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On August 12 2012 18:48 Otolia wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 18:32 Cubu wrote:
wow i can't believe america beat china in the medal tally? Swimming with all white team and athletics with all black team are the main providers of medals. Remove that and you have an average team in every sport.
Yes, and it's actually a great achievement to have an average team at (almost) every sport at the olympics.
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On August 12 2012 19:02 pyro19 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 14:01 sharkie wrote:On August 12 2012 12:27 dartoo wrote:On August 12 2012 11:18 holy_war wrote:On August 12 2012 11:16 dartoo wrote:On August 12 2012 07:47 Aerisky wrote:
Oh wow I heard on some Chinese news station that the athletes who win gold go home business class, and those who fail to get gold (or maybe it was fail to medal) take economy >.<
Not sure whether China is the only nation to do this or whether it's sort of(?) widespread, but that's sort of depressing haha, especially seeing how those who don't do well probably don't have much of a future ahead of them since they've already dedicated their entire lives to preparing for the Olympics in some cases... I thought this was quite common. Over here most athletes already have a secure job waiting for them(not to say that it is high paying, but it is kind of a job for life).Various states giveout big prize money,plots of land, free life time travel across the country, etc.Some companies sponsor awards,this year the prizes are 5 kilograms of gold for a gold medal, 3 for silver and 2 kilos for bronze. Apart from this you have your own sponsorships etc. Here's what the guy who the gold medalist in shooting last olympics got + Show Spoiler +
2000 – Arjuna award.
2011 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (India's highest sports award).
2009 – Padma Bhushan.[20]
2011 - Honorary Lieutenant Colonel by Indian Territorial Army
Awards for 2008 Olympics Gold medal
1.5 crore (US$271,500) by Mittal Champions Trust
50 lakh (US$90,500) cash prize by Central Govt[21]
25 lakh (US$45,300) cash prize by the State Government of Haryana.[22]
25 lakh (US$45,300) cash prize by the Board of Control for Cricket in India[23]
15 lakh (US$27,200) cash prize by Steel Ministry of India[24]
11 lakh (US$19,900) cash prize by the State Government of Bihar. The Patna Indoor Stadium will be renamed after Abhinav Bindra.[22]
10 lakh (US$18,100) prize by the State Government of Karnataka[25]
10 lakh (US$18,100) cash prize by S. Amolak Singh Gakhal, Chairman Golds Gym[26]
10 lakh (US$18,100) cash prize by Chief Minister of Maharashtra state[27]
5 lakh (US$9,100) cash prize by State Government of Orissa[28]
5 lakh (US$9,100) cash prize by Government of Tamil Nadu[29]
1 lakh (US$1,800) cash prize by the State Government of Chhattisgarh[22]
1 lakh (US$1,800) cash prize by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh
A free lifetime railway pass by the Railway Ministry of India[30]
A Gold medal by the State Government of Kerala.[31]
15 lakh (US$27,200) cash award by Pune Municipal Corporation.[32]
sponsorship tie-ups with Samsung, BSNL and Sahara Group.[6] He is also the brand ambassador by State-run Steel Authority of India Ltd
He was a given a few acres of land for a shooting range, (not sure about that).
I've been told the boxing guys make a lot more(movies, reality shows etc) even though it was only a bronze. I'm just thinking about the guy who lost a podium place due to 0.8 points...no one will ever remember him o.0!!! Wow, that's quite amazing. Please don't take this as an offense, but why is India so bad at the Olympics? They have the population that equals China's yet they have like <10 medals every year. Is it just lack of caring? Total lack of interest,The interest this year has been like an all time high, people atleast know the names of the various athletes competing :p, and have a few stars to cheer for. Think about this, we have a 5 time world champion in boxing, and people only hear about her this year. It's all cricket here,there are three channels dedicated to showing only cricket 24/7 here. India's current cricket captain's favorite game is actually football, but his school coach told him to switch to cricket because he was talented and could make easy money...he now earns more than wayne rooney,usain bolt and others.That should explain the lure that cricket has. People like to watch winning, Hockey always has an interest because of the way we dominated the sport earlier, similarly cricket shot up after the world cup win in 1983 and replaced hockey as the top sport once hockey started to fall apart due to politics. People complained this year that they could not watch the shooting preliminaries,because of the gold medal last olympics(shooting as a spectator sport...? lol). It's a weird cycle, people like to watch things where you win, but you cant win unless you can train well, receive proper funding/money. After the common wealth games performances(we finished second overall there) and the beijing olympics(medals in sports that are not as popular), people realized there are other sports in the world. The government and some millionaires realized that stuff like the Olympics are a feel good factor for people, so they've decided to up the budget for it, and the results , while not in medals, have been far better, top ten finishes, narrowly missing out etc. Hopefully next olympics will be a break out year. If he were to earn more money than Rooney, Bolt, etc. then why has no one ever heard of him? There are tons of best paid athletes in the world rankings No he does not Earn more than Wayne Rooney..Not even Close...Rooney earns more in 3 months than what he makes in a year..
26 > 20 in my book. you silly little angry boy :D.
http://www.therichest.org/sports/highest-paid-football-players/
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/dhoni-tops-list-of-worlds-highest-earning-cricketers-399300.html
http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/dhoni-earns-more-than-rooney---bolt.html
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On August 12 2012 09:06 Aerisky wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 08:29 sharkie wrote:On August 12 2012 08:15 Feartheguru wrote:On August 12 2012 07:47 Aerisky wrote:
Oh wow I heard on some Chinese news station that the athletes who win gold go home business class, and those who fail to get gold (or maybe it was fail to medal) take economy >.<
Not sure whether China is the only nation to do this or whether it's sort of(?) widespread, but that's sort of depressing haha, especially seeing how those who don't do well probably don't have much of a future ahead of them since they've already dedicated their entire lives to preparing for the Olympics in some cases... In China if you win gold you get 1.4 mil plus a bar of gold worth 1.6 mil right now. Not to mention what the state, city, district gives (City almost always gives a nice apartment over 1 mil. You can't even imagine how seriously China cares about the Olympics. I think by 2020 or at most 2024 China will be first in medals. Nah. They won deservedly #1 in 2008 and since most of them were young they also won in 2012. But beating USA in medal count is really really hard. Interesting info I guess, but yeah beating USA is very difficult  But regardless of what the winners get, it still seems like those who don't win are rather screwed. The government has helped them and paid for all the training and whatnot, so if they don't win...well...not much in the way of rewards and because they've dedicated their lives to athletics, they may not have many useful skills. And, of course, there are those who never even make it onto the Olympic team I guess.Edit: and yeah, that's a lot of money, is that for real?! 1.4 million in dollars(?), 1.6 in gold, 1 million in housing?!
For some of these people, they migrate and become top athletes in less capable countries. Someone who is just below making the Chinese Olympic team is top-tier if they come to Singapore, for example.
So it's not quite as bleak as that.
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150 kenyans have passed the qualification time for the olympic marathon according to eurosport. That's insane
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oh man argentina. what a fail in the last 10 seconds
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Same thing happened during the Earthquake.
It's really sad since Japan is probably the most helpful country during natural disasters in the world.
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Some of that happened during the japan earthquake too. Quite sick indeed.
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Yeah, i remember those tweets. Fucking douchebags, thats all i have to say.
e. seiferoth10, sadly no, it isn't.
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Yes, stupid people post stupid shit on the internet. I hope this isn't a recent discovery for you.
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On August 12 2012 19:14 sAsImre wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 19:02 pyro19 wrote:On August 12 2012 14:01 sharkie wrote:On August 12 2012 12:27 dartoo wrote:On August 12 2012 11:18 holy_war wrote:On August 12 2012 11:16 dartoo wrote:On August 12 2012 07:47 Aerisky wrote:
Oh wow I heard on some Chinese news station that the athletes who win gold go home business class, and those who fail to get gold (or maybe it was fail to medal) take economy >.<
Not sure whether China is the only nation to do this or whether it's sort of(?) widespread, but that's sort of depressing haha, especially seeing how those who don't do well probably don't have much of a future ahead of them since they've already dedicated their entire lives to preparing for the Olympics in some cases... I thought this was quite common. Over here most athletes already have a secure job waiting for them(not to say that it is high paying, but it is kind of a job for life).Various states giveout big prize money,plots of land, free life time travel across the country, etc.Some companies sponsor awards,this year the prizes are 5 kilograms of gold for a gold medal, 3 for silver and 2 kilos for bronze. Apart from this you have your own sponsorships etc. Here's what the guy who the gold medalist in shooting last olympics got + Show Spoiler +
2000 – Arjuna award.
2011 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (India's highest sports award).
2009 – Padma Bhushan.[20]
2011 - Honorary Lieutenant Colonel by Indian Territorial Army
Awards for 2008 Olympics Gold medal
1.5 crore (US$271,500) by Mittal Champions Trust
50 lakh (US$90,500) cash prize by Central Govt[21]
25 lakh (US$45,300) cash prize by the State Government of Haryana.[22]
25 lakh (US$45,300) cash prize by the Board of Control for Cricket in India[23]
15 lakh (US$27,200) cash prize by Steel Ministry of India[24]
11 lakh (US$19,900) cash prize by the State Government of Bihar. The Patna Indoor Stadium will be renamed after Abhinav Bindra.[22]
10 lakh (US$18,100) prize by the State Government of Karnataka[25]
10 lakh (US$18,100) cash prize by S. Amolak Singh Gakhal, Chairman Golds Gym[26]
10 lakh (US$18,100) cash prize by Chief Minister of Maharashtra state[27]
5 lakh (US$9,100) cash prize by State Government of Orissa[28]
5 lakh (US$9,100) cash prize by Government of Tamil Nadu[29]
1 lakh (US$1,800) cash prize by the State Government of Chhattisgarh[22]
1 lakh (US$1,800) cash prize by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh
A free lifetime railway pass by the Railway Ministry of India[30]
A Gold medal by the State Government of Kerala.[31]
15 lakh (US$27,200) cash award by Pune Municipal Corporation.[32]
sponsorship tie-ups with Samsung, BSNL and Sahara Group.[6] He is also the brand ambassador by State-run Steel Authority of India Ltd
He was a given a few acres of land for a shooting range, (not sure about that).
I've been told the boxing guys make a lot more(movies, reality shows etc) even though it was only a bronze. I'm just thinking about the guy who lost a podium place due to 0.8 points...no one will ever remember him o.0!!! Wow, that's quite amazing. Please don't take this as an offense, but why is India so bad at the Olympics? They have the population that equals China's yet they have like <10 medals every year. Is it just lack of caring? Total lack of interest,The interest this year has been like an all time high, people atleast know the names of the various athletes competing :p, and have a few stars to cheer for. Think about this, we have a 5 time world champion in boxing, and people only hear about her this year. It's all cricket here,there are three channels dedicated to showing only cricket 24/7 here. India's current cricket captain's favorite game is actually football, but his school coach told him to switch to cricket because he was talented and could make easy money...he now earns more than wayne rooney,usain bolt and others.That should explain the lure that cricket has. People like to watch winning, Hockey always has an interest because of the way we dominated the sport earlier, similarly cricket shot up after the world cup win in 1983 and replaced hockey as the top sport once hockey started to fall apart due to politics. People complained this year that they could not watch the shooting preliminaries,because of the gold medal last olympics(shooting as a spectator sport...? lol). It's a weird cycle, people like to watch things where you win, but you cant win unless you can train well, receive proper funding/money. After the common wealth games performances(we finished second overall there) and the beijing olympics(medals in sports that are not as popular), people realized there are other sports in the world. The government and some millionaires realized that stuff like the Olympics are a feel good factor for people, so they've decided to up the budget for it, and the results , while not in medals, have been far better, top ten finishes, narrowly missing out etc. Hopefully next olympics will be a break out year. If he were to earn more money than Rooney, Bolt, etc. then why has no one ever heard of him? There are tons of best paid athletes in the world rankings No he does not Earn more than Wayne Rooney..Not even Close...Rooney earns more in 3 months than what he makes in a year.. 26 > 20 in my book. you silly little angry boy :D. http://www.therichest.org/sports/highest-paid-football-players/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/dhoni-tops-list-of-worlds-highest-earning-cricketers-399300.htmlhttp://cricket.yahoo.com/news/dhoni-earns-more-than-rooney---bolt.html
I Did not Know that...Wow Figures from Dhoni for 2011-2012
But he"s since fallen off the Tracks..I'm seeing him in less and less commercials these days since the Indian Cricket Team isn"t performing so hot..
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wowowowowowowowow group rhythmic gymnastics.........
i dont think i took a breath for 5 minutes straight my eyes were literally glued on the screen.
i have decided to marry a gymnast!
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mountain biking is fun :O
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What a throw by the cuban o.0! time for the wrestling gold medal match now!
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Mens Volleyball finals is insane. I highly suggest you watch it.
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Oh wow i turned that off when Brazil was 4 points from winning in set 3.
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Going to set 5 baby ! Go Russia !
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Handboll final about to start! Gogo Sweden we got nothing to lose only to win!
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hope brazil doesn't choke it...had 2 gold medal points in set 3
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Hell yeh Russia. What a come back.
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