Comments on: The Making Of China's Olympic Golden Age

CBS Evening News: Just How Far Does Olympic Medal-Obsessed China Go?

[dtla1730]

We''ve been whining about Chinese cheating ever since our ''golden girls'' had their arses handed to them on the mats. They beat us senseless and our response was to accuse them of cheating in order to discredit any of their future victories. We said they used underaged girls which, naturally, were ''more flexible'' than our ''legally'' aged girls.

Then, in an almost horrific show of justice, Life handed us another spectacular gymnastic beating. This time by 28 year old Yang Wei who, for the gold, beat the snot out of 16 + 17 year olds!

I''m embarrassed to be American this year. It''s not because we lost - it''s because we''re whiney losers.

And bad ones at that.

[hasabrain]

The whiners like the author, diatreme, and Edward1975 make the world a bad place! They are self-centered and self-righteous. They think the world revolve around them. They don''t understand that there are other cultures. I keep seeing China spent $50 billions on Olympics. How much do you think it spent on infrastructure? I''m sure they won''t tear it down after Olympics. It will benefit Chinese people.

As for the boarding schools, my nieces there attend boarding schools too. It has nothing to do with sports. It is for better education. I will never send my kids to boarding schools. However, I do respect other cultures that boarding schools are acceptable. As for the amount of money spent on sports, a typical soccer club in the bay area costs $600 (CYSA class 1 and 3). A reasonable Track and Field club can cost around $1000. These numbers are based on my own experiences to support my kids on their sport activities. I don%u2019t know how much it costs to support a kid for serious swimming, skating or gymnastics. I guess they will be more than those for soccer and T/F. I bet you that the total spending in the U.S. is much more than any other nations. The poor nations just utilize the limited resources better than the worst resource wasting country. I guess China can do better in Darfur. At least they don''t kill women and children for their resources.

[bobbeck7]

The CCG Chinese Cheating Games. The IOC must rescind all medals of the underage participants to keep the sport honest. I will never watch again if there is no enforcement of the rules. They can use forensics and existing documents to set ages. IOC must be forced to rescind the medals from the 2004 winners who have come forth and admitted they were underage. BOYCOTT BOYCOTT all gymnastics at all levels. Why should anyone send their children too or financially support manufacturers,gyms,coaches,and all suppliers of gymnastics products for a fixed sport. If those who make their living from gymnastics do not speak together as one voice they are only in it for the money. Do not support them. If it hurts their bottom line they will speak as one and demand existing rule enforcement. Hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted each year on a sport our children now know is fixed. I just saved thousands of dollars and I will encourage everyone to withdraw their children from the sport. Look at boxing no one takes it seriously any more, The judges made it feel fixed.Boycott the IOC

[random_radar]

"But the real message is Communism beats Democracy."

A few dozen gold medals makes up for one billion people suffering in poverty?

I will take freedom over communism any day even if it did not win a single gold medal.

[edward1975-2009]

At the cost of 50 billion. Not counting the people evicted from their homes to make room for the venues, all 250K of them. You gotta love their human rights record. What a disgrace.