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LOL, cheer up mate. winning losing is all part of sports. Train harder next time

BTW, I spoke to so many people and no one even watched the Olympics at work. No one really cares except the athletes and politicians.

I'm in a foul mood.

I need to take a break from PDF.

These damn Olympics are ruining me.
 
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Exactly. No practical value in listing Olympic medals under various regions of China. They all should be listed under China, or not at all.

Especially so for Hong Kong and Macau.

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That is the right thing to do merging HK and Macau into Team China
In particular, events like badminton and table tennis, the players representing the territories are surplus players who once played and trained in Mainland
It is a also a disappointing Olympics for the performance of HK athletes as well in Rio when one of our locally raised and trained medal hopeful in cycling has just finished her competitive journey in Brazil
Lee Wai Sze, Sarah has won numerous races around the world. She won a bronze medal in Keirin Race in the London Olympics. But unfornately she had a crash and fell in the same event this time. Sarah suffered a minor injury which might have affected her subsequent performance in the next event. Sarah said in the post match interview that her mom had told her not to dress in a grey colour outfit So to counter bad "fengshui", she put on a pair of red socks The red force couldnt stage a successful revolt against the grey this time around. Athletes can do whatever within limits for a victory. Who is there to complain?

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Bronze Medalist London Olympics Cycling Keirin race

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Lee Wai Sze Sarah

Badminton Men's Double
Fu / Zhang beat the Brits 2-0 into the final againt Malaysia for gold medals
In bronze medals match, the exited Chinese double Chai and Hong will be up against the defeated British team

Go go China :china:
 
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Chinese synchronized swimming duo advances into final

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Chinese duo Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan display their technical routines at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Rio de Janeiro during the women's synchronized swimming qualifications of the Rio Olympics on Aug 15, 2016. The Chinese duo entered the final as the runners-up with 191.4355 points. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]
 
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China makes new Olympic breakthroughs in field sports
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-08-16 14:10

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Xue Changrui of China reacts in the men's pole vault final of the Rio 2016 Olympic at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug 15, 2016. Xue ranked the 6th in the final, while Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva won the gold. [Photo/Xinhua]




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China's Feng Bin makes an attempt in the women's discus qualification of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug 15, 2016. [Photo/IC]
Salute to our unsung Heroes and Heroines :china:
 
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Congratulations to Team China for winning two more gold medals courtesy of the Women's Table Tennis Team and Cao Yuan in diving. Once again, table tennis and diving are delivering medals as expected for China. As for badminton, there's definitely a dip in performance as compared to the last olympic, I'm still rooting for Lin Dan to get his third consecutive gold medal and for Li Xuerui to defend her title here.
 
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Congratulations to Team China for winning two more gold medals courtesy of the Women's Table Tennis Team and Cao Yuan in diving. Once again, table tennis and diving are delivering medals as expected for China. As for badminton, there's definitely a dip in performance as compared to the last olympic, I'm still rooting for Lin Dan to get his third consecutive gold medal and for Li Xuerui to defend her title here.

Try harder, China team. There need only three more gold medals to get the rank no.2 of GB
 
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Exactly. No practical value in listing Olympic medals under various regions of China. They all should be listed under China, or not at all.

Especially so for Hong Kong and Macau.

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True. This will also help merge the identity of Hongkongers within China.
 
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China's Cao Yuan wins men's 3m springboard
China.org.cn, August 17, 2016

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Cao Yuan in the game.


Cao Yuan easily won the men's individual 3 metre springboard event on Tuesday and gave his dominant Chinese team its fifth diving gold medal of the Games.

The 21-year-old Cao topped his group in both the preliminaries and semi-finals and led the final 12 from his first to his sixth dive for a score of 547.60.

Britain's Jack Laugher took silver and Patrick Hausding of Germany won bronze.

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Chinese public unfazed by sluggish medal winning at Rio Games
By Xu Ming August 17, 2016

The ongoing Rio Olympic Games is probably the most relaxed games ever for China.Chinese audiences are decreasingly seeing medals as the paramount goal, and underperforming athletes are calmer when they end up with unsatisfying results. But in a country where athletes are funded by the government, whether athletes should simply enjoy participation remains controversial.

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Chinese athlete Duan Jingli gains China's first medal in women's rowing single event onAugust 13, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua]

Halfway through the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the Chinese national team has onlywon 15 gold medals, putting it in third place in the gold medal tally, after the US and theUK.

The country came in second place in the medal rankings in 2004 and 2012, and even top in 2008, so this year's haul has upset the sports authorities. Gao Zhidan, vice director for General Administration of Sport of China, said Monday that Team China encountered "unprecedented" challenges and difficulties in Brazil.

However, the Chinese public are not going to share and spread the disappointment this time. When the swimming team landed in China Tuesday, in spite of their less-than-expected performance, they were welcomed with flowers and applause in the airport.

The rise to fame of swimmer Fu Yuanhui shows this new attitude to athletes. Fu might have expected to win some fame if she brought home a gold medal. However, the bronze medalist has become famous in China and across the world for her enthusiasm and candid personality.

Fu made headlines internationally with her charming response to winning a medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke, exclaiming "I'm so fast!" and joking that she used her "prehistoric powers" to win. Later, she admitted that her performance in another event was hampered by the fact she had started her period the night before.

This took many Chinese viewers by surprise, as they are used to their athletes focusing ininterviews on their desire to win glory for the country.

This phenomenon would have been hard to imagine four years ago in London. In a countrywhere people have long been gold-medal obsessed, Fu's popularity and the understandingexpressed by many about the lack of podium glory on the games' first day and toward thefailures of celebrity athletes Sun Yang and Ning Zetao have been seen by some as signsthat Chinese audiences now see the Olympics more as entertainment than as a platform forproving China's worth.

But this new attitude has not been accepted by everyone. While many people arecirculating emojis that look like Fu and showing sympathy to athletes who didn't get thetop spot, some are arguing the public has "overcorrected."

"[They] spare no efforts in praising those irresponsible athletes. The audience for thisOlympic Games are severely unqualified in terms of IQ," an author named Chenghuai Laoren wrote in a widely shared WeChat article.

Some maintain that sportspeople whose training is paid for by the public should prioritizewinning medals over anything else.

This argument has raised questions over the system by which Chinese athletes are trained,which is entirely reliant on government funds.

"Do we still need the national system right now?" many netizens asked in bewilderment onSina Weibo.

Entertaining sports

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Many people online have said that the athletes at this year's games are lucky to have sucha tolerant audience at home.

Swimmer Sun Yang, who was expected to do well and even said he was "the king" beforethe games, eventually failed to make it to the final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle,later blaming a cold. But instead of facing anger, he was met with widespreadunderstanding.

"Medals can be won another time, but there is only one Sun Yang. Take care! See you infour years!" one netizen posted on Sina Weibo.

Compare that reaction to what hurdler Liu Xiang suffered at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.After Liu won a gold in the 2004 Athens games, the expectations on his shoulders becamecrushingly heavy.

So when Liu dropped out of the 2008 games due to injuries, and then, sit beset by injuries,failed to do well in London, Chinese audiences branded him "the shame of the nation."

The public relaxation has been mirrored by the competitors. Yang Haoran, another athletethat has failed to live up to high public expectations at the Rio Games, told the media that"There are other things in life besides the Olympic Games."

Many media reports have explained this change in terms of the country's internationalstanding, claiming that China has gained confidence to the point where it can discard itsprevious focus on medals. "The time in which we relied on sports to show our strength orprove our reputation is over, particularly after 2008," said Luo Le, a doctor in sportssociology in Beijing.

"It is not only about sports. There is a trend of entertainment in our society. Suchentertainment is also manifested in other hotspots of society before the Rio Olympics," Luotold the Global Times, "As manifested in Rio, people care more about funny news andtitbits, like Fu's expressions. The media also plays a role in guiding the public toward thedirection of entertainment."

Controversial voices

The backlash against this attitude is largely based around the idea that the athletes are notrepaying the investment the country has made in them.

Swimmer Ning Zetao, a popular heartthrob who has been nicknamed "the nationalhusband" online, sparked a storm on Sina Weibo when he said that he was just happy totake part in the Olympics after failing to win a medal.

"The country and the people paid money to train you to let you be happy? … You usedpeople's hard-earned money to come here to play … it is not so-called releasing pressure, itis releasing shame," a netizen called Jiexi commented, a view echoed by many.

"The previous adoration for gold medals might be too exaggerated, but now are these littlefresh meat (online slang for attractive young men) going too far being so relaxed in front offailure?" wrote Chenghuai Laoren on WeChat.

Citing data about the money and resources China invests in the Olympic Games and thevalue of every gold medal, Chenghuai Laoren argued that "the athletic skills every athlete possesses are half owned by the State."

The writer even criticized journalists who have praised the public's changing attitudetowards the Olympics, writing "We have invested so much, it is wrong to say that joy ismost important in the process. Fighting for gold medals is their obligation."

Some were angered by Sun Yang's claim that a cold prevented him from doing better. "Wetaxpayers have invested millions of yuan in Sun's training in Australia, now he lost the goldmedal over a cold? What's wrong with the team doctor? Who will explain this?" an authornamed Xiaoxin wrote on New Weekly magazine.

"Behind every Olympic athlete is huge investment [from the country]. Isn't it reasonableto expect them to fight for No. 1? Why can't we complain about it? Why is everyone talkinglike Sun Yang's mum, telling him 'don't cry'?" Xiaoxin added.

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The quarter final of women volleyball between China vs Brasil in progress.
5th set
very interesting
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At last, China won. And goes to semifinal with Netherland.

Congratulation !!! China women
 
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Most Chinese here celebrated Vietnamese success in shooting. You come here to celebrate Chine misfortune and under performance.
Actually China have given inspiration to other East Asian country to overcome lack of confidence to win in many Western dominated sports. China was always the first Asian country to win gold in many Western dominated sports. Hopefully one day we will see a Vietnam team competing for top places in gymnastics or swimming.
 
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Gymnastics: China misses gold for first time in more than 30 years

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2016 Rio Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Final - Men's Parallel Bars Final - Rio Olympic Arena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 16/08/2016. You Hao (CHN) of China falls. REUTERS/Mike Blake

By Caroline Stauffer | RIO DE JANEIRO
An "empty brain" contributed to China leaving Rio without any gymnastics gold medals, its worst showing since returning to the Games in 1984, after three competitors missed out on podium places on Tuesday.

China, usually a major player in the sport, claimed only two medals in gymnastics in Rio: bronze for its men's and women's teams. It was a long fall from the 2008 Beijing Games when it dominated the sport as host and claimed both the men's and women's team titles.

Deng Shudi, who finished just out of the medals in fourth in the parallel bars final on Tuesday, said the pressure was high going into the competition.

"I didn't get to sleep until 2 or 3 a.m... I just couldn't fall asleep," he said. "I just don't know what happened. My brain is empty."

Things got worse. Immediately after Deng finished his routine, You Hao ended China's competition in the men's events by completing his parallel bars dismount with a fall and finishing last.

China's sports system had been enormously successful since the country returned to the Olympic fold in 1984, culminating with the host nation topping the medals table at the 2008 Games it hosted with only a slight dip into second place behind the United States in London four years later.

Japan ended their Asian rivals' eight-year reign as Olympic men's team champions last week even after China had come out of qualifying on top.

The Chinese team, comprising of Deng, You, Lin Chaopan, Zhang Chenglong and Liu Yang sat back dejectedly in their chairs after Russia took silver, with Zhang breaking down in tears afterwards backstage.

That bronze was the men's only gymnastics medal in Rio. China won seven out of eight men's golds in Beijing eight years ago.

Though she looked pleased with her performance, Wang Yan, 16, finished fifth in the women's floor final that followed the parallel bars on Tuesday.

The women's competition has been dominated by the United States, who claimed the team title, and American Simone Biles who won a record-equaling fourth gold on Tuesday.

China took four gymnastics gold medals in London in 2012, when its women won gold and silver on the balance beam.

The country did not participate in the Olympics between 1956 and 1984.
 
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This match....Same exciting as the final in which China won the gold against Russian volleyball team in 2004 Athens.
The spirit of China's women volleyball team was the main theme of 1980s.
It was about perseverance, and never give up!
In recent years, our girls have experienced ups and downs....
But we are always confident in our team.
Like the girls shouted in this video, "we are the best".
 
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China cheated out of ten Olympic medals since 1968
(Chinadaily.com.cn) August 17, 2016

Chinese athletes are among those who suffered the most from doping during the Olympic Games, as they were cheated out of ten medals since 1968 due to competitors doping , according to a report by the New York Times.

Meanwhile, the country's Olympians never had to surrender one medal because of analeptics usage during the same period.

In the report, China topped the list of net medal difference due to doping with ten upgraded medals and no stripped medals.

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  China tops the list of net medal difference compiled by the New York Times.

The statistics were based on International Olympic Committee (IOC) statements as of June 2016.

When an Olympic medalist is caught doping, any medals he or she has won are usually ordered to be returned and awarded to the next finisher in line, the report said. But sometimes upgraded athletes won't get their medals until long after the Olympic medals ceremony.

According to rules, the IOC can hold the athletes' urine samples for up to 10 years, and can thaw the urine for a retest any time during that window.

Statistics shows that since 1968, in at least 25 cases athletes didn't get their deserved gold medals until later. In at least 41 cases, athletes were upgraded to the silver medal and in at least 54 cases, athletes were upgraded to a bronze.

One example is US track star Marion Jones, who was stripped of all five of her medals, three gold and two bronze, seven years after the 2000 Summer Olympics. That ultimately affected the standing of seven other athletes.

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