Olympic figure skater who gave up US citizenship to compete for China blasted on social media

U.S.-born figure skater Zhu Yi was blasted on Chinese social media after a poor performance at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Yi,19, was chosen to compete for China after she gave up her American citizenship and name in 2018, but she did not deliver on the ice on Sunday. She fell twice during a free skate team competition and landed the lowest score, knocking the team down to fifth place, according to CNN.

Although she left the rink in tears, users on Weibo, a popular social media site in China, did not spare her feelings.

"Zhu Yi has fallen" trended on the Twitter-like platform with more than 200 million views, CNN reported.

"This is such a disgrace," another comment said with 11,000 upvotes.

“Zhu Yi, how ridiculous your performance is!” another user said. “How dare you skate for China? You cannot even hold a candle to an amateur!”

The Western Journal reported the hashtag was censored and later disappeared.

A distraught Yi said she was "upset and a little embarrassed" after leaving the race.

“I guess I felt a lot of pressure because I know everybody in China was pretty surprised with the selection for ladies’ singles, and I just really wanted to show them what I was able to do, but unfortunately I didn’t,” she said, according to the Western Journal.

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