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For decades, athletes from around the world have desperately attempted to use the Olympics as an opportunity to defect from their countries of birth.
Freestyle skier Eileen Gu of China celebrates on the podium after winning a gold medal in the big air competition of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on Feb. 8, 2022. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
John Mac Ghlionn
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John Mac Ghlionn is a researcher and essayist. He covers psychology and social relations, and has a keen interest in social dysfunction and media manipulation. His work has been published by the New York Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Newsweek, National Review, and The Spectator US, among others.
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