Winner of the 2004 Olympics ...

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... without a doubt was Australia. They won 17 golds, almost one for every million of population, an amazing feat. The U.S. won the most golds, and total medals, 103. Of the 103, 23 were won by persons who live where I do, Orange County California, the home of champions. Don't try to move here, you can't afford the houses. BLAH HAA HA HEE HEE! How did YOUR city/county do, hmmmm? HEE HAR HAR HO HO! :D
 
...Not too bad. The Netherlands won a total of 22 medals on a population of 16 million. Four gold medals were won by people from the same province as me, Noord-Brabant, population 2 million.
 
I was pleased to see the small but plucky host nation, Greece, doing extremely well for themselves across the board. And I was also pleased to see medals going to lots of the smaller nations too - seeing them being spread out more.
 
a_unique_person said:
The Australian success was due to the socialist program of state back athlete development.
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It was due to threats leveled against the parents and children of the competitors. Bastards.





Good show, mate.
 
a_unique_person said:
The Australian success was due to the socialist program of state back athlete development.
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Yers, the AIS and the state sports institutes... Would that the federal and state governments pitch in to general education just as heartily. Mind you, that doesn't get world headlines...

Well, we're in election mode (although compared to the USA, that's hardly noticeable), so perhaps we can cajole our old/new pollies to do better in that regard...
 
You're from Orange County? It explains certain things.

Kind of a stretch to feel like you're an olympic 'winner' for having people who grew up or went to school near you win.

Perhaps you've 'won' in other ways. How many people within a similar proximity went to prison from Orange County?
 
evildave said:
You're from Orange County? It explains certain things.

Kind of a stretch to feel like you're an olympic 'winner' for having people who grew up or went to school near you win.

Perhaps you've 'won' in other ways. How many people within a similar proximity went to prison from Orange County?
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stupid conservatives making orange county look bad
 
You're from Orange County? It explains certain things.

Really? What does it explain?

Kind of a stretch to feel like you're an olympic 'winner' for having people who grew up or went to school near you win.

Did I say I felt like an Olympic winner? I don't remember that ....

Perhaps you've 'won' in other ways. How many people within a similar proximity went to prison from Orange County?

Very few ... the towns near here have VERY low crime rates. One of the nearby towns ranked second safest in a list of the 500 largest U.S. cities (after Newton Massachusetts, if memory serves).
 
The Australian success was due to the socialist program of state back athlete development.

Doubtful. The Chinese have a socialist program, and didn't come anywhere near proportionately. The success was due to the skill and spirit of the australian athletes and trainers.
 
Patrick said:
The Australian success was due to the socialist program of state back athlete development.

Doubtful. The Chinese have a socialist program, and didn't come anywhere near proportionately. The success was due to the skill and spirit of the australian athletes and trainers.
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Australia is a lot richer/ per capita than China. I think I read that each gold medal for Australia costs the taxpayer $20 million. This ratio may have improved after the last games.

The institutes are quite ruthless, they will spend a fortune on developing elite athletes, but only if they show gold medal potential. If their results indicate they aren't potential gold medal class, they are dropped.

Don't forget, also, that racially or culturally or socially, Asians don't appear to excel at the sports that are favoured at the oympics.

Eg, Australians, as they live near the coast, tend to concentrate on swimming. The weather is mild, so riding, sailing, rowing, etc, are also popular. (don't expect too many medals at the winter olympics). Track is not a strength, as the Americans tend to have the black athletes seem to dominate running, for example.

The Asian body appears to be tuned towards smaller size and endurance, or skill, such as table tennis, diving, martial arts, etc.

Culturally, I don't think sailing and equestrian events, for example, are culturally or socially available to many Chinese.
 
Patrick said:
You're from Orange County? It explains certain things.

Really? What does it explain?

Kind of a stretch to feel like you're an olympic 'winner' for having people who grew up or went to school near you win.

Did I say I felt like an Olympic winner? I don't remember that ....

Perhaps you've 'won' in other ways. How many people within a similar proximity went to prison from Orange County?

Very few ... the towns near here have VERY low crime rates. One of the nearby towns ranked second safest in a list of the 500 largest U.S. cities (after Newton Massachusetts, if memory serves).
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If you're talking about Huntington Beach it was the first safest city for awhile until they changed the criteria.
 
Ed said:
It was due to threats leveled against the parents and children of the competitors. Bastards.





Good show, mate.
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Actually we simply randomly execute one in ten atheletes that don't get a medal....Its a real motivator!
 
But didn't decimation start with the Romans? Hardly authentic for greek things.
 
a_unique_person said:
The Australian success was due to the socialist program of state back athlete development.
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The problem with AUP is, he might be serious...
 
evildave said:
But didn't decimation start with the Romans? Hardly authentic for greek things.
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No Dave...Check your Facts... Australian persecutions and executions of her atheletes predates the Roman Empire by at least 500 years. I'm surprised you are not aware of this.
 
Skeptic said:
The problem with AUP is, he might be serious...
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I am totally serious.

http://www.ais.org.au/

Australian Institute of Sport
Welcome to the Official Website of the Australian Institute of Sport

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) leads the development of elite sport and is widely acknowledged in Australia and internationally as a world best practice model for elite athlete development. The AIS is a pre-eminent elite sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services.

This site give you the opportunity to learn more about the AIS, its structure and history, achievements – including Olympic results – and our alumni, awards, coaches, sponsors and the lastest AIS news. There’s also information about job opportunities at the AIS.

As well, you can find out all about the 35 programs in 26 sports offered at the AIS, including the athletes, coaches, training and highlights of each program.

AIS scholarship holders to become tomorrow's world-beaters and all the information on how to join the AIS family is available through the scholarships section.

The AIS has been the nation's sports training powerhouse mainly due to the AIS facilities and the cutting edge Sports Science Sports Medicine support. Learn all about both these aspects of the AIS through this site.
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The Fool said:
No Dave...Check your Facts... Australian persecutions and executions of her atheletes predates the Roman Empire by at least 500 years. I'm surprised you are not aware of this.
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I have to admit, I'm a bit rusty on ancient aboriginal Australian sports history. ;)

BTW, was decimation independently invented, or was there communication with Europe?
 
Patrick, please speak no longer. As an incoming freshman at UCI, you make me feel ashamed to be sharing the same county with you in the future.
 
evildave said:
I have to admit, I'm a bit rusty on ancient aboriginal Australian sports history. ;)

BTW, was decimation independently invented, or was there communication with Europe?
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No...Its just the way we are Dave. We cannot help ourselves. A worse bunch of bloodthirsty backward savages than you have ever met.... Heard of Communism? That was our fault too. Its a little known fact that Stalin was actually born in Australia. Mr Manifesto's real name is Eddie Stalin....a long lost bastard great grandson of Joe. Manifesto is unusual in that regard as the rest of the Australian posters on this board don't share the same bloodlines, we are all decendants of various German National Socialist party sex tours of the early 30s.

Hope this clears up some aspects of Australian history for you!
 
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