2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics

[siegecrossbow]

Adoration comes after acceptance of another's dominance. Shi Zhiyong, the lifter who won the 73kg gold medal in weightlifting, is known for being a potty mouth. He sometimes shouts, "Wo cao!" when he lifts. He may mutter it during the lift and the he may shout it again after a successful lift. His coaches have told him to stop dropping the F bomb over and over again on live TV during Chinese national comps but he says he can't help it because it just comes out when he's excited. Since he became dominant, "wo cao" has become a sensation in the weightlifting world. Weightlifting fans from countries all over the world buy shirts that say "Wo Cao!" and they sometimes shout it too, often without understanding the meaning or how to actually pronounce it.

Lesson: Strength and hard power is the only way to attain soft and cultural power.

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Interestingly, Shi in incredibly generous and not much for business. When Seb of Weightlifting House asked Shi if he could use his image with "Wo Cao" to sell overpriced t-shirts, Shi said no problem without asking for any part of the profits.

Chinese curse word has now become popular world wide. Fun fact, usually this word gets scrubbed on Chinese internet because it is crude (has the same connotation as the F-word).

 

[caudaceus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1420710985178943488

Wtf with NYTimes ranking nations based on total medals instead of Gold Silver Bronze hierarchy.?!

 

[siegecrossbow]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1420710985178943488

Wtf with NYTimes ranking nations based on total medals instead of Gold Silver Bronze hierarchy.?!

That's how Yahoo and NYTimes always did it I think.

 

[manqiangrexue]

That's how Yahoo and NYTimes always did it I think.

Hell no it's not. They shifted to total medals literally midcourse during the 2008 Olympics when the US was losing the gold count to China. Before that, they ranked like everyone else.

 

[sndef888]

New York Times with the latest neoliberal imperialist hot take:

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[solarz]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1420710985178943488

Wtf with NYTimes ranking nations based on total medals instead of Gold Silver Bronze hierarchy.?!

LOL WTF, Japan is leading in gold medals?

 

[Equation]

Yeah but wait until the Paralympics comes, that's where China becomes dominant in BOTH total medals and gold medals count. And the US MSM will hardly even mentioned anything about it.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Yeah but wait until the Paralympics comes, that's where China becomes dominant in BOTH total medals and gold medals count. And the US MSM will hardly even mentioned anything about it.

How dare they discriminate against disabled people!

 

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[MixedReality]

Gotta give props to the American table tennis commentator on channel 7 braodcast. I don't know his name but he was pretty funny and enthusiastic. And in contrast to the usual foreign commentary style on china athletes he was full of complement and praise. In fact outright adoration. Not just China athletes but the training system and coaching. He did mention how players need to behave and stuff but there wasn't the usual negative connotation.

Also the table tennis commentator on Chinese TV is cute. I got this from weibo. I can't get Chinese stream so I actually cannot confirm if she really is the one though. Her name is 高菡

The enthusiastic American table tennis commentator on the world feed that was praising China was Adam Bobrow. He is on Instagram.