I agree. I think she dun deserve the negativity. I dun know when the skating roster was annouced, whether there was uproar. I dun follow figure skating at all. I did follow some gymnastics, volleyball and table tennis news during the lead up to the Tokyo games and there was unhappiness at the team announcements.
Which was further blown up when the athletes didn't do well as it reinforced the theory they have, that there was nepotism and internal politics involved so the less worthy athlete was selected. Maybe they think Zhu should have not accepted the spot. Maybe her falls and last place finishes confirm their theory of nepotism. Either way it blew up. And she unfortunately was a scapegoat like others before her.
I'm gonna stop here. I feel like I'm defending the bullies when I was, in fact arguing with them couple days ago. I just want to paint a more nuanced picture than what the western media is putting out there. Hopefully it's in the past now. And she can put it behind her.