China’s Sun Yang won the 200m freestyle gold medal at the Olympic swimming pool.
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The swimming world has erupted after Australian Mack Horton called Sun a drug cheat on the opening day of the Rio Olympics, with the veteran French backstroker expressing his dismay over FINA’s decision to allow him to compete.
Exiled Chinese political cartoonist Wang Liming, known by his online nickname Biantai Lajiao (Perverted Chili Pepper) said he thought the problem lay with Sun’s attitude.
The crowd may have been hostile toward Efimova but Sun was warmly embraced – literally.
When asked about how to distinguish between freedom of speech and trash talk, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said on Monday, “We support freedom of speech but on the other hand, at the Olympics it’s also about respecting your rivals”. According to their logic, it seems that no matter how derisive and slanderous the remarks could be, it is all free speech, which should be praised.
And yet, we can still see sports governing bodies, federations, codes, teams and clubs that leave dopers in positions of influence in sports administration, promotions and coaching; let some dopers compete but not others; and celebrate past dopers as heroes.
“So, yes, we would encourage people to respect their fellow competitors”. Some fans have even taken to trolling Horton, calling him “snake” and “ugly” among other obscenities. “There is some pretty ugly talk now. and at the most extreme, there are some people who don’t like anything Chinese at all”, Chung said. “It is unfortunate we have to see that”.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 8 (efe_epa).
Yeung said Beijing’s blocking of fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2014, and its attempts to impose “patriotic education” in the former British colony’s schools were partly to blame.
Now that we’ve got that business out of the way, here comes the good shit.
But a geopolitical expert says China’s belligerent editorials should be taken with a grain of salt, because the country is far more focused on measured, strategic global investments than on “confrontational” posturing.
“It’s quite hard to work out why they might be booing one athlete and not another”.
China’s Sun Yang thundered to Olympic gold when he beat Le Clos to banish his inner demons after a stinging loss at the weekend.
A spokesman insisted the design had been approved by Chinese officials but he said their Brazilian manufacturer was now rushing to produce correct flags.
“You have to be very familiar with the Chinese flag to understand that. However we need to correct it”.
If Horton won the competition by disrupting his rival in an immoral way, his win is disgraceful, and not in line with the spirit of the Olympics.
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But Australia has become a particular media target because of it’s association with The U.S. and Japan and their stance on the South China Sea.
