We won't be able to beat the USA in swimming but we can close the gap a little this time. In track & field we are still behind the USA in track but maybe we can get a couple of medals in field events. Gymnastics we will fall behind USA this time. We need to build up our depth in swimming, the USA has 2 or 3 great swimmers in every event in both men's and women's, they rack up many medals with their depth. In track & field, we must develop more in the field where we can compete. In track only Liu Xiang is world class.
We can improve in rowing too. We also have to increase our chances in non-judging events where many judges discriminate against Chinese athletes. In swimming, rowing, track & field, etc you don't have to rely on judges to score points thus the result is in our hands and not in the biased opinion of judges. In gymnastics, the judges favor the US team.
If we can build our depth in many sports, we can dominate. Sun Yang, Ye Shiwen, Lu Ying prove we have the talent to compete with the US in swimming and Liu Xiang proved that we can beat the US even in track.
Yi Siling is only competing in her specialized event of 10m air rifle. She did her job for the motherland and won gold. Now it's time for others to step up (especially gymnastics).
