how china wins so many medals at the olympics.

1. CHINA AT THE OLYMPICS

2. Derived from the name Olympia, in Greece.
International Olympic Committee (IOC), 1894.
Held every 4 years.
Cancelled in: 1916, 1940, 1944,1980, 1984.
Participators: 204 in summer and 88 in winter.
13,000 athletes,33 different sports,400 events.

3. Republic of China (ROC) from 1932 to 1948.
People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first
time in 1952
Gap from 1952 to 1984.
Hosts: 2008 Summer Olympics
2022 Winter Olympics
Rank: 1st at Beijing, 2008
2nd at Athens, 2004 and 2012 London
3rd at Sydney, 2000

4.  Till 2012, 152/201 golds
311/473 total medals.
 All golds 4 times in table
tennis and once in badminton.
 Three-quarters of all diving
golds.
 Swimming has the potential to
get into top 5.

7.  Choosing the best among 1.3
billion.
 Availability of latent talent to
be developed.
 China's National Games
participants = Olympics
competitors.
 Only 4% of them make the
Olympic team.

8.  Selection based on
favorable physical
attributes.
 A better "yield" on world
class athletes rather than
self actualization.

9.  Recruit children as young as 6.
 Train 8-12 hours a day,7 days a
week.
 Isolate from family.
 Little attention to other life skills.
 Family tragedies and deaths are
often hidden.

11. 3,000 Government-run
sports schools
20 Major programs
200 smaller programs
State-of-the-art facilities
Best of coaching

12. Sign Of An Emerging Super Power
Diversity
Their Weakness Our Strength
Competitive Culture

13. Short Man Syndrome
Consistency In Strengths
Incentives For Athletes

14. Governmental program.
Target sports that China had not traditionally
excelled in.
Maximize total medals and number of golds.
119 refers to number of gold medals in
targeted events.

15.  Cheng Chun Liu at L.A in 1932.
 3500 babies named ‘Olympics’ or
Aoyuan.
 First Winter Olympic gold in Salt
Lake City.
 Beijing’s National Stadium is
believed to be the world’s largest
enclosed space.

16.  Government spending on
sports, rather than per capita
income.
 Government involvement is
the fundamental feature of
sports organization.
 On its way to build up a well
world-understanding and
better balance in different
social classes
 Help sports teachers in
schools.

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