American Golden Girl Keeps Winning Medals for China
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4.3 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
22 year old Eileen Gu made the decision in 2019 to ski for her mother’s home country of China rather than the U.S. Two Olympics later, and Gu is not only the most decorated female skier in her sport, but the highest paid athlete at the Winter Games. Gu has been criticized by many, including VP J.D. Vance, but she says money doesn’t motivate her, instead it’s the hope that she’s inspiring millions of young people where her mother was born.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:16.5 | It is Sunday, February 22nd, and what a show she just put on at the Olympics. |
| 0:23.2 | She's 22 years old, born and raised in San Francisco. |
| 0:27.3 | She's a Stanford student. |
| 0:30.0 | And now, this American-born darling has now won six Olympic medals for China. |
| 0:38.5 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:40.8 | Sheep, I was proud of her. |
| 0:42.4 | I was rooting for Eileen Gou. |
| 0:43.8 | And folks, no matter who you've been seeing, from Lindsey Vaughn to Ilya, Malinen, and whatever else, |
| 0:50.5 | the most talked about athlete has been Eileen Goo at these Olympics. |
| 0:54.1 | Yeah, she just won gold in the free ski halfpipe. ever else. The most talked about athlete has been Eileen Gou at these Olympics. |
| 1:00.2 | Yeah. She just won gold in the free ski half pipe. I missed it this morning because I was sleeping, but you saw it all happen in real time. It was delayed. It was supposed to happen yesterday. |
| 1:05.3 | Day before, they had some weather, so it happened today and she has now picked up this other goal. |
| 1:09.7 | But, Ruth, the reason this young lady, she is as American as it gets as far as her story goes, |
| 1:16.0 | but she has been competing for several years now for China. |
| 1:20.7 | And to see this young lady pick up a gold medal today, her third of these games, |
| 1:24.2 | third medal of these games, and immediately wrap a Chinese flag around her and go to the Chinese fans that were rooting for her. |
| 1:31.4 | It makes you stop and at least ask a couple questions. |
| 1:33.9 | It does. Look, her mother is Chinese born, her grandmother. Those were the two biggest influences in her life. They raised her. |
| 1:41.5 | Her father is American, but he's not in her life, according to her |
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