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Number of medals

Cina vs. USA
Follow  |   Public Spot created by LouisK the 20/08/2008  |  Visited : 2766  |  Channel: Sports   |  Abusive content
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LouisK says : They did it then. They are the best. Well, I have to see the new Olympics to believe it.

Fun, games and money

EVEN in China, a century is a long time to wait. In 1908, as the fourth modern Olympic games took place in London, a magazine called Tianjin Youth posed three questions. When would a Chinese athlete take part in the games? When would the country send[...]

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economist.com   |   the 29/08/2008   |   Add or View Comment
STORIES
LouisK says : Too bad China won.

USA looks back then ahead

BEIJING — As the last gold medals won by U.S. athletes were awarded Sunday, as The Star-Spangled Banner was cued one last time, U.S. Olympic basketball player Jason Kidd turned to his teammates on the medal podium and reminded them to put their hands[...]

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usatoday.com   |   the 27/08/2008   |   Add or View Comment
LouisK says : Who wins? The country who has more medals or the one who has more gold medals?

China's Unusual Golden Haul

China’s gold rush aligns with the country’s — and much of the world’s — preferred measure of Olympics dominance: The gold-medal count. And the U.S. can claim that it is on top at these Games, because it leads in total medals. If this holds up,[...]

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blogs.wsj.com   |   the 20/08/2008   |   Add or View Comment
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