Ofcourse it matters, it's about racial superiority, political system superiority, geopolitical rivalry, bragging rights, etc.
Olympics is showcasing your soft power (cultural power) to the entire world.
Ok let's do some calculations.
We need 4 more gold medals to get to 40. But the thing is, I don't think even 40 golds is enough to win the gold medal count. US has men's and women's basketball, women's indoor volleyball, Women's football, womens waterpolo, BMX, athletics.
Their team sports alone...
Dammit. Our weakness in track & field is really costing us in the medal table. In swimming we did well to improve but in track & field we have not made much progress. I think we should concentrate on field events where we can compete as track has Jamaicans and Africans to challenge the...
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Russia won't ever come back. They are done. They were great when they united with other countries to form the soviet union. Russia only has resources, even their military leadership is falling. The Russian economy relies on oil and gas revenues. The Russian population is in decline.
As I...
I think we need to stop thinking gold is guaranteed and start celebrating, last 2 times we thought that with Chen Yibing and diving, we got silver. So stay calm and hope. Don't jinx them.
guess the story of the Korean war is not discussed in the US due to too much humiliation to admit defeat. :lol:
the US and its dogs came right upto the chinese border by destroying north korea, then china entered the war thinking the US real target was to invade china because of the overthrow...
world heritage site to man that kicked the imperialist white dogs and Japs out of china, then kicked the pro-western KMT out of china and restored our country, kicked the americans arse in korean war, spanked and humiliated india, stood upto the soviet union, got some of our islands back by...
You wish. Don't overrate your military. Last time you messed with the PLA in the Korean war, we gave you the biggest defeat in US military history. As our economy grows, more technologically we advance, the higher the military budget we have. More resources we have. US is barking up the wrong...
:lol: dude the Indian military is just a rag tag punching bag for the PLA. Indian military is a highly disorganized and fragmented military that won't last more than a few days. Indian military is poorly trained and I'll equipped for an all out war with anyone let alone the PLA :lol:
US getting desperate. Wonder how they will react once the type 056 is patrolling the SCS. In our backyard we can deploy alot of our resources. The others can only cry about it.