Winning as a nation in this case would mean to be at the top of the medals table.
Most countries look upon the Olympics as a world major sporting event to participate in a spirit of Goodwill and Fellowship amongst men and women of the world.
As a nation develops and progresses, its sporting prowess will improve in tandem. All things being equal, its fair share of sporting prodigies will emerge naturally from better nutrition and sporting facilities available.
The natural process is too slow for China and it unabashedly brings intense strategies involving science, psychology and secret training camps into sports to gain the coveted top spot in medals tally.
China can hardly be faulted when it truly wants to exploit its vast natural resource - Human Beings. It has strategically ruled out games and sports that rely on the huge physical attributes of the participants.
It is then better able to focus on those games and sports that demand nimbleness and artful techniques. It uses studies from science to select the best body structures and proportions. The best mix of muscles and fats in the most appropriate body locations for a particular game or sport.
Then, there are the well funded secret training facilities employing the best methodologies and the licence to push and test the athletes to even beyond their endurance limits.
Tiger Woods is probably the most well known Free World athlete who had undergone similar endurance "torture" when his dad enthusiastically and vigorously started him on golf before his second birthday.
Apart from the stick, carrot is also used. Capitalist China can now offer each gold medal winner an instant prize money of US$ 200,000.00 and a lucrative senior position in the Government Service.
Meanwhile in 2016, the US will be bickering over non-issues that will debilitate and harm its citizens. Issues that had long been settled in many less developed countries and their citizens are enjoying the ensuing peace, good health and prosperity, In its Presidential Race, US is still quibbling over gun laws, healthcare, fair taxes and their allocations.
One big thing standing in the way of China's ambitions in the Olympics is geography. US and Rio are aligned in their time zones. US athletes therefore have the advantage of the biological clock on its side.
For those who don't fancy sports and games in 2016, you can look forward to the literary treats and delights of the Celebrations of the 400 anniversary of the passing on of William Shakespeare. O Romeo, Romeo ! wherefore art thou in 2016, Romeo ?
ANY WHICH WAY, HAVE A GREAT 2016
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