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China 30 gold so far,go China!
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No, its just table tennis (we call it ping pong) and badminton are not considered 'real competitions' (i.e respectable aside from a diversion) by most in the US and probably North America. Its on the same level as 'e-sports', that is, competitive gaming in terms of what most people would think about it.
It genuinely isn't anything against China, thats just the way it is.
I doubt the same thing could be said about the chinese posters desire to lower the medal count for swimming on here. If it was China dominating swimming they would be cheering and dismissive of the idea of 'too many medals'
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I guess you live in some state where basement is not very common? Based on my observations, ping pong tables are so popular that I once thought it is the second most commonly seen sport equipment other than treadmills in a basement in the states(at least in New England and the mid-west area). And it is also a perfect game in offices or hallways. It is indeed not a 'real competition' for those who don't know how to play it, but that applies to all sports. Just like it won't be a real competition if I were asked to tackle Tom Brady. but by any means, Ping Pong is quite a lot of fun. Just like football, you don't have to be really competitive to participate yet you could still have a good time. That is why it is quite popular in some states despite the lack of top players.
I think the word you are looking for is not 'real competition', but 'commercial incentive'. not many people are serious about ping pong simply because it does not lead to a prosperous career or commercial success, and that is partly due to the low athletic level of ping pong players in the states. the poor financial yield in turn cannot maintain a considerably large pool of professionals, which is a must to improve the level.
You can also note that the major events that attract a lot of attention, emotional and financial, have athleticism that came from military, war and combat related tasks.I guess you live in some state where basement is not very common? Based on my observations, ping pong tables are so popular that I once thought it is the second most commonly seen sport equipment other than treadmills in a basement in the states(at least in New England and the mid-west area). And it is also a perfect game in offices or hallways. It is indeed not a 'real competition' for those who don't know how to play it, but that applies to all sports. Just like it won't be a real competition if I were asked to tackle Tom Brady. but by any means, Ping Pong is quite a lot of fun. Just like football, you don't have to be really competitive to participate yet you could still have a good time. That is why it is quite popular in some states despite the lack of top players.
I think the word you are looking for is not 'real competition', but 'commercial incentive'. not many people are serious about ping pong simply because it does not lead to a prosperous career or commercial success, and that is partly due to the low athletic level of ping pong players in the states. the poor financial yield in turn cannot maintain a considerably large pool of professionals, which is a must to improve the level.
The others like dash, hurdle, and the various swimming contests have clear and obvious military origins. Not to mention 'combative' contests like fencing, archery, rifle and judo.Homer makes mention of competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Siege of Troy but there is no record of any dead weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for stone- or weight-throwing events date back more than 2000 years in the Scottish Highlands.[1] In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing.
31 Golds, hahaha go chinaSailing Women's Laser Radial china won gold congrats to XU Lijia
Lin Dan and his wife Xie XingfangSuper Dan and his also world champion wife Xiexingfang.
31 is enough, when >30, number is only a symbolwe need to get 9 more golds to retain our number 1 position go china go
Lin Dan and his wife Xie Xingfang