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Not everybody representing nan red, achromatic and bluish sounded needfully ecstatic astir doing truthful successful nan Olympics.
Freeskier Hunter Hess said he had "mixed emotions" representing nan U.S. successful Milan, while skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she wanted to correspond her ain "values" successful Milan, and it was "tough to reconcile" unit successful America while "competing for medals astatine an Olympic event."
But for two-time golden medalist Jordan Stolz, location were nary problems.
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Gold medalist Jordan Stolz of nan U.S. celebrates aft nan men's 500-meter speedskating title astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, connected Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Ben Curtis/AP Photo)
In a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, nan speedskater who want golden doubly successful Italy, Stolz said he paid nary mind to immoderate different athletes' comments.
"I didn't really salary attraction to it, but I'm ever happy to correspond nan USA," Stolz said.
"I deliberation we're nan champion country."
It was not conscionable wintertime Olympians who shared uneasy astir representing nan United States connected nan grandest stage. In an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital months earlier nan 2024 Summer Olympics, Noah Lyles said representing nan U.S. was "bittersweet" and came pinch a "heavy heart," saying Black group successful America person "a batch to woody with."
Noah Lyles of nan United States poses aft winning nan golden badge successful nan men's 200 meters last astatine nan World Athletics Championships. The arena took spot successful Tokyo connected Sept. 19, 2025. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
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Hess said it was "a small hard" to correspond nan United States, because "there’s evidently a batch going connected that I’m not nan biggest instrumentality of, and I deliberation a batch of group aren’t." Those comments prompted President Donald Trump to telephone him a "real loser."
"Just because I’m wearing nan emblem doesn't mean I correspond everything that’s going connected successful nan U.S. I conscionable benignant of want to do it for my friends and my family and nan group that support maine getting here," Hess said successful February.
Shriffin said, "I deliberation there's a batch of hardship successful nan world globally, and there's a batch of heartbreak. There's a batch of violence. It tin beryllium reliable to reconcile that erstwhile you're besides competing for medals astatine an Olympic event."
Ahead of nan World Baseball Classic, Bryce Harper, who played for Team USA, said it was "crazy" to not afloat clasp wearing nan Stars and Stripes.
United States Bryce Harper celebrates aft hitting a two-run location tally during nan eighth inning successful nan title crippled of nan World Baseball Classic against Venezuela, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, successful Miami. (Lynne Sladky/AP)
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The Philadelphia Phillies first baseman said nary matter wherever 1 whitethorn guidelines politically, it is ever nan top grant to correspond nan United States.
"Obviously, there's things that are going connected successful nan state that, you know, aren't bully aliases group don't judge successful aliases whatever, right? Politics aside, for me, erstwhile you're going and representing your country, you're representing your country, man. Like, artifact each that out. It's sports.
"We want to put thing connected nan TV that is happy and bully and conscionable awesome for everybody to watch, right? So, representing your country, there's thing greater than representing your country. There's really thing astatine all.
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