At present, China has developed into a world sports power, occupying an absolute advantage in diving, swimming, women's volleyball, table tennis and other sports. However, in the process of development, China has paid a heavy price for this, and countless outstanding athletes have given up their Chinese nationality and joined the nationality of other countries.
However, it is worth mentioning that Chinese athletes are willing to bring the nationality of other countries, but the outstanding athletes of other countries are rarely willing to bring Chinese nationality. In the past two years, some athletes have become Chinese citizens. In June 2019, freestyle skier Gu Ailing announced that she had renounced her American citizenship and joined her Chinese nationality. In the past two years, Gu Ailing has represented China in 10 gold medals and 3 silver medals in international competitions.
Today, Gu Ailing has become an idol in the hearts of Chinese and a hope for the champion of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. What you don't know is that in 2018, the year before Gu Ailing announced his Chinese citizenship, another talented player with American citizenship announced that he would renounce his U.S. citizenship and become a Chinese citizen. She is 17 years old.
Zhu Yi was born in the United States in 2002 and obtained American citizenship. Since the age of seven and a half, Zhu Yi has been learning figure skating and has shown her outstanding athletic ability. In 2018, Zhu Yi was invited to participate in the National Figure Skating Championships, and no one saw the rookie. However, Zhu Yi's performance surprised everyone. She won the new women's singles title with a score of 35.01 points higher than the second place in the national championships. Zhu Yi attracted more and more attention from the outside world, and then GlideStar was born in the United States.
Surprisingly, Zhu Yi did not continue to develop in the United States, but gave up his American citizenship and joined the Chinese nationality. In September of the same year, the State General Administration of Sport issued a notice on the national training team of figure skating. With the encouragement of his family, Zhu Yi became a Chinese citizen and went to China to complete his career. In December 2018, Zhu Yi personally participated in the women's single skating competition of the 2018-2019 National Figure Skating Conference. When he first arrived in China, Zhu Yi did not adapt to the rhythm of China and still won the fourth place.
Since 2019, Zhu Yi has represented China in international conferences with excellent performances, and quickly established the main position of the national team. Now, Zhu Yi has fully adapted to China's training and life. In fact, Zhu Yi once said in an interview with the media: Fight for China's honor.