Eileen Gu

SO BRAVE: ESPN Gives ‘Best Breakthrough Athlete’ Award to Skier Who Renounced U.S.

This is a breakthrough? Eileen Gu, the Olympic skier who grew up in San Francisco, currently attends Stanford —and renounced her citizenship to ski for China, received the “Breakthrough Athlete of the Year” award from ESPN. From The New York Post: The decision to present Gu with the award sparked outrage on social media. The …