Joshi 91 Posted September 19, 2016 #511 Share Posted September 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Nickyc707 said: The difference between India and China is that the former is a democracy with other social and economic priorities, while the latter is a one party state which is able to direct it's resources in whatever direction it chooses in order to project itself in the world. According to China's own journal the Beijing Review the country has 85 million disabled people which is more than the entire populations of most of the world's nation states. This vast pool enables them to compete in almost every Paralympic class in each sport which other countries cannot do. China did very well. My only point is that it should not be surprising given the massive advantage they enjoy and it certainly isn't amazing as you described it. What is sad is that back in the bad old days in China under Mao's rule, paraplegic persons were either hidden away or disposed of. Probably just like many countries then and even now. It's rather ironic that they've salvaged a somewhat terrible Olympics from their able bodied athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opruh 129 Posted September 20, 2016 #512 Share Posted September 20, 2016 4 hours ago, Nickyc707 said: The difference between India and China is that the former is a democracy with other social and economic priorities, while the latter is a one party state which is able to direct it's resources in whatever direction it chooses in order to project itself in the world. According to China's own journal the Beijing Review the country has 85 million disabled people which is more than the entire populations of most of the world's nation states. This vast pool enables them to compete in almost every Paralympic class in each sport which other countries cannot do. China did very well. My only point is that it should not be surprising given the massive advantage they enjoy and it certainly isn't amazing as you described it. Looks like our standards when it comes to what is amazing is different. The fact that my country of 100 million people only won one bronze in these games is already amazing for me, it surely wouldn't hurt if I see China getting 107 gold medals in this paralympics edition as an amazing feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,589 Posted September 20, 2016 #513 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Just like the Olympics, our Paralympics were a great succes as well with 2 medals more than expected. We're not even close to our best, but of course the competition is getting stronger for each olympiad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted September 22, 2016 #514 Share Posted September 22, 2016 for Egypt , this was the worst achieved results in Paralympics , since Seoul 88 , but i can't say it was failure , unfortunately this's our level in paralympics now with a great decline in athletics the most important sport here according to the amount of medals given at , the biggest highlight for Egyptian delegation was the return of our sitting volleyball team to the medals ceremony after Athens 04 , they've been amazing and defeated one of the strongest teams nowadays Brazil home twice , also Germany , but again we're still not competitive to the 2 power horses of sport Iran and Bosnia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,563 Posted September 22, 2016 #515 Share Posted September 22, 2016 why don't you close this thread !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted September 22, 2016 #516 Share Posted September 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, bestmen said: why don't you close this thread !!!! Why should every thread of every finished event be closed !!!!! If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,563 Posted September 22, 2016 #517 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Just now, heywoodu said: Why should every thread of every finished event be closed !!!!! this thread is glued in the top for nothing there are many new competitions , this one is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted September 22, 2016 #518 Share Posted September 22, 2016 57 minutes ago, bestmen said: this thread is glued in the top for nothing there are many new competitions , this one is dead Oh so you used the wrong words It shouldn't be "glued" at the top anymore, but obviously there's no problem in keeping the thread open. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,563 Posted September 23, 2016 #519 Share Posted September 23, 2016 10 hours ago, heywoodu said: Oh so you used the wrong words It shouldn't be "glued" at the top anymore, but obviously there's no problem in keeping the thread open. in or at , this language of teletubbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted September 23, 2016 #520 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Em 9/19/2016 at 17:50, Nickyc707 disse: The difference between India and China is that the former is a democracy with other social and economic priorities, while the latter is a one party state which is able to direct it's resources in whatever direction it chooses in order to project itself in the world. I believe most (if not all) of us are aware of the many difficulties India goes through, and sport -- even for able-bodied persons -- does not seem to be a priority for the government. However, their population is around 1 billion and 300 million people. Based on this absolutely humongous number of people alone, it is puzzling that India's athletes still fall behind at the world stage. It's impossible for me to think that all Indian athletes are absolutely deprived of good facilities and coaches. Also, it's impossible for me to think that no private companies decide to sponsor individual athletes. We have seen some incredible performances from a very poor nation like Kenya, so why does India still struggle so hard? Money is not the only deciding factor, and politics is definitely not the only reason for success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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