The Chinese public on Monday gushed over teen heroes Su Yiming and Eileen Gu after their much anticipated appearances on the Olympic slopes as a prominent pundit urged the country's netizens to stop panning foreign-born figure skater Zhu Yi.
The name of 17-year-old Su, a former child actor, was the most viewed topic on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform. The term "1800" - referring to his completion of one of the toughest snowboarding tricks - was a close second.
In contrast, the public continued to mock U.S.-born Chinese figure skater Zhu Yi for crying after she flopped in the figure skating on Sunday.on Chinese social media that critiqued her performance and raised questions about her selection for the Olympic team.
Hu Xijin, a prolific commentator who recently retired as editor-in-chief of the nationalist Global Times tabloid, said on his official Weibo account that the attacks on Zhu were speculative and "too much". Freestyle skier Gu, whose Chinese name is Ailing and who is one of Team China's most popular athletes, was also born and raised in the U.S. Her decision to compete for China has been criticised by Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
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