***China says impossible to beat U.S. or Russia medal haul- BEIJING (Reuters) - China, hosts of the next Summer Olympics, said on Thursday it would be impossible to overtake the medal hauls of the United States and Russia, not just in 2008 but for the foreseeable future.Cui Dalin, China's deputy sports minister, played down prospects of a huge medals haul for the hosts at a news conference on the eve of celebrations to mark 1,000 days until the opening of the Beijing Olympics. "Not only in 2008 but beyond, it's impossible to overtake the U.S. and Russian teams," he said. He pointed out that though China had collected its best ever tally of 63 medals last year in Athens, the U.S. had won 103.Cui said though China won 32 gold medals to Russia's 29, the Russians had collected 92 medals overall and were still a stronger team. Cui said he placed China on the same level as the second tier of sporting nations made up of Australia, Japan, Germany and France. ***** Imagine if this were India getting 63 medal, there would have been a big din around a "sports superpower" tag. Myopic m0r0ns like Rajeev Srinivasan and the supportive sycophantic mediaare the realhindrance to India's progress
