Why Eileen Gu chose to represent China, and how identity, Olympic goals, and global endorsements shaped her controversial career decision.

With six medals in six events over two Winter Olympics. the 22-year-old Eileen Gu is the most-decorated women’s free skier of all time.

American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent ...