Haa, next time you see a young and pretty Captain - you should search for her history ....... and follow more FIVB women's circuits.
Yes, after a lapse of 12 long years, for CHN women's volleyball to exhibit such dogged determination and indomitable spirit to overcome adversity and emerged Olympic champion again is so gratifying and exhilarating to see. I hope the CHN women's badminton team can emulate them.
You guys not interested in Rhythmic Gymnastics ? In a way not as exciting to watch as Women's Volleyball, I admit.
Some of them are so tall, agile and flexible. With their power and fighting spirits they will make great badminton players. How I wish one or two of them had taken up badminton instead of volleyball. Glad that they won the Gold.
Yeah man,if the 6'7" tall CHN girl, forgot her name, were to play badminton, she would look so intimidating to her opponents standing opposite her that BWF might want to set a height limit for the female players. Who is the tallest badminton WS player in the circuit and how tall is she? Hmm, no idea.
Brazil just beat Italy for the Men's Volleyball Gold, 3-0. I watched only the last minutes of G3, just to check on the result. Not too keen about it, esp after all the excitement and joy watching all the beautiful amazons played earlier. What a feast it was.
excellent article on how / why Lang Ping ended up abroad and then eventually back to China. apologies as it is in Chinese. http://tw.aboluowang.com/2016/0820/...&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
Denmark dethrones France to become Olympic handball champions http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/denmark-dethrones-france-become-olympic-handball-champions cookies anyone?
Just pick any of this list! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_women's_national_volleyball_team Btw sorry to say, volleyball is more prestigious, those girls with such blessed physicalness or their parents will favour it more than, let say badminton.
The unstoppable USA contingent tops medal table with 46 golds, followed by their close ally GBR, 27 golds and Asia powerhouse CHN ended with 26 gold medals, the complete list : https://www.rio2016.com/en/medal-count-country 2012 London Games top-three nations : - USA : 46 golds - CHN : 38 golds - GBR : 29 golds 2016 Rio Games top-three nations : - USA : 46 - GBR : 27 - CHN : 26 A significant declining by China contingent (deficit 12 golds than four years ago) as for the first time they're dethroned as second best position in medal standing since Athens 2004. Tokyo 2020 showcase in closing ceremony described Japan high-tech technology also displayed their famous cosplay, anime, Nintendo's Super Mario Bros, Doraemon and Sanrio's Hello Kitty Goodbye Rio
Top 10 Beautiful Chinese Athletes in Rio. Guess who's on the list.. Capt. Hui http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2016-08/19/content_39116025_10.htm
I'm familiar with just two names in the list: Hui Ruoqi (#3, volleyball) and He Zi (#4, diving)... the most attractive one is none other than the #1, Liu Xiang (swimming), yet the most impressive pose is by the #10, Shu Siyao, a group rhythmic gymnast (a pic that I gonna share via the socmed)
btw "aboluowang" is the Chinese language sibling of the English language publication of "Apollonewsdaily" or simply "Apollo News", a publication group in Taiwan. I remember this media entity maintains hostile stance towards Beijing. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Olympic Gold Medals Have Almost Zero Gold in Them (18 Aug 2016) The 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games are already 51% over budget, with the total cost expected to be in the $4.6 billion range. With that in mind, the organizers have tried their best to cut costs. One area of compromise? The Olympic gold medals, which weigh 500g (1.1 lbs) and are 85mm (3.3 in) in diameter, are gold in name only. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS HAVE ALMOST ZERO GOLD IN THEM ALL THAT GLITTERS IS…SILVER That’s right, gold medals are actually 98.8% silver, with just a thin 1.2% coat of gold paint. The thin layer of gold meets the minimum requirement set by IOC says for the amount of gold actually in the gold medal – just six grams. The material cost of a gold medal right now based on this composition is $548. Almost half of that comes from the six grams of gold, while the rest comes from the 494 grams of sterling silver. The silver and bronze medals have material costs of $292 and $2.16 respectively. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/olympic-gold-medals-zero-gold/
That's true. Volleyball is more prestigious. And make more money Look at Zhu Ting her contract with VakifBank is €1.1M (the entire transfer). Which shuttlers gain such a large sum of money?
Lin Dan's contract with YY had been rumors that it would run through 2025 and was worth 100 million Yuan (about 16.33 million US dollars).
