Some years ago I moved to France for personal reasons. Very soon I started to discover that the funniest activity to do in this country is to look at French and discover how good and famous they think they are.
Personally, as an Italian, I find that my country is much more interesting to visit and that Rome is much more worth a visit than Paris. Why? Go through this site and find it out by yourself!
I will therefore not hesitate to publish funny things on this pompous country and on the people who live there, and to publicise my discoveries to the whole world. No sorting order whatsoever. I'll just follow my instinct, describing events as I remember them and taking inspirations from everyday life.
If you are French and you are not humble enough to accept comments or critics on your country, then leave this page before starting to get hurt. If you want you can leave your comments too, but, please, don't be vulgar, or I'll cut them off.

2 Sept 2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Beijing Summer Olympics are just over and Italy has once again a better medal ranking than France. Special thanks to Roberto Cammarelle for winning the last boxing gold of Beijing 2008 in the super heavyweight category!


Rank ↓ Nation ↓ Gold ↓ Silver ↓ Bronze ↓ Total ↓
1 China China (CHN) 51 21 28 100
2 United States United States (USA) 36 38 36 110
3 Russia Russia (RUS) 23 21 28 72
4 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 19 13 15 47
5 Germany Germany (GER) 16 10 15 41
6 Australia Australia (AUS) 14 15 17 46
7 South Korea South Korea (KOR) 13 10 8 31
8 Japan Japan (JPN) 9 6 10 25
9 Italy Italy (ITA) 8 10 10 28
10 France France (FRA) 7 16 17 40


For Italy (8 gold medals) :

  • Boxe - Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) - Roberto Cammarelle (ITALY)
  • Fencing - Men's Individual Epee - Matteo Tagliarol (ITALY)
  • Fencing - Women's Individual Foil - Maria Valentina Vezzali (ITALY)
  • Judo - Women's 57 kg - Giulia Quintavalle (ITALY)
  • Shooting - Women's Skeet - Chiara Cainero (ITALY)
  • Greco-Roman Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg - Andrea Minguzzi (ITALY)
  • Athletics - 50km walk - Alex Schwazer (ITALY)
  • Swimming - Women's 200m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini (ITALY)

For France (7 gold medals):

  • Fencing - Men's Team Epee - Fabrice Jeannet, Jerome Jeannet, Ulrich Robeiri (FRANCE)
  • Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Alain Bernard (FRANCE)
  • Handball - Men's Team (FRANCE)
  • Canoeing/Kayaking - Men's Slalom/Whitewater - Two-person canoe- Cedric Forgit, Martin Braud (FRANCE)
  • BMX Cycling - Women's Individual - Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRANCE)
  • Mountain Biking - Men's Individual Cross Country - Julien Absalon (FRANCE)
  • Fencing - Men's Team Sabre - Boris Sanson, Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet (FRANCE)
  • Greco-Roman Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg - Steve Guenot (FRANCE)
Broken Records : Italy

Men’s 50km Race Walk – Alex Schwazer, Italy, 3:37:09, Aug. 22, 2008. Previous record: 3:38:29, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Soviet Union, Sept. 30, 1988, Seoul.

Women’s 400 Freestyle - Qualification – Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 4:02.19, Aug. 10, 2008. Previous record: 4:03.85, Janet Evans, United States, Sept. 21, 1988, Seoul.

Broken Records: France

Men’s 50 Freestyle - Qualification – Amaury Leveaux, France, 21.46, Aug. 14, 2008. Previous record: 21.91, Alexander Popov, Unified Team, 21.91, July 30, 1992, Barcelona.

Women’s 4x200 Freestyle - Qualification – France (Alena Popchanka, Celine Couderc, Camille Muffat, Coralie Balmy), 7:50.37. Previous record: 7:53.42, United States, Aug. 18, 2004, Athens.

PS One last question: where is Laure Manaudou? Ah ah ah
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