Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2012!!!
Huh...the women's rowing team won a few gold medals for the first timer. Which China women team sports were you referring to?
I think youre getting yourself confused. Yes the womens rowing kicked butt in most of the world meets and championships in 2007 and 2008
heres an example on how the world viewed Chinese Women rowing just before the Olympics
China unstoppable at Lucerne Rowing World Cup
"Is China the new rowing powerhouse on the block? At the conclusion of the second Rowing World Cup for the season China hit the top of the points table with a resounding thud..............The wins for China were spread nicely between women and men, sweep and sculling, heavy and lightweight..................China’s total of 63 points was well above Australia in second (43 points) and the United States in third (37 points). These top three results are in stark contrast to results over the last 11 years that the Rowing World Cup has been running. For the majority of these years Germany has ruled the roost with Great Britain always near the top.
Heres another article praising the Cthe Chinese rowers
THere was a serious belief that they could pick up 6 medals (hopefully gold) in rowing at the Beijing Olympics but they only managed 1 silver and one gold.
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My point is that I m worried that the Chinese have lost interest in rowing because they have not performed as well going into the 2012 Olympics as they have done in the yrs leading up to the Beijing Olympics. Its a pity if they have because there's a lot of medals to be won in the rowing and kayaking events , cycling included. I reckon if it can pick up 12 medals half at least gold, no one is going to knock it off the top of the medal count.
Oh man...Miss Li Qian has captured my heart!
OMG. You should have been a fashion photographer.
China is way under-represented in track and field: Just this event alone contributed quite a lot of medals to the total medal count of the U.S and a few other countries at the top of the medal tally.
The Chinese women distance runners especially the marathon runners have performed reasonably well. When Mao said that the Chinese women held up half the sky, he was right when it came to sports. Did you know they actually won more gold medals at the Beijing Olympics than the men.?
I reckon that the Chinese women are competitive to their western counterparts in most sports. This is because , the women in the west don't get the same funding as the men. China has realized this and poured the funding into the women sports teams.
