Athletes who are now playing for other countries

Five of the nine boxers on Mexico’s national team are from the U.S., as are a wrestler, a women’s basketball player and two members of last summer’s Pan American Games water polo team. “My whole family’s proud. What’s wrong with being proud about competing for Mexico?” said Lanaro, who has cleared 19 feet this year and is Mexico’s best hope for a track and field medal in Beijing. “I don’t see anything wrong with it.”