Alysa Liu vs Eileen Gu: Chinese American stars took divergent paths to Olympics

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 Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy in a post on X, writing earlier, “The triumph of America over China!” CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Other pundits were quick to…