What kind of question is this? Fair? If a government decides that it wants to prioritize Olympic sports and fully fund the athletics program of its country, good for them! I'm no hater. They have a pool of 1.2 billion people! If you can check kids out at age five and scientifically determine which sport that child will have a higher inclination to excel, then take them away from their families/lives to train them up until Olympic age, 24/7 eat and sleep and bleed that sport, so be it! Yeah I feel a little sorry for those kids, but in a communist society, is an athlete the worst job to have? I would just feel sorry if they choose a sport for you that you don't even like! What if I love basketball but they decide that I'm built for table tennis! I hate table tennis! What is that about? And doubles table tennis? What? And they have time outs and coaches! And I'm back. Imagine hating table tennis but getting hardcore training from the age of 5 til you retire in sport! Well I guess I can't feel too bad. How many of YOU hate your job and will probably work it until retirement (if you get to retire)? At least you haven't been working it since you were 5!!!
In a pool of 1.2 billion, you are going to find some talent. In a commie society, you will find "willing" participants (unlike in the U.S. where we can chose to play a sport that we have absolutely no business playing). They have over 12,000 professional athletes here in China. Out of those, only 650 of them get to represent their country in the Olympics. They should absolutely be dominating the medal count in every Olympic game!
So why do the United States always give everyone a run for their money? Why will we possibly still end up on top of the medal count when all is said and done? Is "free will" and "love of sport" a better motivator for greatness than "forced repetition of sports fundamentals for eventual technical excellence"? I think so. What do you think?
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