Eileen Gu answers her critics about competing for China

Q: Did you feel like you needed to have a thick skin for what came at you after [your decision to compete in the Olympics for China]?

A: Absolutely.  People always have their own opinions, but for me what I try to stick to is... there's no wrong or right; there's only intention.  And I'm trying to make the world a better place in my own way.  And if people disagree with that, that's ok.  And I just encourage them to make the world better in their way, right?  We can approach this situation from different standpoints.  So... to each their own.

~ Eileen Gu, USA Today interview, 3:50 mark, May 4, 2022