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I have to say I like it when athletes give a really good interview. I thought e.g Marcus Rooth who took the decathlon did, but Djokovic certainly did after the final today.
 
That men's archery final was epic. I felt a little bad for the American. It came down to one shot and it was so close. Way too many silvers for team USA this year.
 
Ron Mexico said:
No such thing as watching epic golf. There is epic golf, but it usually involves a lot of beers and some awesome golf cart moments.
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Just curious: are you still in China? Wondering what reaction is there to the Lin Yu Ting "controversy." (Of course in Taiwan, I think they are fairly well united behind their country-woman.)
 
Wow what a amazing sprint by Lyles upsetting the Jamaican for the 100m.

Never thought that would happen when we drafted him.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I choose to believe he’s an epic troll. If not, I’m inclined to agree with you. Just hard to believe someone can be so dense ALL the time (and throw out bait that suggests he’s basically a pedo).
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Yeah, buts its been a consistent character for over 10 years now? I wish I was as enlightened as NAOS to ignore him, maybe one day.
 
NAOS_pt2 said:
Marathon records:

The current world record time for men over the distance is 2 hours and 35 seconds, set in the Chicago Marathon by the late Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya on 8 October 2023. The world record for women was set by Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia in the Berlin Marathon on 24 September 2023, in 2 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.

^clearly universes apart. “Means nothing compared to…”
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I don’t think endurance sports reflects the power differential between men and women. Which in the case of fighting in particular would be a seriously meaningful difference with safety ramifications.

I want to be clear that I’m a total coward engaging on the trans-athletes discussion and probably won’t engage further. I think the problem is basically unsolvable. You have to decide if sports even matter or not beforehand. I tend to think they don’t but the second I think that I think that, I change my mind. Sports certainly matter to the trans athletes.

I’m just gonna kumbaya my way out of this discussion now.
 
idiot said:
Just curious: are you still in China? Wondering what reaction is there to the Lin Yu Ting "controversy." (Of course in Taiwan, I think they are fairly well united behind their country-woman.)
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I just got back from China a couple weeks ago. But I'm not really seeing anything about it on China social media. My wife who's Chinese and following the Olympics doesn't even know who she is, only the other girl. China doesn't talk much about people not winning. They definitely don't cheer for Taiwan.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I just got back from China a couple weeks ago. But I'm not really seeing anything about it on China social media. My wife who's Chinese and following the Olympics doesn't even know who she is, only the other girl. China doesn't talk much about people not winning. They definitely don't cheer for Taiwan.
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I have heard (from a Taiwanese acquaintance) that when Taiwan defeated China in badminton, there were a bunch of social media posts from China trying to claim that China got two medals in the event. But who knows if this was widespread, or just a few of the ultranationalists online?
 
idiot said:
I have heard (from a Taiwanese acquaintance) that when Taiwan defeated China in badminton, there were a bunch of social media posts from China trying to claim that China got two medals in the event. But who knows if this was widespread, or just a few of the ultranationalists online?
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I'm sure lots people said that. A lot of mainland China firmly believe Taiwan is theirs. But they aren't actively cheering for them to win and especially when they are playing each other. They really want to beat them badly. That badminton loss hurt and they are trying to lash out. In real life most average mainlanders really want to attack Taiwan. Then after greatly punishing them they can unify as one country.

I don't know the percentage. But most Chinese are ultranationalist. So yes, I'm sure it was them posting online.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I'm sure lots people said that. A lot of mainland China firmly believe Taiwan is theirs. But they aren't actively cheering for them to win and especially when they are playing each other. They really want to beat them badly. That badminton loss hurt and they are trying to lash out. In real life most average mainlanders really want to attack Taiwan. Then after greatly punishing them they can unify as one country.

I don't know the percentage. But most Chinese are ultranationalist. So yes, I'm sure it was them posting online.
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Thanks for the insight!
 
Ron Mexico said:
I'm sure lots people said that. A lot of mainland China firmly believe Taiwan is theirs. But they aren't actively cheering for them to win and especially when they are playing each other. They really want to beat them badly. That badminton loss hurt and they are trying to lash out. In real life most average mainlanders really want to attack Taiwan. Then after greatly punishing them they can unify as one country.

I don't know the percentage. But most Chinese are ultranationalist. So yes, I'm sure it was them posting online.
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Taiwan was actually built with all the gold in China, Chiang Kai Shek and the nationalists stole China's gold reserves before heading to Taiwan at the end of the civil war.
 
Rubashov said:
Taiwan was actually built with all the gold in China, Chiang Kai Shek and the nationalists stole China's gold reserves before heading to Taiwan at the end of the civil war.
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I believe this has been a busted myth for some while, not only that the amount of gold "moved" wasn't as much as rumored, the concept of "stealing from China" is also hilarious from a historical standpoint.
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How much gold did Chiang Kai-Shek steal from China to Taiwan?

Answer (1 of 13): 1. he didn’t STEAL, he was the legitimate government of China at the time. Moving your national treasury when it’s under threat is what any sane person would have done. Let’s point out that Spain moved most of it’s gold reserve in the Spanish Civil war to freaking Moscow by the ...
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derekdiculous said:
I believe this has been a busted myth for some while, not only that the amount of gold "moved" wasn't as much as rumored, the concept of "stealing from China" is also hilarious from a historical standpoint.
www.quora.com

How much gold did Chiang Kai-Shek steal from China to Taiwan?

Answer (1 of 13): 1. he didn’t STEAL, he was the legitimate government of China at the time. Moving your national treasury when it’s under threat is what any sane person would have done. Let’s point out that Spain moved most of it’s gold reserve in the Spanish Civil war to freaking Moscow by the ...
www.quora.com www.quora.com
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Its what we learned in school like 25 years ago
 
Ron Mexico said:
I just got back from China a couple weeks ago. But I'm not really seeing anything about it on China social media. My wife who's Chinese and following the Olympics doesn't even know who she is, only the other girl. China doesn't talk much about people not winning. They definitely don't cheer for Taiwan.
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Oh you got married while working in China?

Congrats.
 
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