Ahem...

[xer0s]

https://www.google.com/search?q=olympic ... %22m%22%5D



Now all you Euros can make your snarky comments...

[losCHUNK]

Europe wins

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

https://www.google.com/search?q=olympic+medal+count&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#mie=oly%2C%5B%22%2Fm%2F03tnk7%22%2C1%2C%22m%22%5D



Now all you Euros can make your snarky comments...

canada has 1/10th the population of the USA and 1/5th the number of medals. iow adjusting for population we'd have twice the medals of the USA.

just sayin'

(p.s. nationalism is stoopid)

[xer0s]

Europe wins

Country vs Continent

[xer0s]

https://www.google.com/search?q=olympic+medal+count&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#mie=oly%2C%5B%22%2Fm%2F03tnk7%22%2C1%2C%22m%22%5D



Now all you Euros can make your snarky comments...

(p.s. nationalism is stoopid)

Absolutely. But this is the Olympics...

[losCHUNK]

Europe wins

Country vs Continent

Federation VS Union

[shaft]

I've been watching all week and this is my favorite reaction. Love it when the unexpected wins. Too bad NBC has such a lockdown on Olympic footage. The live American broadcast had much better footage, she looked like she was going to have a breakdown.

[youtube]ClqpALZ1ToA[/youtube]

[Whiskey 7]

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Video is broken

[seremtan]

i haven't watched any of this, but read the other day that US athletes receive no govt support and have to pay tax not only on their cash winnings for each medal, but also the value of the medals themselves

that sucks

[vesp]

i haven't watched any of this, but read the other day that US athletes receive no govt support and have to pay tax not only on their cash winnings for each medal, but also the value of the medals themselves

that sucks

Hah yes I remember reading about this. Paying for the privilege to keep those gold medals, although apparently it's only tax on the value of about £500 for a gold. Fair enough being taxed on their cash winnings I guess, as it's the US olympic committee that awards them the cash...

Also
http://www.medalspercapita.com/
Stats are a pain. I'd like to find comparative data on sports spending on olympic athletes vs medals won, although sorting by GDP would probably give a decent comparison

[PhoeniX]

[youtube]gaxtcpFwjAA[/youtube]

Sir Bradley Wiggins wins at ceremony faces

(watch and wait for it)

[Eraser]

The medals per capita seems a good way to even things out, but isn't medals per nation's competing athlete a more honest way (or better yet, potential medals vs actual medal wins. A football team is like 20 athletes but counts as 1 medal)? In other words: is there a limit, either by rule or practical, to how many athletes a country can push into the Olympics?

However, I read somewhere that the US has about 500 athletes while the Netherlands has about 200 (and that includes a fair number of team sports like Hockey, volleyball, handball, and 8-man rowing (both male and female teams) and the Netherlands s 12th on the medal rankings, which despite our rough Olympics this year (especially with Judo and swimming) is pretty good for such a small country.

[shaft]

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Video is broken

It's probably restricted to US viewing.
The clip is Blume from Denmark winning the 50m freestyle. You might be able to find it yourself.

[Captain]

lol fat chance

[Whiskey 7]

lol fat chance

It's probably restricted to US viewing......

Yes, I guessed same.
Searches..... Seems most searches end up the same.. I will search later for sure and take up the Captain Mazda challenge

[PhoeniX]

GB have now moved into second, we're coming for you

[Whiskey 7]

..........
Also
http://www.medalspercapita.com/
Stats are a pain. I'd like to find comparative data on sports spending on olympic athletes vs medals won, although sorting by GDP would probably give a decent comparison

Very interesting

[Whiskey 7]

................ and take up the Captain Mazda challenge

It was probably a copyright thing with a TV network

[youtube]qT41JYlHum4[/youtube]

[losCHUNK]

Do dey do dis ?

[vid]http://i.imgur.com/M39Gd4J.mp4[/vid]

[shaft]

................ and take up the Captain Mazda challenge

It was probably a copyright thing with a TV network

[youtube]qT41JYlHum4

yeah but that clip sucks because the best thing about the race was her reaction...

[Eraser]

Bah. Watch people you've never heard of win sports you never otherwise watch. Capitalist fagg0try. :humbug:

Or see it as a chance to broaden your sports horizons and get a taste of sports other than football. Your view is a bitter and unnecessary negative one.
During the London Olympics I discovered that bow shooting is pretty cool to watch and this year I've massively enjoyed the 1-on-1 sprint events on the indoor cycling ring.

[Captain]

Bah. Watch people you've never heard of win sports you never otherwise watch. Capitalist fagg0try. :humbug:

Just because you never lift more than a fish 'n chips tray or see the sun doesn't take away from these people's athletic achievements

[Eraser]

Do dey do dis ?

http://i.imgur.com/M39Gd4J.mp4

It's a Dutch (more accurately: Frisian) oddity called Fierljeppen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierljeppen

[Captain]

^that has nothing to do with the athletes you bitter cuntbucket.

[losCHUNK]

And those who watch it

*tunes into FIFA*