Comments on: Gold should lead the way

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:41:54 +0000

USA is a very BAD LOSER at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
It refused to acknowledge that China is No.1 beating the USA to second place in the Olympics.
China won 51 GOLD medals vs USA with only 36 gold medals.
Biased USA media put it as top in ranking, by putting a dishonest spin counting total medals instead of ranking by Gold medals. This is a stupid way of ranking. Do you think a Silver medal or a Bronze medal is equal to a Gold medal? If Phelps had won 8 Bronze medals, does it make him the best swimmer in the world? I guess only the biased and racially prejudiced people of the USA can say this kind of lies and untruth to the rest of the world. Nobody in the rest of the world put USA as No.1, WE all say China is the TRUE No.1 at the Beijing Olympics, and USA is a VERY BAD LOSER at No.2.
If you USA people really want to count total medals as the yardstick, fine. Medals have different values and weightage as we all know, except USAers who are so poor in mathematics.
You are the laughing stock of the world and the International Community.
Let's make it simple for you USAers:
1 Gold medal = 2 Silver medals = 4 Bronze medals.
Even a elementary school pupil can tell you that China is the No.1 Champion of the 2008 Olympic Games beating the USA to distant second place ranking.

By: snowman121

snowman121 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:41:42 +0000

Americans are indeed cute!
I must say that as a Chinese, the NBC broadcast this time, though still biased when it comes to China, has improved quite a bit over previous Olympic broadcast. At least they started to acknowledge some of the positive things about China without ending every sentence with something negative. I don't know if it is because they were broadcasting from China, or that they actually realized how biased they were towards China, sure hope the trend continues. To consistently put down a country and nitpick negative things is not very American to me.

By: Klaatu

Klaatu — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:57:25 +0000

Its very sad, that the American media choose to portray themselves above China in the medal table even while the whole world watches and laughs at them.

This also dishonours the great achievements of the past when this system would have dropped the USA team down the ranking in spite of the fact they had won more Gold.

Come on America, act your age, its pitiful.

By: butch

butch — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:43:48 +0000

to talk about this subject is so so stupid don't you people have something
to do with your time. Your lives must be like watching paint dry.

By: Food shortage

Food shortage — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:24:02 +0000

Americans are cute.

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:15:18 +0000

Kudos for your logic and sense.

By: Alvin

Alvin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:34:40 +0000

With reference to John's posting, it is with much regret that I noticed how most Amercian media practice dselective reporting to their advantage ie. USA topping the medal table. This smacks of how often Amercia, no doubt a great nation tries to use its media to influence the rest of the world to align with its own standard.

The truth of the matter is, all other major media including IOC, sohu.com, reuters and channelnewasia just to name a few list China at the top of the medal tally.

Furthermore, constant attempts to link the Olympics with human rights issues in hope of discrediting China's achievements in hosting one of the most if not most successful Olympics simply reflects America's insecurity as China rises to threaten America's superpower status.

The spirit of the Olympics is "One World, One Dream" and this definitely has been achieved whether the American media recognises it or not.

By: KT

KT — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:53:06 +0000

First is first and second is second. Gold medals mean you are top above others. So what if a country received 111 bronze medals withut any Gold or even Silver? The US media should go ask your own sportsmen or women will they be satisfied with a silver medal? Don't be a loser and accept that others can do better than you.

By: Huey

Huey — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:14:45 +0000

I think it is a joke the US media is potraying USA is winning in the Olympics by the total amount of medals.

NOwhere else in the world has this kind of reporting.

Comon, just because this year USA doesnt have enough gold medals to show, u guys still put USA on top in terms of total?

Gold in world market price is worth MORE than silver or gold.....

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:23:29 +0000

Equestrian and pentathlon should be banned from the Olympic games. These two rely on how strong horses are and how well they are trained, and less on human athleticism. They are cruel to the horses too.