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Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - cardcrimson - 05-29-2022
Gu was named the third global ambassador for the Asia Society Southern California, following Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming. Pretty impressive resume for someone who hasn't even started at Stanford yet. Ironically, there's a Change.org post urging Stanford to revoke her acceptance to the Class of 2026.
https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3179556/eileen-gu-named-third-global-ambassador-asia-society-southern
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - old spanish trail - 05-29-2022
(05-29-2022, 09:06 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: Gu was named the third global ambassador for the Asia Society Southern California, following Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming. Pretty impressive resume for someone who hasn't even started at Stanford yet. Ironically, there's a Change.org post urging Stanford to revoke her acceptance to the Class of 2026.
https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3179556/eileen-gu-named-third-global-ambassador-asia-society-southern
She is remarkable.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - cardcrimson - 06-07-2022
And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - msqueri - 06-07-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
I mean, I think her conduct before/during/after the Beijing Olympics was a disgrace but I'll hold out hope that as she matures she avoids errors of her youth and does good for the world. I wouldn't say she should lose either citizenship or admission to Stanford but that doesn't mean I'm proud of Stanford being affiliated with somebody who blithely abetted the sportswashing of a genocidal government.
Sakibomb25 - Sakibomb25 - 06-08-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?So… is she going back to representing the US or China for future competitions? Would be interesting to see how she’s received in China if she goes back to repping the US…
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - dabigv13 - 06-08-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
Lol wut? The turncoat turns again and that makes it all better?
Gu has a price, and whoever pays it gets her support. We all know the term for that.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - ymgc22 - 06-08-2022
(06-08-2022, 09:44 AM)dabigv13 Wrote:(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
Lol wut? The turncoat turns again and that makes it all better?
Gu has a price, and whoever pays it gets her support. We all know the term for that.
Michael Chang was one of the many ambassadors for Beijing's bid for 2008 going way back. Kobe and Dirk were ambassadors for the FIBA World Cup in 2019. And Neymar is Qatar's World Cup ambassador coming this November.
Just a few examples of an ambassadorial relationship/role in international sports not necessarily meaning what people tend to think it means.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - BostonCard - 06-08-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:26 PM)msqueri Wrote:(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
I mean, I think her conduct before/during/after the Beijing Olympics was a disgrace but I'll hold out hope that as she matures she avoids errors of her youth and does good for the world. I wouldn't say she should lose either citizenship or admission to Stanford but that doesn't mean I'm proud of Stanford being affiliated with somebody who blithely abetted the sportswashing of a genocidal government.
I could not have said it better myself. She’s entitled to do what she thinks is best for her, and barring misconduct, it doesn’t merit pulling her scholarship. But those of us on the sidelines can think less of her for her actions.
BC
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - JustAnotherFan - 06-08-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:26 PM)msqueri Wrote:(06-07-2022, 08:17 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: And an update. She's now serving as an Ambassador for the US's Olympic bid to host the '30 or '34 Games in Salt Lake City. Where are those who demanded she lose her citizenship and her admission to Stanford now?
https://time.com/6184597/eileen-gu-winter-olympics-time100-summit/
I mean, I think her conduct before/during/after the Beijing Olympics was a disgrace but I'll hold out hope that as she matures she avoids errors of her youth and does good for the world. I wouldn't say she should lose either citizenship or admission to Stanford but that doesn't mean I'm proud of Stanford being affiliated with somebody who blithely abetted the sportswashing of a genocidal government.
Yeah, China is really bad. But the USA isn't so great. If we are talking genocide.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - cardcrimson - 01-28-2024
It's been a year and a half, wonder if Gu is still such a polarizing figure. Interesting article from Yahoo News:
https://news.yahoo.com/eileen-gu-chooses-above-faced-161034129.html
As the other thread regarding Gu was closed, I hope folks can be cordial on this one. . . .
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - GK3 - 01-29-2024
(01-28-2024, 01:06 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: It's been a year and a half, wonder if Gu is still such a polarizing figure. Interesting article from Yahoo News:
https://news.yahoo.com/eileen-gu-chooses-above-faced-161034129.html
As the other thread regarding Gu was closed, I hope folks can be cordial on this one. . . .
Frankly I think most of us would like decisions we made as teenagers back. Most of us were never put in the position she is in. Looking back I would say the one thing I didn't know, was how little I did know. After more than 8 decades on the planet I can only say that I would do a lot of things differently if given the chance.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - Mick - 01-29-2024
(01-29-2024, 07:50 AM)GK3 Wrote:(01-28-2024, 01:06 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: It's been a year and a half, wonder if Gu is still such a polarizing figure. Interesting article from Yahoo News:
https://news.yahoo.com/eileen-gu-chooses-above-faced-161034129.html
As the other thread regarding Gu was closed, I hope folks can be cordial on this one. . . .
Frankly I think most of us would like decisions we made as teenagers back. Most of us were never put in the position she is in. Looking back I would say the one thing I didn't know, was how little I did know. After more than 8 decades on the planet I can only say that I would do a lot of things differently if given the chance.
+1. In fact, +1,000...
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - dabigv13 - 01-29-2024
Well Gu doesn't seem to have decided that she made a mistake participating in China's sportswashing campaign as she is set to do it again. Funny to consider how capitalist her motivations for representing communist China are, and that she doesn't even really try to hide it in the interview for that article.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - ColoradoTree - 01-29-2024
The wisdom of GK3's comment really hit home for me. And I'll echo the thoughts of others earlier in the thread that hoped she would mature with age and use her incredible talents and platform to help make the world a better place. But I remain struck by the fact that she is, by any measure, an incredibly accomplished and impressive young woman.
The article says she is currently a straight-A student and is studying quantum mechanics, which strikes me as pretty darn impressive. That a single person can hold a combination of a mind like that, athletic skill like that, style like that, and business acumen like that is, well, mind-boggling.
I have some doubts as to how well the story was reported, however, since they say that Stanford requires students to take 48 units a year. But you need 180 units to graduate, so across four years, that's an average of 45 a year, or 15 per quarter, which is what Stanford suggests that students take. The minimum for full-time status remains 12 units per quarter, suggesting that Yahoo News understood quarter in the literal sense, not the academic, more-like-a-trimester sense in which Stanford uses it.
That said, 72 in her freshman year?? That's 18 a quarter including summer quarter? Wowza. That's a heckuva load. As she anticipates wanting to take some time off, she's setting herself up to take a couple quarters off to train for and compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics--so, probably Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 and then she'll still be on track to come back for a victory lap quarter on campus and graduate on time with her class.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - SkiBum80 - 01-29-2024
I have sympathy for athletes that compete at the Olympics for other than their home country, their home country being their country of birth and country where they learned and perfected their sport, ..
If they were unable to make the Olympic team in their home country.
And are able to join another country's team because of nationality of a parent or other similar reason.
However, she is not in that category. Not close. Kind of the opposite.
So regardless of her being a Stanford student, I'll root for whatever Team USA athletes are competing in freestyle skiing and hope they win and she doesn't.
But that's just me.
And of course, the value of my rooting, plus $5 cash, buys you a coffee at Starbucks.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - Mick - 01-29-2024
(01-29-2024, 11:33 AM)ColoradoTree Wrote: The wisdom of GK3's comment really hit home for me. And I'll echo the thoughts of others earlier in the thread that hoped she would mature with age and use her incredible talents and platform to help make the world a better place. But I remain struck by the fact that she is, by any measure, an incredibly accomplished and impressive young woman.
The article says she is currently a straight-A student and is studying quantum mechanics, which strikes me as pretty darn impressive. That a single person can hold a combination of a mind like that, athletic skill like that, style like that, and business acumen like that is, well, mind-boggling.
I have some doubts as to how well the story was reported, however, since they say that Stanford requires students to take 48 units a year. But you need 180 units to graduate, so across four years, that's an average of 45 a year, or 15 per quarter, which is what Stanford suggests that students take. The minimum for full-time status remains 12 units per quarter, suggesting that Yahoo News understood quarter in the literal sense, not the academic, more-like-a-trimester sense in which Stanford uses it.
That said, 72 in her freshman year?? That's 18 a quarter including summer quarter? Wowza. That's a heckuva load. As she anticipates wanting to take some time off, she's setting herself up to take a couple quarters off to train for and compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics--so, probably Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 and then she'll still be on track to come back for a victory lap quarter on campus and graduate on time with her class.
I knew, or rather had met, an individual who took one extra class per trimester AND during the summer, and graduated in less than three years. For her, it was a tuition issue...taking an extra class wasn't any more expensive.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - OCcardinal - 01-29-2024
According to Forbes, Eileen Gu was also the 2nd highest-paid female athlete in the world last year:
1. Iga Świątek (Tennis): $23.9M
2. Eileen Gu (Freestyle Skiing): $22.1M
3. Coco Gauff (Tennis): $21.7M
4. Emma Raducanu (Tennis): $15.2M
5. Naomi Osaka (Tennis): $15M
The World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2023
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - 2006alum - 01-29-2024
(01-29-2024, 03:16 PM)OCcardinal Wrote: According to Forbes, Eileen Gu was also the 2nd highest-paid female athlete in the world last year:
1. Iga Świątek (Tennis): $23.9M
2. Eileen Gu (Freestyle Skiing): $22.1M
3. Coco Gauff (Tennis): $21.7M
4. Emma Raducanu (Tennis): $15.2M
5. Naomi Osaka (Tennis): $15M
The World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2023
Klepto-communist patriotism is one hell of a drug.
RE: Eileen Gu, following Kobe and Yao - BostonCard - 06-16-2024
I missed this profile of Gu back in 2022 just before the Olympics in the Economist's sister magazine 1843. It should be a free link:
https://econ.st/3yZGNIS
I thought this paragraph was eye opening (only for its candor):
Quote:Gu and her mother declined requests for an interview for this story. Through Gu’s American agent, Tom Yaps, Gu Yan said the family would not take part unless they could review the entire article before publication – to guarantee that no criticism of China appeared in the text. “I understand how unconventional a request that is,” Yaps said, but political sensitivities were making them “very cautious”. Gu Yan, he told me, feared that “if [Eileen] participates in an article that has two paragraphs critical of China and human rights, that would put her in jeopardy over there. One thing and a career is ruined.”
BC