写作素材:Welcome back to China!

 最近，郑妮娜力放弃加拿大国籍，加入中国籍，未来将代表中国出征世界级比赛在热搜上引起了热议，网友们纷纷表示欢迎。以下这篇文章是关于此事的报道。

（郑妮娜力）

Nina Schultz: 郑妮娜力

Chinese citizenship: 中国国籍

track and field: 田径

heptathlete：七项全能

renounce Canadian citizenship: 放弃加拿大国籍

partaking: 参与

Former Chinese-Canadian athlete Nina Schultz, also known as Zheng Ninali in China, has acquired Chinese citizenship and is expected to represent China in world-class competitions in the near future, Chinese media reported on Friday.

Schultz was seen participating in a regional indoor track and field match in East China's Shandong Province on Thursday as China's first-ever naturalized track athlete. The 21-year-old heptathlete won second place in women's high jump that day, thepaper.cn reported on Friday.

Schultz had publicly expressed her willingness to renounce her Canadian citizenship and represent China at the Tokyo Olympics early in 2017 when she took part in China's national games as a Chinese-Canadian athlete.

Born in Canada, Schultz carries on a family tradition in track and field. Her grandmother Zheng Fengrong was a renowned Chinese athlete who completed a high jump of 1.77 meters in 1957, breaking the previous world record of 1.76 meters. Her grandfather Duan Qiyan was the national champion of men's high jump in 1959.

Schultz herself won the silver medal of heptathlon as a Canadian team member at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

She told Chinese media that she wants to compete at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as a Chinese athlete to make up for the regret of her grandmother, who hadn't participated in the Olympics during her sports career.

"I hope I can go for a heptathlon medal at the Tokyo Olympics," Schultz said.

Schultz's partaking will, to some extent, make up for current weaknesses in the female Chinese heptathlon team and enhance China's heptathlon competitiveness in Asia, according to observers. Official data showed that Schultz had scored 6,021 points in heptathlon in 2017 when the scores of China's then national heptathlon champions didn't reach 6,000.

Schultz makes the Chinese public think of Gu Ailing, or Eileen Gu, a freestyle skier born to an American father and Chinese mother in the US. This talented skiing star announced her wish to acquire Chinese citizenship and compete for China in 2019.

（Eileen Gu）

On Chinese social media, netizens welcomed Schultz's and Gu's naturalization as Chinese nationals. "I'm glad to see more overseas Chinese athletes coming back and fighting for China as a Chinese citizen," wrote one Weibo user on Friday. "Wishing Zheng Ninali (Schultz) and Gu good results at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, respectively."

（From Global Times)

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