Comments on: Olympics Blogroll http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com An unofficial look at China & the Beijing Olympic Games Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:31:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Flynn http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-580 John Flynn Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:13:47 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-580 Is Bob Costas wearing a hair piece? My family is sure of it. Why is he matched with that women who does tennis for NBC. Here legs are taller then Bob's and her voice is so deep. "Yes Bob I loved the baby Panda's." Some producer out their is either laughing our crying. Is Bob Costas wearing a hair piece? My family is sure of it.

Why is he matched with that women who does tennis for NBC.

Here legs are taller then Bob’s and her voice is so deep.

“Yes Bob I loved the baby Panda’s.”

Some producer out their is either laughing our crying.

]]> By: Frank Olive http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-469 Frank Olive Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:06:35 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-469 Mark Edginton has a good point - I also wonder how the 'creative' sports are judged. Beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, but should winning or losing be too? Most sport is pretty definitive about who wins and who loses. You score more points or goals, run or swim faster, jump higher, lift more weight, shoot more targets or whatever quantitative value you choose to measure success. And then there are the 'other' sports. The ones where a panel of judges decide whether you did what you had to do a little more correctly and perhaps with a little more style (or maybe even with a bigger smile on your face) than your opponents. I found this story on Citysearch.com.au - it has some great commentary about the Olympics. Mark Edginton has a good point – I also wonder how the ‘creative’ sports are judged.

Beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, but should winning or losing be too?

Most sport is pretty definitive about who wins and who loses. You score more points or goals, run or swim faster, jump higher, lift more weight, shoot more targets or whatever quantitative value you choose to measure success.

And then there are the ‘other’ sports. The ones where a panel of judges decide whether you did what you had to do a little more correctly and perhaps with a little more style (or maybe even with a bigger smile on your face) than your opponents.

I found this story on Citysearch.com.au – it has some great commentary about the Olympics.

]]> By: Boris http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-403 Boris Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:45:10 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-403 Qristina, I agree China should clean up their act regarding Tibet, but the Games might be a good showcase to slam the other countries, such as the US, for robbing and murdering thousands of innocent women and children. Oh wait, nevermind, the Olympics shouldn't be a showcase for political protests. Qristina, I agree China should clean up their act regarding Tibet, but the Games might be a good showcase to slam the other countries, such as the US, for robbing and murdering thousands of innocent women and children. Oh wait, nevermind, the Olympics shouldn’t be a showcase for political protests.

]]> By: Alan Premel http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-364 Alan Premel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:58:47 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-364 I agree with mark eddington from australia on this one. There should be a comprehensive overall points system put into place by the olympic committee. It would not discount the medal count. You would just have a different way of gauging performance. We are looking at chinas largest olympic team ever. Say they only receive 13 gold medals but 144 Bronze. If the USA gets 30 Gold and 30 Bronze for example then you can clearly see who would have received more in point totals. Thank you for having this blog. I agree with mark eddington from australia on this one. There should be a comprehensive overall points system put into place by the olympic committee. It would not discount the medal count. You would just have a different way of gauging performance. We are looking at chinas largest olympic team ever. Say they only receive 13 gold medals but 144 Bronze. If the USA gets 30 Gold and 30 Bronze for example then you can clearly see who would have received more in point totals. Thank you for having this blog.

]]> By: Qristina http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-336 Qristina Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:11:28 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-336 On August 7th 2008 at 9pm local time more than 100 million people will take part in the largest light protest on Earth in support of freedom for Tibet. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human rights and it’s time the world spoke out. The Olympic Games in Beijing have become a unique opportunity to focus attention on human rights abuses occurring in Tibet and many other places in the world. You too have a unique opportunity. You can help lend another voice to the Candle4Tibet campaign and reach many thousands of people all over the world. You can stand with millions of people in more than 135 countries and demand the preservation of human dignity; a key declaration and a tenet of the Olympic Games itself. So please, add your light and your voice to our campaign as soon as you can. Freedom won’t wait. Act now! Candle for Tibet main web site: http://www.candle4tibet.org CFT Social Network: http://candle4tibet.ning.com/ CFT Press Room: http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/media On August 7th 2008 at 9pm local time more than 100 million people will take part in the largest light protest on Earth in support of freedom for Tibet. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human rights and it’s time the world spoke out. The Olympic Games in Beijing have become a unique opportunity to focus attention on human rights abuses occurring in Tibet and many other places in the world.

You too have a unique opportunity. You can help lend another voice to the Candle4Tibet campaign and reach many thousands of people all over the world. You can stand with millions of people in more than 135 countries and demand the preservation of human dignity; a key declaration and a tenet of the Olympic Games itself.

So please, add your light and your voice to our campaign as soon as you can.

Freedom won’t wait. Act now!

Candle for Tibet main web site:
http://www.candle4tibet.org

CFT Social Network:
http://candle4tibet.ning.com/

CFT Press Room:
http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/media

]]> By: TaiChe http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-264 TaiChe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:03:49 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-264 Hello. I like your blog coverage on Beijing 2008 Olympics. I started to make a website with interesting video cliptations. I just started, but if you like my website 2.0 site please let us link share. Thank you. Hello. I like your blog coverage on Beijing 2008 Olympics. I started to make a website with interesting video cliptations. I just started, but if you like my website 2.0 site please let us link share. Thank you.

]]> By: Mark Edginton http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-238 Mark Edginton Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:28:07 +0000 http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com/beijing-olympics-blogroll/#comment-238 I believe that there needs to be a fundamental change in the way medal tallies are presented for the Olympic Games. At present, countries are ranked only according to the number of gold medals they have won, unless they have won the same number of gold medals. Only then are silver medals considered. Bronze medals are only considered if countries are tied for the number of gold and silver medals. Thus a country that wins, for example, ten gold medals, five silver and six bronze, beats a country that wins nine gold medals, fourteen silver and eighteen bronze. I would argue that the latter country in this example had the better overall performance. This anomaly could be corrected by adopting a 3,2,1 points system for the medal tally. In the above example, the second country would score 66 points, putting it well ahead of the former team which would score 46 points. In fact, this is the very least we could do to correct the current tally anomaly. Even better would be a system which logged points for the first 20, 30 or even 40 places. While many traditionalists will argue that the Olympics are about individual performance, not the performance of nations, the fact is that we do keep and keenly observe a tally. It does not serve the respect of individual performance when we have a tally in which even a silver medal does not count. It is precisely because we should be heralding the efforts of individuals who get up at 4 a.m., year in year out to train hard for the Olympics, that we should have a better tally system to rank the performance of the nations. Mark Edginton, Brisbane Australia. I believe that there needs to be a fundamental change in the way medal tallies are presented for the Olympic Games. At present, countries are ranked only according to the number of gold medals they have won, unless they have won the same number of gold medals. Only then are silver medals considered. Bronze medals are only considered if countries are tied for the number of gold and silver medals. Thus a country that wins, for example, ten gold medals, five silver and six bronze, beats a country that wins nine gold medals, fourteen silver and eighteen bronze. I would argue that the latter country in this example had the better overall performance. This anomaly could be corrected by adopting a 3,2,1 points system for the medal tally. In the above example, the second country would score 66 points, putting it well ahead of the former team which would score 46 points.

In fact, this is the very least we could do to correct the current tally anomaly. Even better would be a system which logged points for the first 20, 30 or even 40 places.

While many traditionalists will argue that the Olympics are about individual performance, not the performance of nations, the fact is that we do keep and keenly observe a tally. It does not serve the respect of individual performance when we have a tally in which even a silver medal does not count. It is precisely because we should be heralding the efforts of individuals who get up at 4 a.m., year in year out to train hard for the Olympics, that we should have a better tally system to rank the performance of the nations.

Mark Edginton,
Brisbane Australia.

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