2020/2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics

sndef888

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Any reason why China doesn't have any athletes in the weightlifting events today? I'm guessing the lower weight category is because it's new and China didn't have anyone to qualify into it, but the heavier one China dominates it right?

Maybe @manqiangrexue can speak on it.
The Taipei athelete is dominant, holds world record for snatch, Cnj and total.

China can only send 8 athletes so they just skipped this for more ideal weight classes
 

manqiangrexue

Brigadier
Any reason why China doesn't have any athletes in the weightlifting events today? I'm guessing the lower weight category is because it's new and China didn't have anyone to qualify into it, but the heavier one China dominates it right?

Maybe @manqiangrexue can speak on it.
Yeah, basically due to the quota, China is in 49kg, 55kg, 87kg, 87kg+ in the womens, and 61kg, 67kg, 73kg, 81kg for the mens. Those were determined to be the classes in which China is most dominant.
 

getready

Senior Member
Sharpshooters Yang Haoran and Yang Qian (the lady who won China's first gold) are called the Yang Yang team; that's just adorable! Anyway, they just beat the US in the gold medal match for 10 meter mixed air rifle.
Read about yang haoran on weibo. Apparently he was labelled a talented prodigy from young age. Won everything there is except for Olympics title. Unfortunately bombed out in Rio during qualifications. Got severe criticism on social media. So he quit weibo. So far he is only Olympic gold medallist with no weibo account. Glad he finally got his gold now. Plus the bronze in individual event
 

Gatekeeper

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You can lobby the Olympic committee with forex now???

Not sure what you mean?

Exactly. There's no such thing as a certain win. I also wouldn't be so quick to count China out in the swimming and track and field events.

If there ever was such a thing as a certain win. We might as well stop watching. And the "lesser able" might as well not turn up. This is why we love watching competitive sports, becausecit the element of uncertainty.

USA: Nope, we need more swimming medals, despite already having 37 for some reason. Weightlifting should be reduced by 1 event too. Also we should limit max number of weightlifting athletes to 8 per country (even though we send 50 to swimming)

The US is a legal cheat at the olympics, basically like how lobbying is legal corruption

So volleyball women are out of the olympics now?

Jinxed it by a member here. Lol

The Taipei athelete is dominant, holds world record for snatch, Cnj and total.

China can only send 8 athletes so they just skipped this for more ideal weight classes

Yeah, basically due to the quota, China is in 49kg, 55kg, 87kg, 87kg+ in the womens, and 61kg, 67kg, 73kg, 81kg for the mens. Those were determined to be the classes in which China is most dominant.

This is what I keep on about the quotas system. It's like a loaded dice in favour of the western nations.
 

siegecrossbow

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Not sure what you mean?



If there ever was such a thing as a certain win. We might as well stop watching. And the "lesser able" might as well not turn up. This is why we love watching competitive sports, becausecit the element of uncertainty.





Jinxed it by a member here. Lol





This is what I keep on about the quotas system. It's like a loaded dice in favour of the western nations.

Bhakts always brag about how much the forex is going up, even though it is a tiny fraction of China’s and other economic indices are falling.
 

Gatekeeper

Brigadier
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Does anyone know which anthem plays if Chinese Taipei wins? I remember hearing it before in past Olympics but I genuinely forgotten it now

Chinese Taipei "national" anthem

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Typical fxxking Japanese, they just can't resist, can they.

From ABC News:

"Chinese online streaming service Tencent Video stopped broadcasting and cut to a stand-up comedy clip after Japan's public broadcaster introduced the team as Taiwan."

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