That's no doubt. Chinese has achieved enough. better count the amount of sportmen and sportwomen not the populations
പ wrote: > 1.3 billion chinese have only 51 gold. > 300 million americans have many 36 gold. > > On Aug 24, 4:49 am, Ông-thu N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total >> 1 China 51 21 28 100 >> 2 United States 36 38 36 110 >> 3 Russian Federation 23 21 28 72 >> 4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47 >> 5 Germany 16 10 15 41 >> 6 Australia 14 15 17 46 >> 7 Korea 13 10 8 31 >> 8 Japan 9 6 10 25 >> 9 Italy 8 10 10 28 >> 10 France 7 16 17 40 >> Olympics: China achieves what it set out to do -- easily AFP - August 24, >> 2008, 7:04 pm >> China came into the Beijing Olympics with a steely determination to be >> crowned the world's most dominant sporting nation, and it achieved what it >> planned with ease. >> Nothing less than being the best on home soil would satisfy nationalistic >> pride, and the years of training and vast sums of money pumped into creating >> elite sportsmen paid dividends. >> Chinese strict sports coaches are famous for stressing the importance of >> obedience, orderliness, respect and placing the needs of the team and >> country ahead of any personal desires. >> But the hiring of up to 40 foreign coaches in the lead up to Beijing brought >> a new, more relaxed, approach, which paid off. >> In the end China finished with 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze to the >> United States' 36-38-26, although they ended behind their arch-rivals >> 110-100 on the overall medal tally. >> The gold rush earned the hosts' the distinction of becoming only the third >> country after the United States and the Soviet Union to top the gold medal >> table since World War II. >> What was particularly significant were the medals won in sports in which >> they are not traditionally strong -- archery, fencing, yachting, boxing, >> beach volleyball and even swimming. >> More predictable was their domination of diving, table tennis, badminton, >> and weightlifting. >> The cards were on the table when weightlifter Chen Xiexia won their first >> gold of the Games way back on August 9, setting two new Olympic records on >> her way to the women's 48-kilogramme class title. >> Endorsements and sponsorships are expected to make her a millionaire, to the >> chagrin of shooter Du Li who was expected to claim the mantle but caved in >> under the pressure. >> Two years ago the Chinese government was so worried about the potential for >> crowd trouble tarnishing the Games that it launched a crash course in sports >> etiquette, or how to behave at Olympic events. >> It was largely successful and the Chinese fans created an electric >> atmosphere, spurring their athletes to new feats. >> With the early smog and pollution that blighted the Games gradually >> clearing, the home nation raked up gold medals with a vengeance. >> "The achievements we have made in this Olympic Games are a very imporant >> driving force for the future," said Chinese Sports Minister Liu Peng. >> "But we have to be modest, and sober-minded and we have to face the >> difficulties and challenges in the process of future development. >> "We are still lagging behind in many events or disciplines. In terms of >> medal count and in terms of the number of athletes who ranked in the first >> eight, we are still lagging behind compared with many developed countries." >> Michael Phelps might have stolen the headlines in the pool, but China also >> made waves. >> Zhang Lin stormed to the 400m freestyle silver medal while Liu Zige and Jiao >> Liuyang produced stunning swims to win gold and silver in the women's 200 >> metres butterfly, with Liu setting a new world record. >> China's weightlifters were running hot with the hosts winning four men's and >> four women's titles. >> The competition produced nine world records, three of them set by Chinese >> woman lifter Liu Chunhong (69kg). >> Veteran Zhang Ning upset world number Xie Xingfang to successfully defend >> her women's badminton title, breaking down in tears afterwards, while Lin >> Dan won the men's title, proclaiming himself "an outstanding sportsman". >> China muscled aside the competition to proclaim itself the new gymnastics >> world superpower, although the event was overshadowed by suspicions that >> some Chinese competitors were younger than the required 16 years old. >> They snared nine of the 14 gold on offer, second only to the USSR's 10 in >> Seoul in 1988. >> Then came the shock pictures of national hero Liu Xiang pulling out of the >> 110m hurdles heats with a foot injury, prompting an outpouring of remorse as >> one of the faces of the Games failed to deliver. >> But the Olympics moved on and so did China, although it saw little success >> on the track and field. Its consolation was that neither did the United >> States in one of its worst performances in years. >> Ma Lin won the men's table tennis gold medal and Zhang Yining won the >> women's as China's paddlers cleaned up. Their invincible divers did the >> same, collecting seven of the eight titles on offer. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: chiepkim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:42:13 PM >> Subject: Beijing olympic accident >> >> Beijing Olympic accident 2008 >> http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Osu2t8X62r4&feature=related- Hide quoted text >> - >> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. 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