Well, they receive more “reward” money than their American counterparts who get US$25,000 for a gold medal. But they don’t do as well as Thai gold medalists who are given US$314,000.
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How Much Money Do Chinese Olympic Gold Medalist Make?
August 28th, 2008 — China
Nike Really, Really Loves Liu Xiang
August 23rd, 2008 — China, Scandals and Controversies
Earlier, I wondered whether Liu Xiang’s withdrawal from the 110 meter hurdles competition will negatively affect his relationship with Nike. Thanks to this tip from snactres, we find out that Nike will continue to feature Liu in its ad campaign.
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Liu Xiang Quits
August 18th, 2008 — Athletics, China, Scandals and Controversies
Argh! Liu Xiang, my favorite Olympian pulled out of the 110 meter hurdles reportedly because of a “tendon injury to the right foot“. As a fan who’s been blogging about Liu and who hoped that he will get his second Olympic gold medal, his decision to quit is very disappointing.
It would have been great to see him run despite whatever injury he sustained. After all, isn’t that what the Olympics is about — overcoming all odds and that kind of stuff? But, then again, maybe its unfair to expect him to risk his health and future well-being if only because his fans want to see him running. I’m sure his other fans also have mixed feelings about this.
Yu Yang and Du Jing: China’s Gold Medalists #26
August 15th, 2008 — Badminton, China
China’s answer to the U.S. victories in the Olympic swimming pool on Day 7 came from weightlifting, judo, and the badminton duo of Yu Yang and Du Jing who beat South Korea’s Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won to pocket the gold, China’s 26th overall, in women’s badminton doubles.
So what’s the gold medal race like at the end of Day 7? It’s China with 26 golds and the U.S. with 14 golds.
Tong Wen Bags Gold Medal #25 for China
August 15th, 2008 — China
Tong Wen sure deserves to be lifted by her coaches after winning the gold, China’s 25th, in women’s judo, 85 kg category.
Photo source: xinhua/beijing2008
Lu Yong: China’s Gold Medalist # 24
August 15th, 2008 — China, Weight Lifting
Chinese athletes do rule weightlifting, no? They grabbed eight of the 11 gold medals awarded so far. Here’s China’s Lu Yong celebrating after winning gold medal number 24 for China. Lu tied with Andrei Rybakou of Belarus as both lifted 394 kilos but he was awarded the gold because he registered a lighter body weight during the weigh-in.
Armenia’s Tigran Varban Martirosyan won the bronze medal for this event (weightlifting, 85 kg category).
Weightlifter Cao Lei Wins Gold Number 23 for China
August 15th, 2008 — China, Weight Lifting
China’s gold medal count remained stuck at 22 for much of Day 7 but this has now gone up to 23 following the victory of Cao Lei in women’s weightlifting (75 kg category). She bested Alla Vazhenina of Kazakhstan who got the silver and Russian Nadezda Evstyukhina who settled for the bronze.
For those of you interested in the China vs. US race for gold medals, it currently stands at: China (23 golds) vs. U.S. (14 golds).
Liu Zige Bags China’s 18th Gold Medal
August 14th, 2008 — China, Swimming
China crashed the U.S./Australia party in the swimming pool when Liu Zige won the gold medal in the women’s 200m butterfly with a world record swim of 2:04.18.
Should Americans be concerned that Chinese athletes are encroaching in their territory, the medal-rich sport of swimming? They need not worry now but they should worry in future editions of the Games.
More Olympic Medal Biting: China’s Qin Kai and Wang Feng
August 13th, 2008 — China, Diving
Hah. Didn’t I tell you earlier that the art of medal biting lives on in the Olympics? Here’s the China’s synchronized divers Kai Qin and Wang Feng. Kai is biting his gold to test if it is authentic.
Seems like the Chinese divers are really going to win all the golds in diving, no?
Olympic Gold Medal Race: China vs. the United States
August 12th, 2008 — China, United States
Apologies for not blogging about the most recent Olympic results particularly the one we care most about, i.e., the race for gold medals between China and the United States. I must admit to being discouraged after I discovered that my blog posts were being stolen. This sapped my enthusiasm to blog. But now that the problem is fixed [the webmaster behind the site agreed to not republish my contents after I contacted him/her and his/her host], let’s continue having fun.
At the end of Day Four of the competitions, China has 13 gold medals while the United States has seven. China appears to be on its way to bagging the number of medals that some crystal ball gazers predicted. In particular Luciano Barra predicted that China will win 38 gold medals while researchers at the Sheffield Hallam University predicted that the host nation will win 46 Olympic gold medals.
