too many golds in Judo?

[Quest]

There were a total of 14 golds given to Judo athletes in the olympics, 8 of which went to Japan. When China won all the weight lifting golds in the previous olympics, the olympics committee set a new limit on the total number of competitions each country can participate in to 4, so no country can win more than 4 golds in weight lifting. When China won all table tennis golds, the olympics committee changed the rules from 21-point games to 11-point games to "increase the role of chance " so weaker countries would have a shot. When Fu Mingxia won the diving gold medal at age 12, the olympics committee increased the age limit to 14 to prevent China from getting those golds.

Next to swimming and track and fields, I believe Judo is the 3rd most "golden" olympics "CATEGORY". 14 golds given to judo? isn't that a bit too many? When 8 of Japan's 12 golds came from Judo, isn't it time for the olympics committee to do something about it? Even weightlifting only offers 10 golds, and no country can win more than 4. Yet there's no limit on how many a country can win in Judo....... the Japanese invented Judo, and I've "heard" they donated handsomely to the committee.

PS: the 4 golds limit is for each gender, so both genders = 8 golds limit. I just found this out, but still no limit in Judo.

[xuechengfeng]

Yeah, smells fishy, they should restrict the number of possible golds for Judo. LOL @ changing table tennis to 11 for weaker countries to increase their chances. Um, I thought the Olympics was about skill, not chance?

[Quest]

Their explanation is that if one country dominates a sport, other countries would just withdraw.... and that is not good for the development of the sport. That's bs to me...

[Quest]

more restictions -- because China is too good in table tennis doubles, they will eliminate the doubles competitions in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

　　http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年08月24日 13:26 《足球·劲体育》

　　

　　

　　　　特约记者嘉棋报道 由于中国乒乓球队的实力过于强大，出于制衡的目的，国际乒联正在考虑取消中国的传统优势项目：双打，据国际乒联主席沙拉拉所说：“北京奥运将用团体比赛取代传统的双打项目，这几成定局。”

　　

　　　　由于中国乒乓球队在双打项目上的优势显而易见(1988年正式立项以来，中国取得了10枚双打金牌中的9枚)，部分协会对是否再在奥运会中设立此项目提出反对意见。而国际乒联亦迅速“反应”：迅速提出了用团体比赛取代双打的建议，并已经内部通过。沙拉拉在接受记者采访时如此表示：“我们已经将换项建议提交国际奥委会，现在只等他们的意见了。”他对换项提议获得通过亦相当乐观，“我们预计这一提议2005年就能得到批准。我相信，北京奥运会将不会再看到乒乓球双打比赛。”他还透露，“初步考虑让12至16支队伍参赛。”

　　

　　　　中国乒乓球队总教练蔡振华在雅典奥运会前曾表示，支持北京奥运会引进团体比赛，因为这将使比赛更加精彩激烈。但他同时希望，团体比赛的场次中能同时包括单打和双打。

　　

　　　　根据国际奥委会的规定，换项提议获准的前提是参加奥运会乒乓球赛的球员人数和所需场馆设施不得由此增加，奥运会乒乓球赛的赛期不能由此延长。

Also players from the same country must now be put into the same group in the prelims, so they will face each other before the final round.

All of these new rules are to ensure China wont win as many golds in the future.

Quoting a complain:

我们的优势项目呢？女举只能报4个级别，乒乓球改大球制、11分制——甚至有人提出把它放到冬奥会去。

奥运会并不是那么纯净的。

试问哪个国家能在同一个项目（不含田径、游泳这样的超级大项）里能获得14枚金牌中的8枚？（1个国家获得这么多单项的金牌就说明赛制不合理，要知道乒乓球一共只有4块金牌，你就是100%包揽也只是4块，可人家只要超过50%一点点就能拿8块）

横眉鄙视日本的无耻做法。

[Adam]

Are there going to be any changes in respect to the amount of golds japan can win?

[Quest]

Are there going to be any changes in respect to the amount of golds japan can win?

There have been changes in respect to the amount of golds china can win.

[roddy]

China can just get better at football to compensate

Roddy

[Ian_Lee]

Quest:

You must have forgotten the motto "Friendship first, Competition second".

Mao was so broad-minded to let the visiting bottom ranked US ping pong players to beat the excellent Chinese athletes, why can't China let some others to share the fun too in ping pong now?

[Quest]

干脆每四年搞一个运动员大餐聚会，抽奖决定谁拿金牌，你看好不好？

[Ian_Lee]

Quest:

Even if China gives up some medals in ping pong, most likely they are picked up by South Korea, Chinese Taipei or Hong Kong.

Very unlikely they will be picked up by US, Australia or Russia which may affect China's Gold Medal standing.

For the sake of Good Neighbor policy, China should make some sacrifices.

[39degN]

hehe, take it easy, Quest, all we can do is to improve all sports, i do really hope one day they being forced deciding to cancel the whole games.