My phone buzzed at 3 AM—a WeChat message from my cousin in Vancouver. She’d sent a screenshot of the official ISU poster featuring Lin Xiaojun, with crying emojis and the text: ‘They’re coming to Montreal and I can’t even watch the livestream properly!’
I immediately recognized that mix of pride and frustration. Lin’s determined face on that poster, the Chinese team logo bright red against the blue background—it brought back that familiar ache. You know, the one where your heart swells with national pride but then immediately deflates because you remember you’ll probably be stuck with buffering screens or ‘This content is not available in your region’ messages.
My cousin’s message continued: ‘Remember when we used to wake up at ungodly hours to watch Wang Meng race? Now we have another champion to cheer for, but trying to watch feels like another Olympic sport—the VPN hurdles, the buffering marathon, the ‘please wait’ deadlift.’
She’s not wrong. Last season, I tried to watch Lin’s races through official channels. The stream stuttered right as he made his signature overtakes—those breathtaking moments where he shifts from fourth to first in the blink of an eye. I missed his gold medal win because my VPN chose that exact moment to disconnect. I actually yelled at my laptop—my cat still hasn’t forgiven me.
What hurts most isn’t just missing the race—it’s missing the shared experience. Back in China, my family group chat would be exploding with real-time reactions: ‘Did you see that move?!’ ‘Our boy did it again!’ Here, I’m watching alone, often hours later, trying to avoid spoilers while desperately refreshing sketchy streaming sites.
There’s something particularly cruel about sports geo-blocking. Unlike movies or shows that you can watch anytime, sports live in the moment. That collective gasp when a skater falls, the roar when someone breaks through—you can’t recreate that magic hours later through a grainy replay.
My cousin says she’s planning to drive to Montreal to watch in person. ‘I’ll wave at the camera for you,’ she promised. But we both know most of us can’t do that. We rely on streams that treat us like digital strangers in our own cultural home.
So here’s to Lin Xiaojun and the entire team—may your blades be sharp and your connection stable. And to my fellow overseas Chinese sports fans: may our streams be smooth and our VPNs strong. We’ll be cheering, even if it’s through three layers of digital barriers.
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