2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: Medal Predictions

Writing by bettingfool on Monday, 30 of June , 2008 at 9:02 am

Now that Euro 2008 has come and gone, the biggest event of the summer – betting or otherwise – is the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee doesn’t keep official records of which countries have won how many medals, but the United States has dominated this competition ever since the modern movement began in 1896.

China is spending a lot of money to change that in 2008. This is an incredibly important event for the Chinese Communist Party as it tries to move even further into the international community (i.e. marketplace) without giving up its one-party grip on the Chinese people. The recent victory at Wimbledon by Zheng Jie over world’s No. 1 Ana Ivanovic is testament to how far Chinese sports has come in the past 20 years.

If you’re going to bet on the Summer Games this year, China is making inroads in just about every sport under the sun – not just tennis, diving and gymnastics. Money is power.

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