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That breaststroke.......

...and what did the breaststroker/lifeguard in our house shout at the TV? ..."Get Off The Lane Lines!"

Bronze and a USA record ain't too shabby either

My wife asked me to please stop shouting that at our TV. She was getting tired of hearing it. But every race, every single race, somebody was on them.

Caught some fencing, kayaking and men's volleyball. Alexander Massialas took silver in men's foil. That is YUGE!

Accidental Censorship Of Olympic Divers Makes Them All Look Like Porn Stars

Example:

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Medals per Capita ...in case you were interested

http://www.medalspercapita.com/

Sorry, not me. I've never been much of a sports fan.

The link is more about geopolitics and statistics than sports. In fact, it has almost nothing to do with sports.

In a country where every waking moment is spent looking for your next meal, you aren't going to have time to train for competition. So that country will produce no gold medalists. An athlete needs a support system in order to train. So they must live in a wealthy country or a country with a state sponsored Olympic program. Also, a larger country will have more people and more chances to have an elite athlete, but size alone doesn't make it happen. Look at India.

The US has the most medals, but based on our size and wealth, we should probably have more.

The link is just a list of the number of medals each country has, based on other factors like size and wealth. It's fascinating.

Hey, you can take the girl out of math class but....

and the funny thing is, I generally abhor all the stats in sport reporting, but I was really curious about this because China and the US have the two biggest populations by far

Being us, we noticed that the UK seemed to be doing OK, but it's 1/6th (?) the size of the US and less than China. Per Capita UK is above China or US.

Is anyone got ticket for rio ?

This would be an awesome cellar tagline.

It would.

right now, the true (vicarious) Olympic Champions are dual GB/USA nationals -Britericans if you like :D

It seems most of the coverage (in the US, at least) is of the US and Brazil. I wonder if there's a contractual obligation to show the home country more.

I prefer watching the odd-ball events - badminton, table tennis, team handball, archery. Those kinds of things. Chicks wrestling. Yes, chicks wrestling

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