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No less significant was the first medal of the highest standard in athletics. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova turned out to be the "trailblazer".
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I want to hope that these are just my suspicions, then it remains to state the fact that China is becoming a super sports power... And we are going downhill... It's a pity... really...
Regarding doping and other things... I have serious doubts about African athletes. Cameroon, which beat Tanya Lebedeva, doesn't show results above 14.70 anywhere except at the Olympics, and at the Olympics, it's almost a meter more. Strange. Yesterday, there was a women's 800m race. The winner from Kenya looked as if she had been injected before the start, both after the finish and at the award ceremony. No emotions, nothing, and her body was stiff; it seemed like she was about to fall.
The judges are favoring the Chinese. This is clearly visible. In gymnastics, in jumping, and even in boxing. There may also be doping. The sports world has invested a lot of money in the development of new drugs, and by the time they learn to identify and ban them, their users will have won many more gold medals.
As for our athletes... The problem is not with the athletes. They give their all. The problem is with the leaders. As long as Mr. Tyagachev is at the head of the ROC, we will continue to go downhill. This is a complete misunderstanding... A simple coach becomes the highest sports official. I hated him after Salt Lake City. How he let down our figure skaters and skiers. Fetisov too. Five of our athletes are suspended before the Olympics. Think about it. Five athletes who could have realistically won five medals!!! And our officials are silent, keeping their mouths shut. They should all be fired! But, unfortunately, this is not realistic. They have too many connections in the highest leadership of the country. So, we, ordinary fans, can only silently gnash our teeth and curse the unfair judging, watching through tears as our country is humiliated before the whole world.
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I am amazed by the American swimmer Michael Phelps! He won everything possible! Is that even possible? :confused: :)
I don't want to say anything about Phelps. And I'm especially annoyed when our commentators call him the greatest Olympian in history, forgetting that in swimming, you can win eight gold medals at one Olympics, while in wrestling, boxing, and many other sports, you can only win one. And no one will convince me that our Karelin, Isinbayeva, Nemov, Sautin, and many others are less great athletes.
Marion Jones came to mind... How everyone admired her, were delighted with her, promoted her, and then her tearful face at the press conference...
No analogies, just something that surfaced from the depths of my memory ;)
P.S. Mutko came to mind with his "brilliant" idea. How to improve sports in the country. It turns out that we need to take sponsorship money from the federations and give it to the ministry :) That's what they have in mind. Not the results of the athletes, not the development of sports in the country, including mass and children's sports. Only money, how to grab a bigger piece for themselves. Scoundrels...