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[quote=APAULT,312294]I have some answers Jimmy.  Just some.  In Australia we have several types of 'football': Rugby League, Rugby Union, and Australian Rules Football, as well as real football.  These are the main professional sports for men in winter.  In summer the sport is cricket.  A very popular sport with girls is netball ( a forerunner to basketball).  Of course surfing is also a major activity with the young.  Most weekends kids participate in at least two sports and try to squeeze in a little homework at some point! (Though it is true most students of Chinese origin are still more likely to study for 20 hours a day).  These sports have not been included in the Olympics because they are not truly world sports (how did that nonsense called synchronised swimming manage to get in????).

I don't think the weightlifting rule is aimed at the Chinese...and I certainly hope it isn't. I too was wondering why the weightlifting world body has this rule.  is it new?  Does it apply to other competitions?  Yes, I have concerns about one swimmer being allowed to comptee in so many events like Phelps does. Maybe it is simply that swimming has too many events!

It is true that different sports suit different physiques so some ethnic groups have advantages in some.  Look at the Ethiopians etc in long distance running.  Most US sprinters are black but there are no black US swimmers (and few from elsewhere).  Many Chinese are smaller and so perhaps have an advantage in gymnastics and diving, but maybe it is also cultural - they are less confrontational sports.  Unfair? Not really, just create a multi-ethnic multicultural society like Australia - then you can have sportsmen and women for all events!!

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