Maradona37
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True.But it's only a matter of time until China will be the undisputed medal leader. I give it 10-20 years and China will have double-triple the golds of every other nation. No country will have a chance against these propaganda academies in the long run, where they breed cyborgs for the only reason to compete in the olympics.
Like you say it's propaganda for making people feel better about their lives - keeping them in their box and letting them live vicariously through athletes.
If regular people didn't feel that connection there is no way any country would take sport as seriously just as a game as China seemingly does.
In saying that, look how crazy people get at the World Cup. But I more mean the governments. They know they can politicise sport. Macron is doing it now.