Eileen Gu Makes Scary Claim About Reaction At Stanford To Her China Team Switch

Freestyle ski star Eileen Gu said she was physically attacked at Stanford University for representing China in the Winter Olympics rather than her native country, the United States.

Gu began her studies there in 2022 in the face of a petition created by parents of potential students and Chinese Americans to bar her admission, The Athletic wrote on Tuesday. But that wasn’t the worst of it.

“Physically assaulted on the street,” Gu told The Athletic. “The police were called.”

“I’ve had death threats,” Gu said. “I’ve had my dorm robbed.”

“I’ve gone through some things as a 22-year-old that I really think no one should ever have to endure, ever,” she added.

The Athletic wrote that it did not receive a reply from the school’s department of public safety. HuffPost has also reached out to the department and to a Gu representative for comment.

Gu appeared on campus after she gained international fame and criticism for winning two golds and a silver for China at the Beijing Games. At the Milan Cortina Games, she has added two silvers, with one event, the halfpipe, remaining.

The condemnation has festered. Ex-NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom said on Fox News this week that Gu was a “traitor” who has chosen an “authoritarian regime” after host Laura Ingraham painted her as an ingrate who now aligns with the communists.

Vice President JD Vance also threw shade at Gu. He said he was rooting for U.S. Olympic athletes “who identify themselves as Americans.”

Gu, who initiated her team switch in 2019, has defended her choice to compete for her mother’s country, China, because “the U.S. already has the representation.”

She has dismissed speculation that her decision was based on a financial windfall, although a chunk of her reported $23 million income comes from the Chinese government.

Several U.S.-born athletes compete for other countries. Gu’s defenders have suggested that the vitriol directed at her is due in part to racism and Sinophobia.