Me.
I got up at midnight to watch it.
I was nearly going to sleep when suddenly our girls reversed the fourth game!
That's the spirit of Chinese volleyball which dates back to 1980s!
That was the most important gold medal we won in Athens.
True. I watched the whole match+ awarding ceremony, Japanese audience were so ill-mannered during the final. What would other players think? It was not just Chinese players, but Serbian, American and a lot of players from other countries who won individual awards.
Still watch it very often today.
Me too.
He had big temper even when Russian girls scored.
Cricket is not even an olympic discipline.
Ms Lang Ping also proved women coach could do the same as men.
She was the best player in 1980s, now the best coach.
"Cricket is not even an olympic discipline." that is correct
And India is a "one-sport" nation - big freaking deal
If cricket is allowed to be played in the Olympics, I am certain India will lose this "one-sport glory" in no time to other strong sports nations like Russia, USA, Germany, France, Itay ... and of course China
india yaps when no other people would take the competitions seriously, like "spelling-bees"
Olympic - Overall medals by country
Country GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1 United States of America 1073 860 751
2684
2 USSR 473 376 355
1204
3 Germany 251 260 270
781
4 Great Britain 247 276 283
806
5 Italy 235 200 228
663
6 France 232 254 292
778
7 China 213 166 147
526
8 Sweden 193 203 231
627
9 Democratic Republic of Germany 192 165 162
519
10 Russia 182 167 179
528
11 Norway 174 160 144
478
12 Hungary 167 147 168
482
13 Australia 143 156 180
479
14 Finland 143 146 174
463
15 Japan 140 142 161
443
16 Canada 121 154 173
448
17 The Netherlands 114 123 138
375
18 South Korea 107 99 90
296
19 Switzerland 97 112 113
322
20 Romania 88 94 119
301
21 Austria 77 111 112
300
22 Cuba 72 67 69
208
23 Poland 70 89 132
291
24 Federal Republic of Germany 69 82 94
245
25 Unified Team 54 44 37
135
26 Bulgaria 52 87 81
220
27 Czechoslovakia 51 57 60
168
28 Denmark 43 68 69
180
29 New Zealand 42 18 40
100
30 Turkey 39 25 23
87
31 Spain 38 59 35
132
32 Belgium 38 53 56
147
33 United Team of Germany 36 60 41
137
34 Ukraine 36 28 59
123
35 Greece 30 42 38
110
36 Yugoslavia 28 34 32
94
37 Kenya 24 33 29
86
38 Brazil 23 30 56
109
39 South Africa 23 26 27
76
40 Czech Republic 21 24 22
67
41 Ethiopia 21 7 17
45
42 Belarus 18 29 46
93
43 Argentina 18 24 28
70
44 Jamaica 17 27 21
65
45 Kazakhstan 17 20 22
59
46 Islamic Republic of Iran 15 20 25
60
47 North Korea 14 13 22
49
48 Mexico 13 21 28
62
49 Estonia 13 11 16
40
50 Croatia 10 13 11
34
51 Slovakia 9 11 9
29
52 Ireland 9 8 11
28
53 India 9 6 11 26
54 Mixed team 8 5 4
17
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These Japanese are
so ill mannered, the stadium looks almost empty.
Emotions running high, maybe. Can't stand to watch obviously.
Another sign of the Japnese decline - this time in sportsmanship?
They have been treating their women's volleyball as one of the country's most favourite sports - haha what crickets? for the Japanese?
Having said that they are still a good team
This time around not even ONE Japanese player was elected as a winner for an individual award
The fans must be hugely disappointed
Individual Awards