Rooting for Asian vs. U.S. Teams | Asian American Poll

ROOTING FOR ASIAN VS. U.S. TEAMS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:09:40 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

In contests between athletes from Asia and U.S. athletes, for whom do you root most often?
U.S. Athletes | 26%
Athletes from Asia | 48%
The underdog | 14%
Varies with event and nationality | 12%

What factor is most important in your desire to root for athletes from Asia?
Racial identification | 42%
Nationalistic Feelings | 7%
Scarcity of visible Asian figures in the U.S. | 51%

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Hey, Ah Doi. Come to think of it, you are right about Catriona. She looked a lot better when she was skating. Hey, she's not nearly as bad as "J. Ro" or Chris Witty though. Anyways, I write for AsianScene.com, and I wrote an article about the ugliest and hottest Olympic girls. Here are some of the best, in order: Sasha Cohen, Julie Chu, Tristan Gale, Tae Satoya, Nina Li, Alisa Camplin, and Jean Racine. Dude, you want to see manly... look at Gea Johnson, Jean Racine's brakeperson. She's a female bodybuilder.

Well, it's a close call between Nina and Alisa, but who would you want to kick it with more? I doubt Nina is as much fun and bubbly as Alisa. She's just a ball of energy, which is what I go for.

Yeah, Sasha would have won if she didn't fall. She did a lot better than Michelle. Michelle does the same old moves every time. How many times have you seen her do that flying across the ice thing, with that cheesy grin on her face?

Kristi Yamaguchi (who BTW also married a WHITE hockey player) grew up 10 mins south of me, so we had a lot of rooting interest for her. Her bro went to my HS. I agree that she was a lot better than Michelle could ever hope to be.

The only thing Michelle will be remembered for is being a choke artist. She will forever be lumped with the likes of Bill Buckner and Nick Anderson.

And what was with her wearing that gold outfit, and performing to "Fields of Gold" for the demonstration?! Talk about arrogant! That's just like Babe Ruth pointing out to center field, and striking out on three pitches!
TSJ Eric@KristinKreuk.net Tuesday, February 26, 2002 at 00:49:13 (PST)

I felt sad for Michelle. It came down to one thing: nervousness and anxiety. I hope she can do it again in 4 years. She's got all the other skating titles and recognition except for the gold medal. Frankly, I think most Americans were glad that a white girl won it as I saw the special attention NBC gave Sarah Hughes. Any of you seen all the immediate offers of ads and commercial contracts for her? I don't even think she will be around in a couple years. Just look at that other little girl, Tara Lipinsky? Where is she now? If Michelle had won it, they wouldn't care less. Just another Asian who was supposed to excel right?
those judges gave too high marks for the Russian girl Monday, February 25, 2002 at 23:40:44 (PST)

Hey TSJ, Btw, have u ever noticed that Alisa Camplin, the Gold medalist of the women's freestyle skiing event looks a bit like the supermodel Niki Taylor?

Hahaha...just my observation!

Have u ever noticed that some of these female athletes are short? They look somewhat tall on tv but their actual heights are average or below. Alisa Camplin is like 5'2", she's shorter than Nina by 2".

Yeah u'r right, Nina Li doesn't look very Chinese. I hear many women from the Northeast region of China are supposedly beautiful and stunning, and that's where Nina is from.

ah doi Monday, February 25, 2002 at 17:31:54 (PST)

Hey JJ,
Sasha Cohen is HELLA fine and she be 17 years old too. you can say wut u want about personality and class, but daym, sasha got the looks. peace
asian guy 4 white girls Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 19:45:58 (PST)

junkie,

That is so shallow. So if you never had information about her personal life, you would still support her.

You reason for disliking her is like if you discovered she ate can Tuna from a company that also processed dolphins.

In her public image she is never seen with the white guy. You always she her and her dad. For all you know this white hockey player is her cabana-boy-boy-toy-of-the-month.
AC dropout Sunday, February 24, 2002 at 11:11:21 (PST)

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