Representing China, California-born figure skater Zhu Yi is facing a firestorm of attack on Chinese social media after she fell flat on the ice and finished last in a women’s short program team event Sunday.
Highlights
- The hashtag “Zhu Yi has fallen” gained 200 million views in just a few hours on China’s Twitter-like platform.
- Many questioned why Zhu, an American-born skater, was picked to represent China at the expense of an athlete born in the country.
- Zhu Yi finished last in the women’s short program team event Sunday.
- The hashtag appeared to have been censored by Sunday evening, it is unclear why it has been censored.
- The 19-year-old is facing a firestorm of attack on Chinese social media after she fell flat on the ice and finished last Sunday in the short program event at the Olympics in Beijing, China.