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. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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