Posted on 06/26/2005 12:38:32 PM PDT by BringBackMyHUAC
Russia, China join forces to top U.S June 23, 2005 1:36PM MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia and China are joining forces in a bid to dethrone the United States as the top medal winner at the Summer Olympics. "To beat America we need to unite our efforts and knowledge ... to achieve better results in swimming and track and field, where they [the Americans] are strong," Russian Olympic Committee chief Leonid Tyagachev told The Associated Press on Thursday. The national Olympic committees of both countries reached an agreement to help each other surpass the Americans' medal count at the 2008 Beijing Games. The United States led the standings at last year's Athens Olympics with 35 golds and an overall tally of 103. China was second with 32 golds and 63 medals total while Russia had 27 and 92. Tyagachev said the two countries could cooperate in training athletes and sharing advances in sports equipment and medical care. Russian media quoted Tyagachev as saying the home crowd would support Russian competitors in events where there was no Chinese challenge. Russia's sports ministry would have to agree on any cooperation with China, Tyagachev said, adding that Russia wanted to beat every country, including China. Tyagachev visited China this month to meet with sports officials, and both sides agreed they had something to offer each other. "In many sports we have to learn [from China] ... while they dream of learning from us in those sports where they are behind," Tyagachev said. "That is why our union and contact is essential."
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ping!
I think the entire rest of the world desperately needs a therapist. I diagnose a severe inferiority complex.
Exactly true.
Isn't this turning the olympics vastly AWAY from the purpose of them in the first place? Oh - wait, that went out the door a long time ago.
Now the theme is "Beat America"....
==I think the entire rest of the world desperately needs a therapist. I diagnose a severe inferiority complex.
I diagnose that our enemies (which we are strengthening via Free Trade) are becoming ever more brazen in their anti-American actions and statements.
LOL....back to male hormones and buying judges!!!
My main interest in this story is how brazenly Russia and Red China are declaring their alliance against the USA in virtually every sphere.
"""To beat America we need to unite our efforts and knowledge ... to achieve better results in track and field, where they [the Americans] are strong..."""
The Americans had a dream of being the tops in track & field a long time ago. That's why they went recruiting in Africa where they drafted all the track & field talent they could find.
It's pretty slim pickings over there now ... so I don't think there is a hope in hell for the Chinese and Ruskies in this regard.
"""To beat America we need to unite our efforts and knowledge ... to achieve better results in track and field, where they [the Americans] are strong..."""
The Americans had a dream of being the tops in track & field a long time ago. That's why they went recruiting in Africa where they drafted all the track & field talent they could find.
It's pretty slim pickings over there now ... so I don't think there is a hope in hell for the Chinese and Ruskies in this regard.
Former Communist alliance once again.
Must be pretty embarrassing to the Chinese to have over a billion people in their country and still come up short at the Olympics.
We should tell the Chinese that under these conditions we will not attend.This will stop them!
Russia might want to be a little careful here in embracing that Dragon. They share a very long border, with a nice big empty ( ever emptier in fact ) region of lots of natural resources that the Dragon will very soon be wanting.
As well as any that look like AH-NULLD in drag.
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