Rowing is on NBC today. All these medals at stake and I have yet to see a Chinese rower or team. Didn't they spend oodles of money to become competitive in medal-rich events like this?
Posted by Matt Bruce at August 16, 2008 01:41 PMRowing sucks. As somebody who got a rowing machine, I can say that. A random person on the internet noted that most sports are based on positive physical attributes--running, jumping, throwing, etc., rowing was historically a form of capital punishment.
So China decided not to "train" their athletes there to avoid the human rights issue.
Posted by: Keith at August 18, 2008 11:18 AM