I wish you yanks would get ahead of China in the medal tally. You're the only ones who can do it. Maybe in the track and field you will do it, I hope so. That would piss them right off.....
I don't care who does it as long as it's not the Chinese. We're pretty good at track and field. We'll see what happens.
I don't blame the Chinese girls for this debacle. 10-15 years from now, if China keeps getting Westernized, there will be - mark my words - some sad Sports Illustrated article about one of these girls who will confess how - as a child of 12-14 - she was made to lie about her age so she could compete.
She's in China! What are they going to do? Say no? In one story, I guess was meant to be
inspiring but sounded more like child abuse to me - one little gymnast wanted to quit. She was a long way from home, away from her friends and family, subjected to a harsh disciplined athletic program day in day out and she finally broke down and called the people she thought she could rely on, who loved her and would help her. Her parents. She called and asked to come home. They said no.
She was a little girl. Who was she going to turn to next?
And now? So what if she's a champion? She's a stranger now to the people who should have been the most important in her life and probably on some level feels betrayed by them.
Sad and tragic.
What's worse is that the whole world is caught up in not saying anything bad about a 'host' while they are in their country, and so remain silent. Luckily the journalists aren't as polite.