I wanted to make this a poll but couldn't figure out how to do it!
Do people think that the swimming finals should be moved ot the mornig so that they will be on during the evening prime time here inthe States? Many different swimming sites from other countries think that it is a lot of us in hteStates blowing & whinning.
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I think it would be better if it was changed into 在小山下面游泳. :)
在小山下面的游泳
I think that probably is a better way of putting it.:applaud:
We're not the ones busted for drugs on a regular basis. Isn't that what we suspect the Chinese are doing by holding their women swimmers out of key international competition?
Sorry, I do not understand it. May I ask what it means?
The translator did a bad job translating the second phrase. If I translate it from Chinese back to English, it becomes ''swim at the foot of the hill''.
Yes. 在小山下面游泳 is equivalent to swim at the foot of the hill.
By the way, George, I read your post in the FREESTYLE STROKE thread mentioning you watched a short film of Mao swimming across the Yangtze River. I was wondering what made you watch that film. :confused:
Do what's best for the athletes. The US can delay coverage...
So what is best for the athletes? Just because finals are traditionally held in the evenings doesn't necessarily mean this is the best time for them. Having finals in the morning does guarantee the athletes will have a night's sleep since their last session, unlike having finals in the evening.
The freestyle stroke thread was getting a little hot and fire like, so while sitting in my lazyboy chair I remembered years ago hearing about Moa swimming Yangyze River so I seached to see if I could find it, It was a very difficult search as all the sites were in Chinese. There is an annual race there now and they invite swimmers to China to race in the race.
The film I saw was approx 20 minutes and was very interesting except all in Chinese. I think it was basiclly on the struggles of the Chinese during the Gen Chiang Kai-shek's rule. It include Moa's swim in the river. Moa was not a great swimmer but I think his swim was about the challenges of the Chinese through the ages.
My grand father was a seaman and told us when we were children that Chiang Kai-shek was very cruel and go into villages and steal the food and kill all the people. My grand father was there, he said he saw this happen. Moa tried to defend the villages.
I am not being political here...
Do what's best for the athletes. The US can delay coverage...
Well it looks like the IOC did not agree with the poll here of 84% in favor of delaying the coverage of USA TV viewing. NBC was able to convince the IOC that it would be in the best interests of the World to have morning finals for best TV coverage and more exposure of the sport. I don't know what enticed the IOC to do this and don't even want to try to guess. Here is a link to opinions from around the world of swimming.
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../12286.asp
I think the reason is MONEY!!!
George:
They are not supposed to be enticed by money. That is what Juan Antinio Samaranch said when he was President from 1980 to 2001 and had to eat his words when the scandel about the Winter Olympics happened. Actually, you have to address this man as "Your Excellency" or you will be ignored. He actually came out after the scandel and said the IOC has to have commerical interests in all its decisions or they will be bankrupt. *** Pound of the WADA and your old swimming friend helped Samarach change to be be more commerical at the IOC. So this decision should not be surprising to anyone. Lets just hope that no one has lined up and filled there pockets to effect the decision.
en.wikipedia.org/.../Juan_Antonio_Samaranch
If *** Pound listened to me he would allow everyone to use whatever drug they wanted to.
Well his organization and the IOC must not be listening because today the IOC announced there will increase doping tests in 2008 to 4500, a 25% increase over the amount in 2004. But do these assurances guarantee that the 2008 games will be pure and clean?
