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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brittany Miller

Olympic medalist Eileen Gu claps back after JD Vance suggests she should compete for the US instead of China

American-born Olympian Eileen Gu, 22, has responded to Vice President JD Vance’s comment that she should not be competing for China in this year’s Winter Olympics.

During a Tuesday interview with Fox News, Vance suggested that because Gu was born and raised in San Francisco, California, she should compete for the United States and not her mother’s home country of China.

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