CHINA AT THE OLYMPICS

THEIR SUCCESS STORY

Olympics

Derived from the name Olympia, in Greece. International Olympic Committee (IOC), 1894.Held every 4 years.Cancelled in: 1916, 1940, 1944,1980, 1984.Participators: 204 in summer and 88 in winter.13,000 athletes,33 different sports,400 events.

China’s Olympic History

Republic of China (ROC) from 1932 to 1948.People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first

time in 1952Gap from 1952 to 1984.Hosts: 2008 Summer Olympics 2022 Winter OlympicsRank: 1st at Beijing, 2008 2nd at Athens, 2004 and 2012 London 3rd at Sydney, 2000

Sports summary

Till 2012, 152/201 golds 311/473 total medals.

All golds 4 times in table tennis and once in badminton.

Three-quarters of all diving golds.

Swimming has the potential to get into top 5.

Medals (Summer)

Medals (Winter)

The Talent Pool

Choosing the best among 1.3 billion.

Availability of latent talent to be developed.

China's National Games participants = Olympics competitors.

Only 4% of them make the Olympic team.

Selection

Selection based on favorable physical attributes.

A better "yield" on world class athletes rather than self actualization.

Grueling Training

Recruit children as young as 6. Train 8-12 hours a day,7 days a

week. Isolate from family. Little attention to other life skills. Family tragedies and deaths are

often hidden.

‘No Pain, No Gain’

Infrastructure

3,000 Government-run sports schools

20 Major programs 200 smaller programsState-of-the-art facilities Best of coaching

Other Factors

Sign Of An Emerging Super PowerDiversityTheir Weakness Our StrengthCompetitive Culture

Other Factors ..Continued

Short Man SyndromeConsistency In StrengthsIncentives For Athletes

Project 119

Governmental program.Target sports that China had not traditionally

excelled in.Maximize total medals and number of golds.119 refers to number of gold medals in

targeted events.

Trivia

Cheng Chun Liu at L.A in 1932. 3500 babies named ‘Olympics’ or

Aoyuan. First Winter Olympic gold in Salt

Lake City. Beijing’s National Stadium is

believed to be the world’s largest enclosed space.

Conclusion

Government spending on sports, rather than per capita income.

Government involvement is the fundamental feature of sports organization.

On its way to build up a well world-understanding and better balance in different social classes

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