I-China igubhe irekhodi lokuqopha indondo yegolide njengoba ama-Olimpiki Wasebusika e-Beijing ephothulwa ngeSonto, yahlula i-United States ukuze ikleliswe endaweni yesithathu ngokubalwa kwezindondo.
Ngokwesiko iqine kakhulu Emidlalweni Yasehlobo, i-China yazuza izindondo zegolide ezingakaze zibonwe ngesikhathi soshicilelo lwayo lwasebusika olusingathwa ekhaya ngemva kokuba umbuso ulima izinsiza ekuqeqesheni.
NgeSonto ntambama, okungenani ama-hashtag amane athrendayo ahlobene nokudonsa okuhamba phambili kwaseChina abesethole ukubukwa okucishe kube yizigidi ezingama-200 kunkundla efana ne-Twitter i-Weibo.
Okuningi kwalokho kuhlaziya bekujabulele ukushaya i-United States endaweni eyodwa njengoba bekuwukuphela kobusika obungcono kakhulu e-China.
“Ngonyaka odlule i-US yadlula iChina ngendondo yegolide eyodwa kuma-Olympics Asehlobo, kulo nyaka iChina idlule i-US ngendondo eyodwa,” kufunda okunye okuphawulwe okuthandwa izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-2,800.
Iqembu laseShayina liwine izindondo ezingu-15 sezizonke -- amagolide ayisishiyagalolunye, ezesiliva ezine nezethusi ezimbili.
Abadlali ababili abashwiba nge-skating u-Han Cong no-Sui Wenjing bathole igolide lokugcina le-Olympic lezwe -- futhi baphula irekhodi lomhlaba langaphambili -- emcimbini wababili obuthinta inhliziyo ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa.
Isikhungo esinamandla sasebusika iNorway ibisendaweni yokuqala ngezindondo zegolide eziyi-16 kanye nezingu-37 sezizonke. IGermany ephume isibili ithole amagolide angu-12 kanye nezindondo ezingu-27 sezizonke.
"Ngiyaziqhenya ngempumelelo yeqembu laseShayina," kusho uchwepheshe wezobuchwepheshe uMin Rui, 32, etshela abe-AFP ngeSonto ngesikhathi ethenga nezintombi ezimbili eduze newashi lokubalwa kwemidlalo yama-Olympics kwesinye sezifunda ezimaphakathi neBeijing.
“Imboni yezemidlalo yasebusika isaqala kanti abasubathi abaningi baqokwe kweminye imikhakha yezemidlalo. Ngakho-ke ukufika isithathu ngenani lezindondo, ngaphambi kwamazwe afana ne-US neCanada, kuyimpumelelo yangempela. "
Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-Beijing ekuthuthukiseni ezemidlalo zasebusika kukhulise isizukulwane esisha sezihlabani eziphuma phambili.
Phakathi kwabo kukhona umpetha we-snowboarding osemusha u-Su Yiming kanye nomshwibi wase-China-American u-Eileen Gu, ongumsubathi wase-China omangalisayo onendondo yegolide neyodwa yesiliva.
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