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Study: China will win most medals for first time by topping U.S. by one Anonymous
LONDON -- China should win one more medal than the United States at the Beijing Olympics -- 88 to 87 -- and top the overall table for the first time, according to a survey released Monday by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3456502
>> Anonymous
this means that communism is better then capitalism, eh?
>> Anonymous
>>184239
We'll be building the Berlin Wall up again.
>> Anonymous
Olympics...no one fucking gives a shit
>> Anonymous
>>184247
Tons of people do. Shut the fuck up moron.
>> Anonymous
>>184252
erm, no, no one cares about the olympics
>> Anonymous
>>184247
>>Olympics...no one fucking gives a shit

Nobody gives a shit but 2x moar people will watch the Olympics on any given night than any game of the NBA Finals. And when high-profile sports like gymnastics/swimming/etc are shown, the TV ratings would be 3x as much.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E2DF173EF932A1575BC0A9629C8B63

But nobody cares ...
>> Anonymous
>>184283
>>Olympics...no one fucking gives a shit

Nobody gives a shit but 6x moar people will watch the Olympics on any given night than any game of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. And when high-profile sports like gymnastics/swimming/etc are shown, the TV ratings would be 9x as much.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E2DF173EF932A1575BC0A9629C8B63

But nobody cares ...
>> Anonymous
>>184235
host city always has the insane advantage

i still think we can sneak by in the golds. they could very well win the overall medal count

then again, i'd be scared shitless into training and trying to break world recrods too, if i knew my gov't would make me disappear
>> Anonymous
>>184287
>>Olympics...no one fucking gives a shit

Nobody gives a shit but moar people will watch the Olympics on any given night than any game of the MLB World Series. And when high-profile sports like gymnastics/swimming/etc are shown, the TV ratings would be 2x as much.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E2DF173EF932A1575BC0A9629C8B63

But nobody cares ...
>> Anonymous
Doesn't the host city get free buy-in delegates? Bitches didn't have to qualify is jack-shit. Just walk through the front door.
>> Anonymous
>>184239
>communism
lolwut

China is more capitalist than the united states by now.
>> Anonymous
>>184311

No qualifier is fine with me. If they let people in that are subpar, it's good for the rest of the world. Idiot. That's not even how it works.
>> Anonymous
>>184295

I will watch the womans 200m relay race, yet I won't give two shits who wins.

I will watch the rowing, but couldn't care less.

I will watch a real sport and care.
>> Anonymous
>>184344
they don't know that though
>> Anonymous
The only reason Team USA could lose out is because there choking on the toxic smog-filled air in Beijing
>> Anonymous
>>184344

truth, but who cares about surveys, give me results. BRING IT ON!
>> Do You Notice A Pattern ??? Anonymous
2004 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Count
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1) USA = 36 Golds
2) China = 32 Golds

2000 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Count
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1) USA = 37 Golds
3) China = 28 Golds

1996 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Count
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1) USA = 44 Golds
4) China = 16 Golds

1992 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Count
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1) Unified Team (EUN) = 45 Golds
2) USA = 37 Golds
4) China = 16 Golds

1988 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Count
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1) Soviet Union = 55 Golds
3) USA = 36 Golds
11) China = 5 Golds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics_medal_count
>> Anonymous
>>184455
That's only gold. China STILL got their asses kicked by US and Russia. I can guarantee that the US will have the most count, again.

Article made me RAGE and LOL at the same time.
>> Anonymous
>>184459
like anon said, do you notice the pattern/trend ???
>> Anonymous
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>>184455
SOVIET POWER SUPREME
>> Anonymous
the olympic movement has a spiritual crisis, tbh. it's purportedly about individuals coming together, and the celebration of individual athletic prowess, but in reality it's about patriotism and sometimes jingoism.

it's why political leaders, instead of saying 'do yourselves proud' to their athletes, say 'do your country proud'

It's shithouse