Olympian Eileen Gu received a hero’s welcome in her hometown of San Francisco on Saturday. The 22-year-old served as grand marshal of the city’s Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. Gu, a champion freestyle skier, has competed for China since 2019, and she took home three Olympic medals for China in the 2026 Winter Olympics. (RELATED: Meet Eileen Gu, The True Villain Of The Winter Olympics) Some Chinese Americans appear to have warmly embraced the turncoat. “It doesn’t bother us a bit,” San Francisco Chinatown community organizer David Ho said to The San Francisco Standard, referring to the d

Olympian Eileen Gu received a hero’s welcome in her hometown of San Francisco on Saturday. The 22-year-old served as grand marshal of the city’s Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. Gu, a champion freestyle skier, has competed for China since 2019, and she took home three Olympic medals for China in the 2026 Winter Olympics. (RELATED: Meet Eileen Gu, The True Villain Of The Winter Olympics) Some Chinese Americans appear to have warmly embraced the turncoat. “It doesn’t bother us a bit,” San Francisco Chinatown community organizer David Ho said to The San Francisco Standard, referring to the d