You can lobby the Olympic committee with forex now???
2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics
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You can lobby the Olympic committee with forex now???
AssassinsMace
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I doubt they accomplished they're intended effect. My cynicism even thinks they were going for more sexualization. Men don't stop looking at women when they wear yoga pants. If they want less sexualization, then make them wear baggy clothes but that would interfere with seeing the lines of the gymnasts as they do their routines. It's pretty much unavoidable.
I support them wearing shorts/unitards, females shouldn't have to worry about there crotch or butt showing
TLDR? My summary of Zheng, J., & Chen, S. (2016). Exploring China's success at the Olympic Games: a competitive advantage approach. European sport management quarterly, 16(2), 148-171.
Key summary points on China's Success at Olympic Games:
In 1980's, China's early strategy due to it's low-income status is to focus on individual sports (rather than collective/team/big ball sports), especially individual disciplines that "low investment, but prompt return (of medals)', while collective big ball efforts suffered or cut-down.
These INDIVIDUAL sports have a tendency to emphasize primarily skill-based disciplines (e.g. shooting, archery, gymnastics, trampoline, diving, synchronized swimming, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, fencing, combat sports), with the exception of physical-based sport emphasizing explosive power (weightlifting). For example, 75% of all gold medals (and 70% of all medals) between 1984-2012 came primarily from "primary-skill based category" with the exception of weightlifting, which belongs to explosive power category.
The 'big balls' (football, basketball, volleyball) were considered 'high investment, but slow return (on medals)' due to infrastructure support and limited number of gold opportunities, so they suffered cuts at the beginning. INSTEAD of the 'big balls', China put focused on 'small, fast, women, water, and agile' sports/disciplines.
Women sports was a focus because internationally, there was a relatively lower degree of competition in female sports due to relatively lower degree of popularity in comparison to male counterparts, despite that 50% of available medals are available to women. China's decision to support female sports result in instant international success. As a result, China is the 2nd most successful nation in all women's events between 1992 to 2012.
As China becomes more rich and powerful, it is attempt to diversify into other sports such as women's cycling, sprinting, swimming, track and field, epee, sabre. Also upgrading to heavyweight in men's weightlifting, as China's traditional "fortress" in lightweight is under threat by North Korea since 2012. Also, it's pursuing innovation such in ingenious adaptation of Artistic Gymnastics revolutionary adoption of non-maximum scoring system, so Chinese beat Russia and USA by better mastering the new rules/points system.
Conclusion: China is defending core competencies, and seeking new sources of Olympic medals, and raising the quality and value of gold medals by targeting more internationally popular, influential, and high-profile sports, with more medal opportunites. Chukoku Jiao Yao!
Key summary points on China's Success at Olympic Games:
In 1980's, China's early strategy due to it's low-income status is to focus on individual sports (rather than collective/team/big ball sports), especially individual disciplines that "low investment, but prompt return (of medals)', while collective big ball efforts suffered or cut-down.
These INDIVIDUAL sports have a tendency to emphasize primarily skill-based disciplines (e.g. shooting, archery, gymnastics, trampoline, diving, synchronized swimming, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, fencing, combat sports), with the exception of physical-based sport emphasizing explosive power (weightlifting). For example, 75% of all gold medals (and 70% of all medals) between 1984-2012 came primarily from "primary-skill based category" with the exception of weightlifting, which belongs to explosive power category.
The 'big balls' (football, basketball, volleyball) were considered 'high investment, but slow return (on medals)' due to infrastructure support and limited number of gold opportunities, so they suffered cuts at the beginning. INSTEAD of the 'big balls', China put focused on 'small, fast, women, water, and agile' sports/disciplines.
Women sports was a focus because internationally, there was a relatively lower degree of competition in female sports due to relatively lower degree of popularity in comparison to male counterparts, despite that 50% of available medals are available to women. China's decision to support female sports result in instant international success. As a result, China is the 2nd most successful nation in all women's events between 1992 to 2012.
As China becomes more rich and powerful, it is attempt to diversify into other sports such as women's cycling, sprinting, swimming, track and field, epee, sabre. Also upgrading to heavyweight in men's weightlifting, as China's traditional "fortress" in lightweight is under threat by North Korea since 2012. Also, it's pursuing innovation such in ingenious adaptation of Artistic Gymnastics revolutionary adoption of non-maximum scoring system, so Chinese beat Russia and USA by better mastering the new rules/points system.
Conclusion: China is defending core competencies, and seeking new sources of Olympic medals, and raising the quality and value of gold medals by targeting more internationally popular, influential, and high-profile sports, with more medal opportunites. Chukoku Jiao Yao!
China focused on sports such as track cycling rowing/canoeing in the lead up to the Beijing Olympics. She managed wins in world championships in world rowing events with some commentators suggesting that she could win a brace of medals at Beijing. Sadly this did not happen and imo the sport has gone backwards in China since.
There's surfing too. Freaking aussie broadcaster put it on main channel.
I agree with. Sepak should be included, it would be dominated by southeast Asian countries like indonesia, Malaysia etc. Will be good to have them in the limelight
Karate is originally from ryukyu kingdom, so not really Japanese
wow somebody wrote a book on this
Sepak Takraw has a big mountain to climb to get to the Olympics.
The traditional route to be recognised as a sport for inclusion is 75+ countries playing. That puts you in the frame to be even considered to be included on top of the 25 core sports. The Sepak Takraw IF only list 31 member nations so it's got a loooong way to go on this front.
The 2020 Olympic accord allows for sports to be included on the basis of lobbying on the merits of the sport in terms of marketability, engagement and revenue. That's why you're seeing sports like breakdancing, et al. coming in. But in a political landscape dominated by money and anglo politicos, a largely South East Asian sport doesn't have a snowballs chance.