The proportion of Australians, Germans, Czechs, and other nationalities who are selected to participate in the Olympic games is HIGHER than the proportion of Americans, Russians, and Chinese...yet they win more Olympic medals.. Why is this true?
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its because we are better :D
326765
The japanese were like the nazis of the east.....the koreans think that they are better then all the other asian races with there stuck up additude only because they have the usa to back them in everything.....the chinese are lazy....but are good with math and cook a great meal!
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I am a sports fan and I enjoy the olympics.  Summer Games more than winter games.  Women's beach volleyball rocks.  I wish they still had baseball in summer. Snowboarding halfpipe ans cross are awesome sports to watch. Hockey is cool on international ice.\n\nPeople care about the olympics because it promotes patriotism and gamesmanship.  People who don't have strong national values don't care about international competition.  Americans are usually the most dominant in the games as a hole, having competitiors in alomst every event, and with the most medal totals, it's easy and fun to root for the U.S.A.
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I was not aware that it was not included in the olympics, this is a disgrace. I know a great many female boxers that are equal or greater in skill and determination to thier male counterparts. There is no doubt in my mind that females should be allowed into the olympics for boxing. I've been training in martial arts for far too long to believe that a genetic difference is a great separation of the human race, it's all in ignorant people heads.
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I actually went to the website dr000g provided, and looking through it I found this article: http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/news/news_eng160276.html\n\nBasically, it says that Hubertus von Hohenlohe, who compets in skiing, was "the only Mexican who qualified and the Mexican Olympic Committee decided against sending him as a one-man team."\n...That is basically all that I've been able to find out.
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the  gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse"  . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times .  Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal  " .
609605
Yes, the World Cup is being watched by over 5 Billion people. Plus lots of people have lost interest in the olympics due to it's dope issues.
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If both teams were at full squad on a neutral site, I would have to say the Americans would take it.  being in Germany, with less than full squads, I would have to say its 50/50.
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I don't think race has anything to do with it. I think that they are trying to keep the strongest players. I think they are tired of losing all of the challenges.
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People are not the same, different educational level, different social status, different economic situation, etc.  In Russia, there are rich as well poor Russians and the poor must do something to improve their lot.  If they don't see much opportunity right there, they must look elsewhere.  And where else other the America, the land of opportunity.  People who do well in foreign nations do NOT want to come here.  Trust me.  I know some of them personally; they'll never like to live here because they have nothing but contempt for the way of life here.  So, before you go on believing America is a magnet attracting EVERYONE from elsewhere, believe there are those who DON'T want to live here.  They may visit as tourists.  That's it.  By the way, what is a communist answer?
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Wait! When were the Olympics on?? Wait.....isn't that this year? When are they? What?? They've aleady come and gone?? \n\nI see your point. I remember as a kid when the Olympics were bigger than Dallas. (Ok is Dallas really that big?) But my point is that they were uber special. We actually knew the athletes prior to going into the Olympics. We were invested! I think that is what is missing these days. We don't take enough of a personal approach to who we are supporting on our team. We focus on Bad Boy Bodie Miller who is just dumb enough to make all internationalists believe this is the epitome of American sportsmanship. I would love to see NBC take a different approach. Was it CBS that had done such a wonderful job before?? Is that the difference? hmmmmmmmmm
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Your looking for that single black kid?  Isn't that some sort of racism?  I'm sure there was plenty of different cultures represented, but this is Germany.  I'm not sure of the black population in Germany.  The kids are selected from the host country.
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>>>>Not to be racist, but it's as if only white people are >>>>allowed to have an identity.\n\nThat's simply not true. \n\nHow many people do you know of who could explain the cultural differences between a Libyan and a Turk? To most Americans they are simply Arabs, white or not. Similarly how many people do you know of who could distinguish between a Boer and a white Kenyan based purely on cultural difference? Both are simply Africans. How many people do you think understand the difference between a Georgian and a Muscovite? How about a Berber and a Taureg? A Kurd and a Sikh? A Lapp and an Norwegian?\n\nYet those are all white people. Quite clearly this cultural ignorance has nothing whatsoever to with skin colur or race.\n\n\n>>>>>Nobody confuses an Irishman with an Italian just \n>>>>>because they are "European".\n\nThat is because America has huge numbers of Italian and Irish immigrants. Try the average American on groups from European areas that haven't emigrated to the US in large numbers. How many people wouldn't confuse a Dane and Norwegian as both being Scandinavian? Or a Frenchman and a Belgian? Or a Spaniard and a Portugese?\n\nFor perhaps the perfect example, even after 20 years of being a major public figure my experience tells me that well over 25% of Americans still don't understand that Arnold Schwarzenegger is not and never has been German. \n\nThe simple fact is that there are far to many cultures and ethnicities in the world to have even a cursory knowledge of them all, even those of us that are interested. We need to lump cultures somehow to get any sort of handle on what is out there. Sometimes that lumping is ridiculously broad, as with your examples of "Africans" and "Asians" but we still need to do that. And African is no more ludicrous as a grouping than “Russian”, and Russians are largely white.\n\nAs we become more and more interested in regions and people we narrow down those divsions. So most Americans can separate out Sicilians and Italians generally. Many now can also separate out Hmong and Vietnamese generally, which is a very fine scale split. \n\nBut the parts of the world we have no reasons to be interested in tend be populated in our minds by "Africans" and "Russians", even though those groupings are more or less meaningless.\n\nBut rest assured it has nothing to do with race. Americans are just as almost as ignorant or European cultural differences as Africans.\n\nBut just to make you fell a bit better, my experience has been that most Africans don't draw any real distinction between Americans and Canadians either. The USA and Canada are usually treated the same way Americans treat Austria and Germany. Everyone more or less knows they're separate countries, but the differences in language, culture and so forth are so small that they feel they can be ignored.\n\nLike I said, nothing to do with race.
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I go with Australia. We showed with a successful 2000 Olympics we are extremely capable of hosting world class sporting events and the venues left from the Olympics could be easily upgraded to the standard of world class stadiums. We are friendly people on the whole and would welcome everyone. That would be fantasic for us fans as being so far away from the rest of the world we don't get to see the best of the best play live. Australian's would love the opportunity to learn and grow from an experience like that.
44665
They have not set the final lineup yet, some players will be named to the qualifying team. This lineup could dirastically change before the actual summer olympics.
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I really don't care what their favourite sports are or are not. That is their choice. They have the right to enjoy whatever sports they like just as the rest of us do. I'm not obsessed with America or it's people. There are good and bad everywhere. I do not see them as superior to me or my country in any way, shape or form. With that said I can see why others get annoyed sometimes. While there are many wonderful people there are also those that are surrealistic and cannot praise any other country or achievement or accept anything less than being dominant and it's a shame they give the majority a negative appearance. I was annoyed at their attitude to Australia in relation to qualifying. and not to unhappy that those responsible are eating their words or suffering from foot in mouth disease. Why can't we all just respect each other and our differences.
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We got to be able to cheer for some team or teams.  Unfortunately, the Chinese soccer team cannot make it pass the preliminary round.  If they did that, I would be cheering for the Chinese team instead of the Korean team (or any other team for that matter).  If only the people from their own countries can cheer for their own teams, then only people in 32 countries can cheer for any teams at all.  You can ask those of your Korean friends and see if they cheer for Italy, Germany, France, Brazil or some other teams.  If they do, then ask them why they have double standard.