Not surprisingly, China maximizes their medal count by first going after the least contested events. This is not the case for all events, many are hotly contested and many reflect historic Chinese strength.
This is the identical startegy they used in targeting the US economy. One has to wonder how predictable this model is.
You will see, if the model holds truth, a gradual move into other areas until they dominate, leaving only irrelevant events to the others, although who knows how many years this would take. This, of course, is more of a fantasy. The extension model may not apply to the olympics but by weakening the other competitors, the ability of others to bring stronger event teams forward may be reduced, will be reduced.
Are they confident that no one will see the parallel or are they so certain in the success of the economic model that they consider success already recognized or perhaps they understand the the political bodies in the US are too weak to react.
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