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This time, China is coming at full force; just overtook the U.S. in overall medals, and twice as many gold medals (20 to 10). 
Germany sucks this time around. They used to be a force to reckon with.
Germany sucks this time around. They used to be a force to reckon with.
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I wonder if China will be able to keep this lead. They've been amazing thus far, but once track and field begins, they might fall behind. But then again, there's still a lot of diving, badminton, and table tennis left.
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First events in track and field start tomorrow (Fri) and continue thru the end of the games. Hammer throw FTW!
China made this olympics a priority, funneling much effort and $$ into training and prep. That effort is paying off.
China made this olympics a priority, funneling much effort and $$ into training and prep. That effort is paying off.
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I would hope that a country that has more than four times our population and will do pretty much everything to win including grooming people from a very young age and forging passports to gain eligibility for their athletes would be doing better than us. I'm actually surprised that we are doing as well as we are given the huge population difference and what we're going up against.
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[QUOTE=wickerbill,Aug 14 2008, 07:36 AM] I would hope that a country that has more than four times our population and will do pretty much everything to win including grooming people from a very young age and forging passports to gain eligibility for their athletes would be doing better than us.
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Chinese atheletes are funded by the state.
And they're underage
The New York Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He's birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts - now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache - shows He's age as "1994.1.1."
Another registration list that is unblocked, dated Jan. 27, 2006, and regarding an "intercity" competition in Chengdu, China, also lists He's birthday as Jan. 1, 1994. That date differs by two years from the birth date of Jan. 1, 1992, listed on He's passport, which was issued Feb. 14, 2008.
And they're underage
The New York Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He's birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts - now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache - shows He's age as "1994.1.1."
Another registration list that is unblocked, dated Jan. 27, 2006, and regarding an "intercity" competition in Chengdu, China, also lists He's birthday as Jan. 1, 1994. That date differs by two years from the birth date of Jan. 1, 1992, listed on He's passport, which was issued Feb. 14, 2008.