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The Olympics
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13 Aug 2008 Wed 04:17 pm |
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Oooops! The little girl singing at the opening ceremony was miming (no never!) and the little girl who was actually singing, was sadly, not pretty enough to be on television. I feel so sorry for her.  But at least she has got some recognition now and the marketing people (or who ever made the decision now have egg on their faces!) and with face being so important in China, I am sure there will one or two sorry faces. 
Wow, very sad... what an outright hypocrisy. 
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17 Aug 2008 Sun 01:44 am |
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Look at this table! Amazing!
USA is the champion! 2404 medals altogether (medals from 2008 are not included).
Fantastic!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_count
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17 Aug 2008 Sun 05:04 pm |
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WWWWWWWOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!
China has won 35 gold medals already,,,,coolllllllll
time is 2008/08/17 22:00
Congratulations!!!!!!
I feel proudly for our people....
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 04:19 pm |
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Probably because they believe that a huge number of medals will make them a super power  The second article you gave link to states it - it was the same with German swimmers - remember those poor girls who were so hormonally packed that they had hair growing on their chest? A few of them had to change sex because of the experiments of the Olympic comiteee of Eastern Germany. Ive also heard that the gymnastics were not the only cheaters in the Games - female weighlifting and swimming medals are quite controversial as well.
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 04:24 pm |
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The US could have been worse off. If China had the same attitude to birth registration as people seem to have in Turkey (see another thread), the US could have found themselves being beaten by 16 year olds that look like geriatrics 
It will be interesting to see how long the careers of these Chinese gymnasts will last.
I take it the age rule is not uniform because the UK have a 14 year old boy in a diving event.
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 05:12 pm |
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I´m a little proud of my very tiny country: nr. 10 in the list of medaillists, with 7 golden ones, leaving much bigger countries like France, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and .... Turkey far behind! 
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 06:15 pm |
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I´m a little proud of my very tiny country: nr. 10 in the list of medaillists, with 7 golden ones, leaving much bigger countries like France, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and .... Turkey far behind!
And your swimmer who won gold in the 10k had a very touching story. He was the right person to win on the day, because what a story and what a lesson in life.
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 06:15 pm |
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I´m a little proud of my very tiny country: nr. 10 in the list of medaillists, with 7 golden ones, leaving much bigger countries like France, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and .... Turkey far behind!
Speaking of tiny little countries, then it should be Jamaica who should really be proud of their achievements.
Population 2804332 (World 138th)
Medals: 6G, 3S, 1B
Right after your country at 11th place.
They just lost 1 more gold unluckily today (4x100 women relay).
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22 Aug 2008 Fri 06:21 pm |
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Do I sense some (Turkish) jealousy, si++? 
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