A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months

2020/12/0816:30:49 sports 857
After recent years of development, China has developed from a sports power to a sports power. But even so, it still faces the problem of losing outstanding athletes. When the athletes that the national team has worked so hard to train and need to win glory for the country, they join the nationality of other countries for immediate benefit. In our country's dominant sports, some athletes will choose to join other nationalities in order to show their prominence as soon as possible, so as to gain more opportunities, such as Zhang Benzhihe and Tian Zhixi. The loss of outstanding Chinese athletes is serious, but few athletes from other countries have voluntarily joined China.

A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months - DayDayNews

Maybe you will refute that athletes from other countries have also joined China, and they are everywhere in basketball and football sports. It is undeniable that those dark-skinned athletes did join China, but why did they join China and what price the Chinese team paid, don’t you know in your heart? They are not willing to join as Chinese nationals. What they value is huge salary. Just imagine, if they don't have a huge salary in exchange, could they be willing to become Chinese nationals? Obviously, they will not join Chinese nationality!

A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months - DayDayNews

But everything is not absolute, there are exceptions! There is such a young girl who gave up her American citizenship, only to become a Chinese citizen. Her name is Gu Ailing! In September 2003, Gu Ailing was born in San Francisco, California, USA. Gu Ailing's father is American and his mother is Chinese. Because he was born in the United States, he automatically obtained American citizenship. Because Gu Ailing's mother was a ski instructor, Gu Ailing has a great talent for skiing. After first contact with skiing, I fell in love with this sport deeply. At the age of 8, Gu Ailing formally learned to ski and joined the local professional ski team.

A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months - DayDayNews

In just three years, Gu Ailing has won more than 50 medals. Some people speculate that Gu Ailing must be a member of the American National Ski Team in the future, representing the United States in the Olympics and the World Cup... But everything that happened after that was far beyond everyone's expectations. When Gu Ailing returned to Beijing with her mother, Gu Ailing was deeply attracted. She fell in love with Beijing and China. After that, Gu Ailing made a bold decision: renounce American citizenship and join Chinese citizenship. Gu Ailing's decision was supported by her father and mother.

A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months - DayDayNews

In June 2019, 15-year-old Gu Ailing announced on his personal social platform that he officially became a Chinese citizen. After becoming a Chinese national, Gu Ailing participated in various ski competitions as a Chinese. In August, Gu Ailing won the gold medal at the New Zealand Open of Freestyle Ski Slope Obstacle Skills; In the same month, Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the Australian Cup Freestyle Skiing U-shaped Track Competition; in September, the Australian Cup Freestyle Ski Slope Obstacle Preseason , Gu Ailing won the gold medal; in the same month, the National Snow Federation Freestyle Skiing U-shaped venue World Cup Drona Station, Gu Ailing won the silver medal!

A 16-year-old girl gave up her American citizenship and became a Chinese citizen, earning 3 gold and 1 silver in just 3 months - DayDayNews

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