{"id":318178,"date":"2026-02-15T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-so-many-americans-are-competing-for-other-countries-in-the-olympics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:00:06","slug":"why-so-many-americans-are-competing-for-other-countries-in-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-so-many-americans-are-competing-for-other-countries-in-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why so many Americans are competing for other countries in the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/G1RFRlEQe50\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why so many Americans are competing for other countries in the Olympics\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1RFRlEQe50\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>California-born Eileen Gu competes for China, Massachusetts native Zoe Atkin skis for Great Britain and Michigan-born Allison Reed skates for Lithuania. 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