Isn't it kinda funny that Canada's only individual Gold medal so far has come from someone Chinese?

Question

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/can/Carol+Huynh/211774

Of course she represents Canada, but really, what is wrong with Canadians aren't they supposed to be good eh?

Answer 1

Actually she has a pretty interesting story - her parents spent months in a refugee camp for Vietnamese before a small canadian town, led by their united church, decided to sponsor a family to come over.  Now she competes and wins for us.  She was actually born in Canada though.

But it's not surprising that many of our athletes are immigrants of first generation because, frankly, a huge chunk of Canadians are one or the other.  It's just a fact of life.  Canada is very multicultural.

Donovan Bailey, Whitfield, and many other Olympians, former and present, have either immigrated to Canada or are the children of immigrants.

I think it's sort of cool.

Field hockey and hockey hockey are not all that similar.

And considering the near complete lack of funding I think we're doing okay.  We've gotten 13 medals.  Not bad for a winter-sports-concentrated small country that doesn't spend a fraction of what many powerhouse nations spend on one sport on the entire contigency of events.  Britain spends something like 6 million pounds on rowing.  We spend, what, under a million.  They spend 12 times what we do and they only get 2 or 3 more medals at the regatta.  

Answer 2

No hockey. No Canadian gold medals.

Answer 3

omg, i thought only americans (no offence) had these kind of thoughts, but wtf, canadians think the same way as americans? *** that's messed up.

she viet by the way, and *** u for bringing this up. canada is a multicultural nation, so not everyone has to be white and win medals dumb racist

Answer 4

huynh is more viet than chinese...

It doesn't matter what you are when it comes to representing a country. I am vietnamese but I am a first generation American. If I was to be a olympian I would represent the US and not Vietnam.

Answer 5

What is wrong with that?  As long as she is a Canadian citizen, why can't she represent Canada?  And, do you know that many Chinese represent other countries in table-tennis?  In this olympics, I noticed that.  And, in my view, it is ok.  Just like coaches who went overseas to provide their expertise.  A country may only need 1 top-notch coach, so we cannot expect other excellent coaches to starve to death.

Answer 6

How do you know she's Chinese, I think she's more Vietnamese.

Answer 7

Is it not funny, that you are amused that the olympian is of Chinese descent, considering (and, please pardon me if you are not American) that all the U.S' representatives can rightly be called immigrants(I've not seen anyone that looked native american).And, of course the, guy that led the group on the opening ceremony is of Sudanese origin!  

Answer 8

Yes, and I laughed just reading this question.

And the USA women's volleyball coach is Chinese.

And the USA gymnastics coaches are all Russian or Romanian.

It's sad how USA Olympians don't want to give back to the sport by becoming world class coaches. I doubt many of them have even coached on the high school level. They take their endorsement money and run with it, never to be seen or heard from again.

Answer 9

To some of the viewers, if you think she being a vie or Chinese origin is a big deal, her dad is an ethnic Chinese moving to Vie and her mum is a Vie Chinese, does it make her more Vie or Chinese, you judge it.

The fact is she was born and trained in Canada and representing the country. I don't think she even cares about where her family was originally from. We have lots of Asian families in Australia and their offsprings born here defend nothing buy Australia which is a good thing.  

Answer 10

One gold medal? I thought they would have more than that.

Answer 11

Isn't Carol Huynh is Vietnamese not Chinese?

Edit:  She's not an immigrant.  She was born in Canada

"Her parents were born in Vietnam, though Huynh was born in Hazelton, B.C. "

And i think Canada is doing fine.  I'm Chinese American.

Answer 12

How is that funny?  If the athlete feels like they are more attached to Canada, why shouldn't they be allowed to compete for that country?  It's not like Canada are going to China and asking people to compete for them.