India’s Olympic Also-Rans
China’s dedicated Olympic athletes are widely assumed to have dozens of gold and silver medals in their grasp. Whether or not they overtake the US in the final tally, however, one thing is certain: China’s neighbor and regional geopolitical rival, India, will be lucky to win even a single medal, extending a long and sorry history of athletic failure.
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NEW DELHI – As the world awaits the Beijing Olympics, many wonder whether China’s grand coming-out party will also mark the occasion when it wrests dominance of the medal tally from the United States. China’s dedicated athletes are widely assumed to have dozens of gold and silver medals in their grasp. Whether or not they overtake the US, however, one thing is certain: China’s neighbor and regional geopolitical rival, India, will be lucky to win even a single medal.