I mean, that’s the kind of attitude that leads to this. In all seriousness, it’s great that Chinese media isn’t going all Tiger Mom on their Olympic athletes anymore. Well, as an American, representing the world’s largest economy, all I have to say is…46 gold! BOOYAH!!! Ohh, mmm, sporting prowess is boosting my national confidence! One expert interviewed said that “As China grown from a backward country to become the world’s second largest economy, its people no longer need to use sporting prowess as a means to boost national confidence.” Oh, ok. And, coincidentally, Chinese media have suddenly shifted their tone away from valuing Olympic gold above all else.Ĭhina Central Television ran a story called “When we are no longer obsessed with gold medals.” It said, “we will be able to openly applaud our rivals to reflect our great country’s confidence and tolerance.” I…actually kind of agree with that? A Global Times piece talked about how the burden of Olympic medals was “ unfair” to athletes.Īnd another Global Times piece says the public doesn’t really care about gold medals because fitness is more important.
The final Olympic tally was US 46 gold medals, UK 27, and China 26. They’re…not too happy the Brits have outdone them. Here’s another Xinhua sports tweet, that they later deleted, for some reason. So it didn’t seem like a stretch that party mouthpiece Global Times ran this spread, predicting 30-36 gold medals, before the Rio Olympics. But the important thing about this massive sports system is that…it works! In the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, China won 51 gold medals. The Chinese Communist Party recruits thousands of children to train for their entire lives to win Olympic Gold. It was China’s state-run Xinhua news.Īnd that picture is Chinese gymnast You Hao “flopping” at the men’s parallel bars final on Tuesday night. Chinese athletes have flopped at the Rio Olympics! Oh, I’m sorry, does that sound harsh? Well, yeah, it actually kind of does.
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