As of about 10 minutes ago, China is lapping the world with 35 gold medals – the US is second with 19. The US is slightly ahead in overall medals, 65 to China’s 61.
Apart from their five impressive golds in gymnastics and diving, the Chinese have accomplished the remarkable and clever achievement of dominating “sports” that no one knows are part of the Olympics, outside of the Olympics are only played in backyards and bars, and are never televised under any circumstances. These include table tennis, badminton, air pistol, jarts, mens bocci, throat tromnet, rock skipping and caps.
It is disappointing the US has floundered in track and field so far. No places in the womens’ marathon or 100 meter, or mens’ 1500 meter – all of which we were expected to at least have a decent showing in. But the good thing about track and field is it is still a pure meritocracy and “judges” have no role in determining the winners, so the highlight events of the next week should have less of a WTF factor (N. Korean lands on her knees and still wins gold, at the expense of Alicia Sacramone, among numerous ripoffs dealt by the judges this Olympics).
Supposedly after tonight’s pea-shooting finale the Chinese will have practically no presence the final week of the games so maybe we’ll catch up a bit.
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Are you trying to tell me that there is a “fix-on” againest gringos at the Olympics? Say it isn’t so. I will tell you a secret. I was the rock-skipping champ in my hollow and when I went to Olympic tryouts I was informed that it was dropped from the sports agenda. Now if the Chinese already manufactured the medals, I guess they awarded them to the 3 winos in the alley; Yuk More, Skip Nungood and Who Yu Kiddin. I feel personally cheated. At least I can say I got out of China alive!
I’m so totally Phelps-out that I can barely stand to hear his name. Wouldn’t surprise me if they added a 325 meter race so he could win another medal! Enough already!
Geez Lovisa. Yeah, let’s berate an Olympic champion. If you don’t want to listen to the hype, turn off your TV, radio, etc.
Personally I’d like to see an extra 5-10 Phelps races so that he could beat the snot out of China a couple more times, might balance out the shenanigans in the men and women’s gymnastics competition.
Sportsmanship par excellence! Beautiful language too, Cathymac.
Thanks Lovisa, coming from someone who is berating an Olympic Gold Medalist that means a lot.
I’m not rerating Phelps. I’m just tired of all the hype. And it’s impossible to get away from – at least for a few days.
“Berating”
go china! US will never catch up. Wait until phelps retires, then the US will really have no hope.
Doesn’t matter who retires, the US will always have an abundance of hope !
I am only 12, but have dreams that I leave the oppressive Chinese gymnastics team and realize my dreams in the great USA!
My dream is leave China someday and move to New York where I can watch something more exciting than table tennis, like NFL football, and where government not afraid for 50,000 people in one stadium having fun.
It was reported on the NBC coverage that in China, girls as young as three are removed from their families and put into a very immersive gymnastics program.
What happens to the ones that wash out after several years in the program I wonder ?
i want go to usa so i can get education and make money and bee happy. we dont be free to talk hear and i want better, you kno? olympics bad for us and government take and take. no good. we need bee free. i only play chinese checkers sport but its ok. i learn spin bottle.
Does China get the Gold for fraud and chicanery ? I give them a perfect 10.
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