在2004年雅典奥运会上,世界体育强国美国蝉联了金牌榜第一的宝座,也完成了夺得100枚奖牌的赛前目标,但美国国内的媒体和民众对这一成绩并没有盲目乐观,正如美国主流媒体《基督科学箴言报》专栏作家马克·萨彭菲尔德所言:在雅典,美国的35枚金牌数是1984年洛杉矶奥运会以来最少的一次,曾经让美国人骄傲的梦之队也变成了如今的“梦魇队”,而面对中国金牌数和奖牌数的迅速增长,以及2008年的主场优势,美国的体育界应开始居安思危,未雨绸缪。 At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the world’s sports power, the United States, won the number one spot in the gold medal standings and completed the pre-match goal of winning 100 medals. However, the domestic media and the public in the United States have not blindly optimistic about this result. Mark S Penfield, columnist for the mainstream science newspaper Christchurch, said: At Athens, the 35 gold medals in the United States were the fewest since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and the team that once prided Americans became Today’s “nightmare team”, and in the face of China’s rapid growth in the number of medals and medals, as well as the home advantage in 2008, the United States should start early stage of danger in the sport, take precautions.