re: Skier from Cali spurned US Ski Team and joined China's Olympic Ski team

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It's pretty common for second tier US athletes who don't make the team to represent countries they have some ethnic connection to. The Greek Olympic baseball team last Olympics was made up almost entirely of Greek Americans, many of whom had never set foot in Greece before becoming Olympians. The fact that it's China, a rival and potential enemy, definitely leaves a sour taste though.

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