Yet we got no Olympics medal.

We sent in less than 20 people. Vietnam as a whole probably doesn't have many sports facilities. Wasn't there an article that was posted about the first real sports facility in Vietnam or something If we won a medal that would be one fricken high ratio of medals/person sent.

We'll improve.

I wish Vietnam the best of luck.
And hope China will be #1 in gold in 2008

China might dominate for gold, but for overall i think USA might still be #1. China might end up 2nd. Who knows.

We seriously needs to overhaul our sporting facilities and train athletes from a very young age like the Chinese.

Sporting achievements can be a source of national pride too.

errhh did you know alot of the athletes took banned substances???

I'm disappointed too

I'm personally against that idea of forcing kids into sports at a young age. I'm more into the train on interest and parental guidence system.

China does well, but so what. What happens if one of those gymnastics champions had the potential to be the next Einstein but was restricted because he was forced into gymnastics rather than given the choice to do what he loved, physics...

Plus, i'm more for a fitter nation as a whole. More gyms all around means better olympics, plus better health for Viets.

Which ones?

I heard some Chinese weight lifters

I dont know abt now, but back in pre 90s days, u had to train ur butt off in China. Guys and girls were "scouted" at early age, 5am starts and 11pm finishes...and severely punished if u were "wrong" one of my uni mates who was an ex gymanist told me this.

The prize money for a gold is enormous by Chinese standards...thats what keeps atheletes going these days in China.

Do they get benefits even IF they don't get on the olympic team? Cause if they're just thrown out that's quite sad. No benefits, so much time taken out of their day most of their academics probably aren't on par with their non-olympic training peers unless they had tutors or something.

Its an "investment". Just like those studying at uni hoping their hard work will pay off one day, but if u quit half way, u dun get ur degree, same deal there. There is nothing to fall back on if u dun cut the mustard.

China with its massive population cannot seriously have a welfare system, so this is cionsidered a luxury.

Many kids sadly are "sold" into the Olympic squads (virtually). The kids are often either from acrobatic families or rural areas where their parents cant afford to keep them. My friend was "sold off" sadly because his single mum couldnt afford to keep him.

In a country with so many ppl, the competition is so stiff, many u see there are the cream of the cream of the cream of the cream of the cream of the cream's cream of the crop. Some many "defect" to the West to represent in stuff like Table Tennis, Badminton, Diving or Gymanstics.

I guess in some ways it's a good thing. He could've been abandoned totally by his mom and just thrown on the street or left infront of some person's home just to end up being left alone to die of hunger...

ehhehe yer, $hit already 3:30am here.

he said in CHina, "smart and talented" people struggle to make a living.

In Australia and the West, smart and talented ppl earn bucket loads, lazy ppl have a good life hehehe.

Asia is NOT a good place to be in, even Japan, u have to work a hella lot harder in life.

The West concentrates on giving u more of a "lifestyle" than higher wages.

I live in Canada, one of the places voted best place to live every few years.

Talented people in Vietnam struggle too, it's because of the fierce competition, and in Vietnam, fierce connections. Who can compete with sons and daughters of Communist Party members?

Yea sometimes it feels like there are class divisions in vietnamese youth society.

If you're children of officials: even though you suck at schools, you will still get higher positions/ higher payment jobs than normal Vietnamese.

yeah thats true, 82 million people means jack squat if they have nothing to train with in facilities.

why don't u go back to vietnam fight for ur country??


Clean u don't know anything about chinese government, we don't force people to join sports nor military, all those people joined by their own willingess. and canada is not best place to live, the best place to live is Norway.

P.s. if u can get a gold medal in olympic game, chinese government will reward he/she at least one million dollars. the dude that who won the 110m Hurdles government rewarded him with 5 million dollars and china, taiwan, and Hk business people will ask him to do advertisement for their company products.

It's OK

I am confident that Vietnam will receive its first medal in 103810834018340183041031038401834 years.

lol we already had one in 2000 but thanks for the support.

And that was the best reply u could give him? Byron u kiss to much chinese @$$
I mean if it was a Cambodian u have gone nuts

Tsk tsk tsk, such violent war-like mentality.

Your just angry because you're part Cambodian.

WTF? so u admit youre a chinese @$$ kisser? Im also part chinese but u dont see me kissing their asses do u?

What makes you think that? Read my reply to his comment again. It is hardly what I would call "kissing @$$".

Must be my ugly chinese part showing....

To khuanam, any reply to a Chinese AF member without resorting to immature name-calling and/or downright insult is "@$$-kissing"

Sure if u say so... say what u want Byron is here to protect u

Is Byron part chinese or something?

He's part Black

Really? I never knew that.

Heh, one is a liar, the other is naive.

viets

those people went crazy

yes i was lying plz forgive me! He's actually 100 % Viet, but according to Kulong he cant be cuz he has to some part chinese since hes living in Vietnam and everything Vietnam ever archieved is loaned from China..

Actually i better view myself Chinese since i have been a warmonger and a liar...

Speaking of going crazy... haha ha ha

Read the thread again, you claimed Byron is "part Black".

Caution: Slow Vietnamese at Play

You're trying too hard to attack us, khunam hahaha Relax before you pull something. Can you imagine this tiny little viet yelling and kicking? "ah du ma!" hahaha

No i lied about Byron being black.. Maybe u would prefer your pet to be part chinese?

No he just made a minor crack. No need to go in an all out flame war insulting him so I just answered his crack in kind.

BTW, congrats on your single medal in 2000

What sports was it in?

Oki Byron its late here i was bored so sorry for disturbing u... Kulong is after all one of my "kind" hahaha

Taekwondo. lol

Please do not insult me like that... having Chinese blood in you doesn't automatically make you Chinese or "my kind". As far as we are concerned, you're "one of them".


Neat. Chinese Taipei also got our first two gold medals in Tae Kwon Do this year. Which medal did Vietnam get?

NO! as far as u concern.. And so what if i like to insult u? I could be claming myself chinese when ever i want and u cant do $hit sbout it hahaha and btw who is we?

Women's taekwondo.

Oh no, don't get me wrong, you can claim whatever you wish, it's all part of the "freedom of speech" The same reason why there are so many self-glorifying claims out there from you viets, but that's another story...

Vietnam did horrible. Maybe we should start doing forcing little kids into sports too

As if the chinese never claims anything hahaha Actually i dont want to claim im chinese.. I know im one hahaha

Despite all the ruckus you tend to make Kulong, i missed you, welcome back.

Now let's all get back to mindless babbling. Because we all know Kulong is more than capable of getting us into mindless babbles.

oki gotta go sleep now anyways...

we should focus on convincing the viets in the USA to coming over to vietnam and represent us~! it's like getting good and proper training from the competition and then screwing them over!! awesome