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☆ Eileen Gu: Competing has ‘taught me how to cope with fear,’ says Chinese freestyle skiing star
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Michael Johnston | Amanda Davies | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And her next mountain to climb is the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Gangwon, South Korea – which begin this Friday – with an eye firmly set on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Her exploits, both on and off the slopes, led to her recently being named the Global Ambassador for Gangwon 2024. Gu in action during the women's freestyle skiing freeski big air finals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Because no matter where you’re from or what sport you’re in, you’re a similar age, you’re [from a] similar background. But I do notice that people keep their mouth shut around me now, but I think that’s not really fair.

Persons: Eileen Gu, Gu, stokes, ”, Gu hasn’t, Ben Queenborough, OIS, “ It’s, It’s, “, ’ ”, ” Gu, Richard Heathcote, won’t, there’ll, ’ Organizations: CNN, Olympic, Beijing, Big Air, Global, Gangwon, CNN Sport, Stanford University, USA, Sports, Reuters, Youth, Deloitte, Getty, Paris Olympics Locations: Gangwon, South Korea, Italy, China, Lausanne –, Beijing, Switzerland, Canada

☆ Kyle Anderson: US-born NBA player will represent China at the basketball World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —US-born basketball player Kyle Anderson will represent China at next month’s FIBA World Cup after obtaining Chinese nationality, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced on Monday. Anderson is China’s first naturalized basketball player and his addition to the national team roster is considered a huge coup. Really proud and honored to wear the Team China jersey,” he said. While a first in basketball, China has acquired a handful of elite athletes with and without Chinese roots through naturalization. “When I’m in China, I’m Chinese.

Persons: Kyle Anderson, Li Kaier, “, Anderson, Yao Ming, Yao, ”, Eileen Gu, Gu, heptathlete Nina Schultz –, Zheng Ninali Organizations: CNN, FIBA, Chinese Basketball Association, The Minnesota Timberwolves, Weibo, NBA, China, Team USA, China’s, Chinese Super League, Timberwolves Locations: China, I’m, Canada, China’s Beijing, Fairview , New Jersey, Philippines, Japan, Indonesia . China, Serbia

☆ But Would You Wear It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But the lack of an actual person strutting the stage in Cupertino, Calif., wearing the product was a notable omission. And there may be no device Apple has made where aesthetics will matter as much as on this one. By making the Vision Pro look like goggles, Apple is wading into the shoals of pre-existing stereotypes, personality clichés and history. Maybe it will be possible to bedazzle the goggles (that would be fun) or add stickers or decorate the cord. Apple has clearly worked pretty hard on the fit, with all sorts of adjustable components, which is something.

Persons: clichés, Gloria Steinem, Jack Nicholson, John Lennon, Eileen Gu Organizations: Balmain, Apple Locations: Cupertino , Calif

☆ Messi and Fraser-Pryce win top Laureus awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Laureus World Sports Awards - Hotel d’Evreux, Paris, France - May 8, 2023 Footballer Lionel Messi poses after winning the 2023 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award REUTERS/Johanna GeronPARIS, May 8 (Reuters) - Argentina's World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi was named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year, while sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bagged the top women's honour at the awards ceremony on Monday. Messi also received an award on behalf of the Argentina men's football team, who were named World Team of the Year after their triumph at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Messi also became the first athlete to scoop both the World Sportsman of the Year Award and the World Team of the Year Award in the same year. Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, who won the 2022 U.S. Open and rose to number one in the ATP rankings, was named the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year. The Laureus World Sports Awards nominees are selected by the global media, while the winners are determined by the 71 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy.

REUTERS/Andrew KellyNEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - American basketball star Brittney Griner stepped onto the red carpet at the star-studded Met Gala on Monday, embracing a larger spotlight months after returning home from detention in a Russian penal colony. The twice Olympic champion has pledged to advocate for the release of other Americans detained abroad after she was freed from Russia in a high-profile prisoner exchange after nearly 10 months of detention. "I was able to come home," Griner told Vogue at the gala. "It is everything, to be here with my wife able to be here it means so much," Griner said. Twenty-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer served as a co-chair of the event while China's twice Olympic champion freestyle skier Eileen Gu was also in attendance.

☆ Nike is going all in on luxury-obsessed Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Danni Santana | Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nike CEO John Donahoe on CNBC this week said the company is focused on Gen Z in China. But some sneaker brands like Nike are deliberately targeting Gen Z and their supposedly frivolous spending habits to help bolster sales. The semiannual Piper Sandler survey of teenagers, which includes Gen Z, shows Nike and its Converse brand, and rival Adidas, atop the footwear category in the US. "I think that the buying power of our customer is much higher than it used to be," Schultz told reporters, referring to Gen Z. Meanwhile, Anta in mid-2021, announced a five-year strategy that includes focusing on Gen Z.

☆ Can China’s Zhou Guanyu do for F1 what Yao Ming did for basketball?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Marc Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Today, some people tip him to become F1’s answer to Yao Ming, the Chinese NBA sensation often credited with making basketball popular in his home country. Zhou Guanyu in his Alfa Romeo takes part in Formula One's Mexican Grand Prix in October. There was a lack of Chinese racing role models, so he created a path of his own. He began go-karting – where many top drivers cut their teeth as young F1 hopefuls – not long after that maiden Chinese Grand Prix. Zhou Guanyu lines up for the Mexican Grand Prix in October.

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