Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Record 19 medals thus far!!!! Amazing

[deathmonger]

5 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

China has a third world feel too even though its still third world but SK is the best out of all the far east countries.

China isn’t first world though. Still developing.

[Mariyam]

17 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Come to think of it in 1995 china had a gdp less than india

Per capita or in absolute terms?

[neel roy]

Just now, Mariyam said:

Per capita or in absolute terms?

Corrected. Per capita income

[deathmonger]

5 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

If India let go of their racism, they can easily win medals. Thats what Arab countries been doing, buying athletes from poor chota mota african countries 

Tbh Arabs are way more racist plus also way richer.

 

Also no fun in getting that way.

[Franco Vazquez]

You guys think there is dhaandli in Olympics in favour of US? I just saw a Sprint SF where a Kenyan and American had multiple false starts but only the bechara Kenyan was disqualified

[Franco Vazquez]

Just now, Franco Vazquez said:

You guys think there is dhaandli in Olympics in favour of US? I just saw a Sprint SF where a Kenyan and American had multiple false starts but only the bechara Kenyan was disqualified

 

*Nigerian

[neel roy]

So lets see the sureshor disappointments. @Gollumplease let us know if these sounds right

 

10 m pistol mens and womens : Saurabh Abhishek 

 

10 m pistol women: Manu Yashashwini

 

10 m mixed : above 4 contestants

 

25 m : rahi sarnobat 

 

Mens Archery individual : Atanu

 

Womens Archery: Deepika

 

Archery mixed

 

Amit Panghal 

 

Mirabai Chanu was the only sureshot converted

 

I think the above 9 were more or less odds on for a medal when we began olympics. Disappointed we only got one. 
 

Remaining chances 

 

Sindhu

 

mens hockey

 

Bajrang

 

Vinesh

 

Neeraj

 

Maybe Kamalpreet Kaur 

 

 

[Lone Wolf]

36 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

LMAO that does not make any sense. China still have some kind of rule over HK and Taipei.

Not Taiwan though.  It's still independent for now.   They are the best in Chip manufacturing & Semi conductors.  However their future is uncertain.  Pretty powerful & wealthy but no match to PRC. 

[neel roy]

3 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Not Taiwan though.  It's still independent for now.   They are the best in Chip manufacturing & Semi conductors.  However their future is uncertain.  Pretty powerful & wealthy but no match to PRC. 

They have big brother s backing. Strategic location and asset for USA. If not they would have been annexed 40 yes ago 

[deathmonger]

8 minutes ago, neel roy said:

So lets see the sureshor disappointments. @Gollumplease let us know if these sounds right

 

10 m pistol mens and womens : Saurabh Abhishek 

 

10 m pistol women: Manu Yashashwini

 

10 m mixed : above 4 contestants

 

25 m : rahi sarnobat 

 

Mens Archery individual : Atanu

 

Womens Archery: Deepika

 

Archery mixed

 

Amit Panghal 

 

Mirabai Chanu was the only sureshot converted

 

I think the above 9 were more or less odds on for a medal when we began olympics. Disappointed we only got one. 
 

Remaining chances 

 

Sindhu

 

mens hockey

 

Bajrang

 

Vinesh

 

Neeraj

 

Maybe Kamalpreet Kaur 

 

 

Naah

 

chanu, bhaker chaudhary mixed, chaudhary and panghal were sureshot.

 

 

[I6MTW]

So I'm assuming we'll end up with only 2 medals this time? Like Rio? Any chance of surpassing or equalling London tally? Any chance of a gold?

[Lone Wolf]

5 minutes ago, neel roy said:

They have big brother s backing. Strategic location and asset for USA. If not they would have been annexed 40 yes ago 

Pretty long discussion on that subject..  But Big brother won't be the same force anymore by next decade or so.  Best case scenario for Taiwan is CCP disintegrates by itself..

[Mariyam]

32 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

China isn’t first world though. Still developing.

It does feel developed though.

Circa 2009, I was there as a tourist.

We took a train from Xian ( which had totally forgettable terracota soldiers and some hill with a monastery  ) to Wuhan ( which had nothing much and was probably incubating the Corona virus then). The intercity railway system was top notch even then. Timely. Clean. Easy to book. Far better than Eurail. And safe ( we were 5 girls in our late teens/early 20s) .

I know it's a bad metric to judge 'first worldness', but in terms of infrastructure, its visually very modern.

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by Mariyam

[neel roy]

Just now, Lone Wolf said:

Pretty long discussion on that subject..  But Big brother won't be the same force anymore by next decade or so.  Best case scenario for Taiwan is CCP disintegrates by itself..

It might not be the same force but it ll still have its nuclear icbm s in place which acts as a huge deterrent. Also taiwan is a developed country and the world has eyes over them. Its not crimea which russia annexed and nobody batted an eyelid. In terms of disintegration no chance.. their balance of payments and reserves  so strong it can easily sustain itself for next 20 yrs.. infact they ll become more powerful.. one of the interesting articles i read was about chinas supply chain. Everyone talks about manufacturing but manufacturing is easy. Any country with resources and cheap labour can do it. But think about supply chain. Be it in india uk usa france germany indonesia if you order for a safety pin or a bathroom soap dispenser or for that matter a belt or a hat from ebay or amazon or flipkart etc. 90 Perc chance it will be made In China. Just imagine how well they have evolved their supply chain that every country in the world is covered..

[rkt.india]

51 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Satish already has two deep cuts in his forehead and face :(.. jalolov is a monster:(.. so lets see

Satish is a big unit himself but he is against 6 foot 7 giant.

[Mariyam]

Unpopular opinion alert 

 

They should not have tennis/football/baseball and other mainstream sports in the Olympics.

Steals away the limelight that the runners/swimmers/wrestlers etc get once in 4 years.

 

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by Mariyam

[Vickydev]

27 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

You guys think there is dhaandli in Olympics in favour of US? I just saw a Sprint SF where a Kenyan and American had multiple false starts but only the bechara Kenyan was disqualified

Its about the second one who does rhe offence who gets disqualified i think, hence the Nigerian

[Number]

Yohan Blake finish no 2 in his heat 

[QuarantineTormentino]

5 minutes ago, Mariyam said:

Unpopular opinion alert 

 

They should not have tennis/football/baseball and other mainstream sports in the Olympics.

Steals away the limelight that the runners/swimmers/wrestlers etc get once in 4 years.

 

 

Tbf more than that they should get rid of niche and meaningless sports such as BMX, streets skateboarding, horse dressing, etc. Man im telling you if India ever gets to host the Olympics we should include gilli danda, kabaddi and seven stones events

[Vickydev]

The Jamaicans in 4×400 mixed got shafted by the girls..Poland wins.

 

USA just with the bronze

Edited July 31, 2021 by Vickydev