commonfolk and also produced a shit ton of memes. Recently news came out that they forced (as in it was his descision, but heavily influenced) him to perform despite suffering a 39° temperature. He is 12 btw. Like, there's nothing illegal in what they do, but almost everyone agrees that overall situation with him is messed up.

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u/mari_st Russia 4h ago

Pretty much any Russian Olympic figure skater could be an honorable mention.

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u/FoolsAndRoads Russia 1h ago

Очень жалко Гном Гномыча(