Imo track also has similar multiple events, i.e long jump, triple jump. Then you have discus, javalin, shotput and hammer throw, which are all fairly similar. Countries add in sports they are likely to medal in, it's just how the Olympics work.
Olympics 2024 - discussion thread
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If he was really bold, he could just say to westoids, 22 tests found nothing and I still won. Suck it losers.
Too bad Chinese are taught to be humble. Because language like above is the only stuff westoids understand.
Too bad Chinese are taught to be humble. Because language like above is the only stuff westoids understand.
IMO China should invest a lot more heavily in making traditional chinese sports into olympic games rather than spending so much on training for random western sports that nobody plays casually in China
manqiangrexue
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The triple jump I agree; it makes no sense. Why not double or quadruple? But standing jump and running jump would make sense.
But the discus, javalin, shotput and hammer throw are actually unique. Discus involves a spin technique; javalin is a mimic of spear throw in ancient combat; shotput is forward strength and hammer throw uses whipping action for momentum. The people who win these are different and often have different body styles. This is unlike swimming.
The swim styles, I just see no purpose like the various jumps. If you want speed, it's front crawl. If you want endurance, it's also front crawl. If you want stealth, that's submerged but they don't have it. What are the butterfly/backstroke/breaststroke for? They have no advantage over the front crawl; why not doggie paddle too? When I was a kid fooling around in the pool, I put my arms forward in a triangle and flubbed my legs around calling it Squid style. Why not add that? There's infinite bullshit styles if they don't need to carry some kind of advantage over the front crawl.
That would have been an odd thing to say as they humbly came to pay their respect to him.
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Actually I really think there is soft power, but how people view it is entirely different.
American soft power mostly is superficial.
Chinese soft power, really is shock and awe, the Chinese probably invented that, and that was to convey a much deeper message, in short, Chinese soft power has substance to it, in what it is trying to convey.
So why am I trying to derail this thread?
Seems to me the Olympics movement, the Chinese can really get behind because this type of soft power from the West, Europe basically, has real meaning.
Training, commitment, competition, and sportsmanship.
That is what the Olympics movement is all about, and ideals to live up to.
Unless we are talking about an American politician passing legislation about the Olympics, banning this and that.
What retards.
Just watch the damn games.
They should learn to sing the Internationale!
Other than 800m women's freestyle, what other events are US favoured to win in swimming?
20 events already over and they only have 3 golds, feels like they're underperforming
Edit: okay searched a little. Some events US is favoured in:
50m men's freestyle (Caeleb)
100m men's butterfly (Caeleb)
1500m men's freestyle (Robert Finke)
4x100 men's medley relay (don't know whether their team is strong this year)
800m women's freestyle (Ledecky)
200m women's freestyle (Kate has a chance against defending SA champion)
200m women's butterfly (Canada's Summer looking strong but US's Regan and China's Zhang YF both have a chance)
200m women's indiv medley (Kate? not sure)
4x200m women's freestyle relay (between AUS and US)
4x100m women's medley relay (between AUS and US)
Still a pretty big chance for them to catch up to 10 or more
20 events already over and they only have 3 golds, feels like they're underperforming
Edit: okay searched a little. Some events US is favoured in:
50m men's freestyle (Caeleb)
100m men's butterfly (Caeleb)
1500m men's freestyle (Robert Finke)
4x100 men's medley relay (don't know whether their team is strong this year)
800m women's freestyle (Ledecky)
200m women's freestyle (Kate has a chance against defending SA champion)
200m women's butterfly (Canada's Summer looking strong but US's Regan and China's Zhang YF both have a chance)
200m women's indiv medley (Kate? not sure)
4x200m women's freestyle relay (between AUS and US)
4x100m women's medley relay (between AUS and US)
Still a pretty big chance for them to catch up to 10 or more
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manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Dude, soft power with substance behind it, like Pan's victory, is called hard power. Before comp, Pan tries to shake hands with Chalmers, Chalmers ignores him like some subway hobo asking for money. After the world record, Chalmers humbly comes over to shake Pan's hand. What part of that could be interpreted as soft power rather than the raw strength of hard power?Actually I really think there is soft power, but how people view it is entirely different.
American soft power mostly is superficial.
Chinese soft power, really is shock and awe, the Chinese probably invented that, and that was to convey a much deeper message, in short, Chinese soft power has substance to it, in what it is trying to convey.
So why am I trying to derail this thread?
Seems to me the Olympics movement, the Chinese can really get behind because this type of soft power from the West, Europe basically, has real meaning.
Training, commitment, competition, and sportsmanship.
That is what the Olympics movement is all about, and ideals to live up to.
Unless we are talking about an American politician passing legislation about the Olympics, banning this and that.
What retards.
Just watch the damn games.
They should learn to sing the Internationale!
That's the only language they understand. Act so arrogant before but when you win they cower in front of you.
That's why China should care less about what people think and more on winning.
I just looked at the sports news and there's barely any mention of pan winning gold and setting the world record. And they say their media is not controlled.
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