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As an American I must say, though we exceled above most of the world's nations(See:Everyone but China)
Nothing below a very close second in Gold count will suffice.

We failed Olympics. Better luck in 2012.
>> Anonymous
Great Britain will get 2nd in 2012. USA 3rd.
>> Anonymous
>>282148
lol. no.
>> Anonymous
Don't feed the troll.
>> Anonymous
>>282148

lolwut?
>> Anonymous
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>>282148
>> Anonymous
>>282148

Only if they add 15 more sailing and equestrian events.
>> Anonymous
>>282153
OP here. Not trolling. I just dont feel we did the best we can do this year. Especially in Track And Field.
>> Anonymous
>>282161
If only polite channers really existed
>> Anonymous
>>282161
No,trolling and douchbaggery aside. Seriously.
>> Anonymous
yeah without phelps USA would have been fucked. your performance at the track has been miserable to say the least.
>> Anonymous
>>282178
Might be miserable, but we've got 20 medals out of it so far. Should have gotten a lot more though, and certainly many more than 4 golds. Oh well, that's life; can't have it all.
>> Anonymous
As an American, I have to say our pathetic showing this year has made me ashamed of my country.
>> Anonymous
My country blows. :(
>> TOTAL IS ALL THAT MATTERS! !L8Wh1CJuDE
95 > 83

TOTAL DOMINATION!!!
>> Anonymous
2012 WERE GONNA BURN OUR FORMER HOMELAND THE FUCK DOWN IN OUR BLAZE OF GOLD GLORY AND FLAMES OF GREATNESS.

COUNT ON IT.
>> Anonymous
2012


1. China
2. UK
3. Jamaica
>> Anonymous
Looking at it objectively, I don't think we'll get too close to China in gold medals. My guess would be a barely single digit margin in golds, about 8 or 9. I think we win in total medals, but most gold is more important.
>> Anonymous
At least when our monster fail is over we can still kick ass in gridiron and... ?
>> Anonymous
>>282196
I lol'd.
>> Anonymous
This has made me hate being an American.
>> Anonymous
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>>282196
Here. Have a Rax-palm.
>> Anonymous
China kicked our ass.
>> TOTAL IS ALL THAT MATTERS! !L8Wh1CJuDE
>>282199
>but most gold is more important.

lolno
>> Anonymous
>>282217
The plot thickens.
>> Anonymous
2012 Olympics Medal Standings:

1. China
2. UK
3. The Mayans
4. Mars
5. Atlantis
6. USA
7. Taiwan
8. Outer Heaven
9. Iraq
10. Gene Upshaw
>> Anonymous
Olympics? Moar like Nationwide 18-1.

amirite or amirite?
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>> Anonymous
Current Medal ratings(gold3pts,silver2,bronze1):

China=190 points
USA=187 points

USA needs one gold to tie.
>> Anonymous
>>282227

durrrr thats funny
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>>282227
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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>>282238
didn't even know we were that close.
>> Anonymous
>>282251
well you weren't till today.
>> Anonymous
>>282251
3,2,1 point system is flawed. no way is 1 gold equal to 2 silvers and a bronze for example.

give an athlete a choice between 1 gold or limitless combination of silver and bronze, they would go for that single gold.

gold has much much much more value than silver or bronze.
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>282260
bullshit. No way one gold from badminton or racewalking should be equal to a Silver even a bronze in a sport like 100meters or basketball.
>> Anonymous
>>282260
flawed or not, it's the official way to determine the standings.
>> Anonymous
>>282267
no it's not. ioc just ranks by no. of golds.

>>282266
you every tried badminton or racewalking? badminton is hard work. and you just assume USA is China's only rival at every sport. Badminton is super competitive among asian nations and China has been given a very hard time if you have been watching.

As for racewalking, it's just as easy as it sounds. Just ask yourself, how fast can you move from one place to another, without actually running. It might sound stupid, but it's just as stupid as the other slower styles of swimming where people are forced to swim slower than humans are capable of by using an inferior technique.
>> Anonymous
>>282266

for what reason would you devalue badminton?
>> Anonymous
>>282251
Most of those medals are from all those Silver Medals.

>>282191
We swept twice on the track, otherwise, we're so hot and lost softball. But we might leave the Olympics the same amount of golds as 2004 Athens.

But while America did slightly worse because of track, other countries (including lol Yurop) did a helluva lot worse with the exception of Great Britain and South Korea (who did much of same but with one more medals). Russia who had 27 Golds in 2004 Athens, only has 16 so far in 2008 Beijing.

It's not US did worse, it's that all other countries except China, US, Great Britain and S. Korea are just sucking this time around.

But my argument will be ignored for some good ol' fashion American hating.
>> Anonymous
Basketball should award at least 5 gold
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>282278
>>282281

Just because something can be competed in Does not make it equal to the real athletics.

It's a joke to compare a ping pong gold medal to a the gold phelps won or bolt's medals.

If all gold medals are going to be equal like that then it's only fair that we use the 3 - 2 -1 system as all medals are not equal period.
>> Anonymous
>>282293phelps... gold

swimming medals are mostly bullshit, there's so many slow shitty made up ways to swim for tiny distances
>> SSG Posted Here
Too me, in the end, it really goes down to how big the difference is in how many golds are won, and how many total medals are won. For instance, let's say China beat us by only two golds, but we won 20 more medals then they did. It then makes sense to name USA as the overall "winner" of sorts, for it seems we had some sort of success in more events. Now let's say China beats us by 20 golds (like they are this year), but we narrowly beat them in total medals; China would be the winners (hands down).

However, I do think there is one other point to be made: let's say China had done as much to prepare for these games, but these games were played somewhere else, such as Britain, or one of the countries that could host in 2016. They likley will not succeed as much, for they will not have the home crowd on their side, rooting for them.

Now does that mean China can't win the most golds and/or medals in future Olympics? No, they absolutely could. It's just the amount of golds won, in theory, would be much more even, assuming the US would at least go out and look for someone somewhere in the country that could win in each sport.
>> Anonymous
>>282297
the shorter the distance the faster you have to swim the harder it is
same as running
>> Anonymous
Bullshit styles of swimming are bullshit. Just an excuse so Americans can get more medals from a single athlete.
>> Anonymous
>>282283
you swept twice, but jamaica swept once, with a population a fraction of USA. jamaica has more gold in athletics than USA.

your failed at mens and womens 100m mens 200m mens and womens100m relay womens 400m hurdles mens 110m hurdles womens 400m

quite a lot of fail right there.

>>282293
well if you are so against race walking, phelps should get most of his gold medals stripped, since most of the events were using inferior technique just like race walking.

and badminton is just as hard as tennis.
>> Anonymous
>>282311
bawwwwwwww harder faggot. breaking records in multiple styles of swimming shows mastery in technique and all around beastliness.
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lol and American'ts were saying that once they hit the track, they would catch up to China on golds. what a joke.
>> Anonymous
>>282331
by multiple styles you mean styles that deliberately slow by using inferior technique. = race walking

phelps a 6 time gold medalist in race walking lol
>> Anonymous
>>282324
Most most of those races we didn't medal gold or at all since Sydney, so technically we did somewhat worse.
>> Anonymous
Every other country ranks gold then silver then bronze, how the yanks claim they're winning on total with their hoards of silvers & bronzes strikes me as pretty desperate.
>> Anonymous
>>282441
Americans don't even know the true value of their own currency, you expect them to understand something like gold > silver > bronze?
>> Anonymous
>>282441
Kinda like how the Europeans lumped all their countries together just so they can have the top spot.
>> Anonymous
>>282441
Gauging national importance via medals won is also pretty desperate.
>> Anonymous
>>282498
True.
Example: Australia
>> Anonymous
>>282311
yes they added 7 new swimming events this year so that phelps could sweep
>> Anonymous
>>282498
Thread.
>> Anonymous
>>282498
>>282539

I smell some Eurofaggotry