Does Not Obey the Laws of Physics

Before I get started, I'm just gonna say Kamila Valieva is absolutely breathtaking. I'm out of words to describe how beautiful and enjoyable her routines are and her ability to withstand pressure and recover from errors are beyond imagination. Amazing strength, flexibility, and mental fortitude. This girl has completely won over Chinese social media and was crowned the new queen Czarina. If you haven't seen her routine yet, go watch it on your local Olympic broadcast network now. You will not regret it.

In contrast, we have the Chinese figure skater who fell on her butt in both her short program and freestyle program. It was terrible. And then she broke down in the middle of her routine, which only speaks to her fragile mental state.

So predictably, Chinese social media lost all sense of scale.

And then CNN fucked things up even further by completely misrepresenting the nature of the grievances.

( Things cannot possibly get worse than this, right? )

And that's where we're at. On top of this dumpster fire, I saw a netizen who decided to make a video essay to chew out Zhu. Except, said video essayist didn't even have the confidence to show her own face without a beautifying filter slapped over it. Anyone who doesn't have the confidence to show their face without digitally enhancing their features do not deserve to criticize another person (athlete or otherwise) for their perceived lack of metal fortitude. Kindly fuck off.

Nothing destroys the good-natured fun of shit talking your sports rivals than stupid media treating the shit talking seriously. And reading media getting full of themselves and failing to honestly assess the situation makes me want to bang my head.

For example, the situation with the medal rankings: China has been leading the gold medal count up until the last day in this iteration of the Olympics. However, realistically, the U.S. will probably shoot past China's numbers since Team USA has managed to get into finals of numerous events held on the last day, while events where China could obtain gold have already finished. Which means China has more or less maxed out their gold medal possibilities, with one last long shot at women's boxing, which is a very long shot. Anyone reasonable wouldn't count on it. Meanwhile, the U.S. is still the favorites for at least three or four events, with another one that's 50-50.

So, if we're honestly assessing the situation, Team USA will most likely top the gold medal chart once the last events wrap up. However, unlike previous iterations where the U.S.'s golds completely overshadow everyone else, this year, the gap will only be 1 or 2 apart.

We (the Chinese) should be happy for the improved results. Why is it necessary to pretend that China is going to be able to take the #1 position? If China somehow remains #1 in gold medal ranking at the end of the day, of course I'll be pleasantly surprised. But taking #2 while being only a few medals behind the U.S. is still an epic improvement over the usual 10+ gold difference.

Given the difference in GDP and comprehensive national power of the two nations, it's nonsense to think that China "ought" to gain more gold medals than the U.S. If it happens, it's because we got lucky, not because our comprehensive athletic capabilities have exceeded the U.S. Surely this is obvious?

Shit talking is for fans who are bantering. It's fucking annoying seeing it in the media. And that goes for the United States' media, too. I don't need to see you dehumanizing Chinese athletes either. Especially when you pretend to be concerned about anti-Asian hate. Fuck off.

I crawled up in the morning for the women's, and now for the men's. I'm basically dying, but worth it.

Currently, Team China men's leading the double's round by 2-0 in sets won. Am seriously worried one of our athletes is going to dive head-first into the surrounding boards. I can see why the coach was so concerned about the small court size.

Time out: Ah yes, trying to shift the momentum. I'm honestly not that sure about beating Germany. They've been giving China a lot of problems recently. And, as I've said before, the cramped arena is not in China's favor.

The other thing that concerns me is that China's wearing their black jersey. Psychologically, this is disadvantageous, as studies have shown that, when controlling for skill, wearing red gives an increased win rate compared to the cooler colors (blue/black).

And Germany's wearing red this time.

First match in hand. Yes! Things are gonna get a little easier from now on. Hopefully. 🤞

Heh. 樊振东 (Fan Zhendong)'s nickname is “小胖” (little fatty). LOL.

OK, I know the coach warned that one of the matches might be lost, but this is not giving me any confidence when the first game of the second match is lost by 11-3. Augh!

Team China catches up! Game 1-1!

Now why is it that when the German team blows on the ball they don't get a warning for breaking the rules?

I've said this when China played Japan, I'll say it again now against Germany: Defeat the Axis powers!

3-2! China defeats Germany once more! Only one more match left to win, c'mon China! Do it!

Two more matches. Two more matches. Go Go Team China! (I'm getting stomach cramps from now nerve wracking things are getting.)

Just one more! Just one more! Gold is within touching distance! Defeat the Axis!

Augh! Germany takes one at 13-11. (T_T) The torture continues.

We did it! Finally! 4 golds, 3 silvers from a total of 5 finals. China continues to dominate table tennis.

Me (on the 28th of July): At this point, I'm pretty sure the gold is going to be a toss-up between Brazil and Spain...

Today:

I'm starting to get pretty good at this sports prediction thing.

Currently, am leaning towards Spain winning gold, but we'll see. Brazil might surprise us.

United States' women's soccer team knocked out by Canada.

Finally, the US's choke hold on women's soccer has ended. Am seriously getting tired of the US getting involved too much in soccer given how little respect they have for this sport. It'd be one thing if they actually seemed to care, but they just want to dominate so they can boss everyone around with zero respect for how the rest of the world view this sport. So yeah, finally, the US pundits can shut the fuck up.