Gold medal greats Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu face uncomfortable comparisons at Olympics

Alysa Liu vs Eileen Gu — How two Chinese American stars wound up on opposite sides of an Olympic proxy war

From China to California to Milan Cortina: Alysa Liu's father fled communism while Eileen Gu's family took a different path to American success.

Gold medal greats Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu face uncomfortable comparisons at Olympics

U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu and Beijing-backed freestyle skier Eileen Gu woke Friday morning to find themselves in a side-by-side contrast they never asked for.

Alysa Liu vs Eileen Gu — How two Chinese American stars wound up on opposite sides of an Olympic proxy war – Democratic Accent

Just minutes after Alysa Liu won a historic Olympic figure skating gold for the U.S., her story as the child of a Chinese American immigrant who fled communism spread like wildfire across social media.  Almost immediately, that discourse evolved, in many circles, into comparisons against another Chinese American superstar who has dominated headlines in Milan Cortina — American-born Team China skier Eileen Gu. “Alysa Liu > Eileen Gu” wrote Barsto…