The Official 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Thread (from July 26 - August 11) - Closing Ceremony replay at 7pm EST

Liu Kang

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The US could have had one more gold if the high jumper agreed with the NZ dude to share 1st place. He didnt want to do it and ended getting silver :manny:
 
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China values gold medals over everything else, so they go hard for sports with judges and sports where natural ability is less important....sports where you can just pluck kids from their home and train them into the ground. They also look at events most countries give zero shyts about (looking at you table tennis).


The United States also values gold medals but they do not have a "gold or nothing" mentality. They want gold in their strong events and silver/bronze for events where they're not considered the best. They want total domination...most golds and most total medals.

The only reason China doesn't do the same is because they can't. U.S. is much more competitive across a broader range of sports...which is why they have more Olympians qualifying than anyone else.
 

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who's leading in gold? Still China?

If they win, it will be their first win outside of their country, their second win since 2008 and the first time the US did not win since 92 (except in Beijing where China won)
 
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