foreigners on Olympic teams

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

 

[frigidweirdo]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

how convenient they granted him citizenship in 2017 !!! hahahahaha

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

and they losers of Americans that don't make the US team can go to another country
hahahah.....!! how ridiculous

 

[harmonica]

They continued to train in Novi, Michigan

I've seen other foreign Olympians that train in the US...bullshit ....go train in SKorea

 

[longknife]

Most foreign Olympians go to school and train in the USA.

 

[Unkotare]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

And?

 

[Unkotare]

They continued to train in Novi, Michigan

I've seen other foreign Olympians that train in the US...bullshit ....go train in SKorea

Why? Train in the US, employ Americans, buy stuff here, etc.

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

And?

??!!!??
so he lives in the US his whole life but is skating for a different country
is this the Olympics now? anyone can compete for whatever country??? !!

 

[Unkotare]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Stop whining. If he's granted South Korean citizenship, he's South Korean and can represent them in the games. What's the big deal? May the best athlete win.

 

[harmonica]

I might understand it if he lived in the SK for some time.....but I don't even see that

Take a figure skater who was born in Boston.
Have him team up with an ice dancer, who was born in California and moved to Michigan when she was 16.
Get them coached up by a Russian.
Let them train together at the Novi Ice Arena along with Olympic ice-dance teams from Great Britain, Czech Republic, Ukraine and the United States.

Why two American ice dancers from Novi will compete for South Korea in Winter Olympics

I don't think she has lived in SK for long--has she???!!!!

 

[frigidweirdo]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Well, no, he's a South Korean citizen, he has a South Korean passport, if he wants to go to the US he has to follow the same procedures as every other South Korean normal citizen, he's South Korean.

Yes, the Olympics doesn't say it's where you were born, it says it's where you're a citizen of. Go figure.

How many US athletes weren't born in the US?

Eight Foreign-Born Olympians Win Medals for Team USA

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Eight Foreign-Born Olympians Win Medals for Team USA"

Were you complaining then?

"
This year, nearly 50 foreign-born athletes proudly represented the U.S. as part of the Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro, and eight of them won medals.

• Kerron Clement, born in Trinidad and Tobago, won Gold in the men’s 400 meter hurdles (Track and Field).
• Kyrie Irving, who won gold with the U.S. Men’s Basketball team, was born in Australia to U.S. citizen parents and has dual citizenship.
• Paul Chelimo, originally of Kenya, won Silver in the men’s 5,000 meter race (Track and Field). Chelimo is one of four immigrant Olympians who enlisted in the Army, train with the military’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), and competed for the U.S. in track and field.
• Danell Leyva, who defected to the U.S. with his family from Cuba, won two individual Silver medals in Gymnastics.
• Steffen Peters, who was born in Germany and became a U.S. citizen in 1992 won a team bronze in Dressage (Equestrian).
• Phillip Dutton, who was born in Australia, won an individual bronze in Equestrian.
• Dagmara Wozniak, who was born in Poland and came to the U.S. with her parents as a child, was part of the Bronze medal winning Saber Fencing team.
• Foluke Akinradewo, born in Canada to Nigerian parents, won Bronze as a member of the Women’s Volleyball team."

 

[frigidweirdo]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

how convenient they granted him citizenship in 2017 !!! hahahahaha

Well, if they had granted him citizenship in 2024 then he wouldn't be eligible to go to the Olympics for them, time travel seems rather beyond the scope of the Olympics.

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Stop whining. If he's granted South Korean citizenship, he's South Korean and can represent them in the games. What's the big deal? May the best athlete win.

hahahahah
he is not South korean
she wasn't even born there
hahahahahahh
but they won't be the best SKoreans---

 

[Unkotare]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Stop whining. If he's granted South Korean citizenship, he's South Korean and can represent them in the games. What's the big deal? May the best athlete win.

hahahahah
he is not South korean
she wasn't even born there
hahahahahahh
but they won't be the best SKoreans---

A great many Americans were not born in America. What's the problem?

 

[harmonica]

you have 2 non-SKoreans skating for SK !! hahahaha

 

[harmonica]

I see American Alex Gamelin is skating for South Korea
he was granted SKorean citizenship in 2017
what kind of crap is this???!!!
Alexander Gamelin - Wikipedia

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Stop whining. If he's granted South Korean citizenship, he's South Korean and can represent them in the games. What's the big deal? May the best athlete win.

hahahahah
he is not South korean
she wasn't even born there
hahahahahahh
but they won't be the best SKoreans---

A great many Americans were not born in America. What's the problem?

what???!!!!

 

[Unkotare]

Well, he's a South Korean citizen... so he'll skate for South Korea.

What's hard to understand? He's not American.

he lives most of his life in America and he's not American??
hahahhahaha
so, all the good athletes can vie to all the countries to grant them citizenship??
no--he's really American--not SKorean--he's white and lived his whole life in America
this is like cheating--that's the problem

Stop whining. If he's granted South Korean citizenship, he's South Korean and can represent them in the games. What's the big deal? May the best athlete win.

hahahahah
he is not South korean
she wasn't even born there
hahahahahahh
but they won't be the best SKoreans---

A great many Americans were not born in America. What's the problem?

what???!!!!

What what? Many, many millions of Americans were not born in America.

 

[Unkotare]

you have 2 non-SKoreans skating for SK !! hahahaha

If they have been granted South Korean citizenship they are not "non-SKoreans." [sic]