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Olympics...US comes from behind 3 times....
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USA 94
China 81
Russia 63
Looks like the 'population' theory is not working........
USA 94
China 81
Russia 63
Looks like the 'population' theory is not working........
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Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
and Russia.... population wise, is very much larger than the U.S. as well.
There are more than 2x the number of people in the U.S. as in Russia. Even the consolidated U.S.S.R. never had the population that the U.S. had.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population#List
No, the Soviet Union was larger than the U.S. in the seven decades of its existence. That being said, the Olympics are about human acheivement as I see it. About discipline, dedication and commitment.
No longer about East German women with mustaches.
Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
and Russia.... population wise, is very much larger than the U.S. as well.
There are more than 2x the number of people in the U.S. as in Russia. Even the consolidated U.S.S.R. never had the population that the U.S. had.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population#List
No, the Soviet Union was larger than the U.S. in the seven decades of its existence. That being said, the Olympics are about human acheivement as I see it. About discipline, dedication and commitment.
No longer about East German women with mustaches.
Originally Posted By: GROUCHO MARX
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Oregoonian said:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/10/oly-wres-wrmf-idUSL6E8JAE4U20120810
Jordan Ernest Burroughs of the
United States won the Olympic gold medal in the men's freestyle
wrestling 74kg competition on Friday. Iran's Sadegh Saeed
Goudarzi won the silver.
I have never seen a American Wrestler be so dominate as soon as he started competing on the international level.
Now I hope if continues to wrestle he does not lose his motivation to continue to be the best.
Jordan Ernest Burroughs of the
United States won the Olympic gold medal in the men's freestyle
wrestling 74kg competition on Friday. Iran's Sadegh Saeed
Goudarzi won the silver.
I have never seen a American Wrestler be so dominate as soon as he started competing on the international level.
Now I hope if continues to wrestle he does not lose his motivation to continue to be the best.
Originally Posted By: Pablo
If China wasn't so racist and xenophobic they could have some runners move to their country and blow the world out of the water in the Olympics. So to speak.
^^^If you want to go there, the very same could be said for Japan.
If China wasn't so racist and xenophobic they could have some runners move to their country and blow the world out of the water in the Olympics. So to speak.
^^^If you want to go there, the very same could be said for Japan.
Originally Posted By: Silk
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
This is even before one looks at the MASSIVE population pool they have from which to seek athletes.
Do a medal search by population and see where USA and China are...and check out where New Zealand is. It's a numbers game, send enough athletes and you are sure to get plenty of medals. Do it with far fewer people and it's a lot harder.
http://simon.forsyth.net/olympics.html
I know first hand (by observation) just how competitive (and fierce) your country's Olympic (and otherwise) athletes are!!
I have the honor to watch your track cyclists when they come over here to train/compete at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center Velodrome in Upper Macungie, Pa. in the World Series Of Bicycling races.
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
This is even before one looks at the MASSIVE population pool they have from which to seek athletes.
Do a medal search by population and see where USA and China are...and check out where New Zealand is. It's a numbers game, send enough athletes and you are sure to get plenty of medals. Do it with far fewer people and it's a lot harder.
http://simon.forsyth.net/olympics.html
I know first hand (by observation) just how competitive (and fierce) your country's Olympic (and otherwise) athletes are!!
I have the honor to watch your track cyclists when they come over here to train/compete at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center Velodrome in Upper Macungie, Pa. in the World Series Of Bicycling races.
Originally Posted By: GROUCHO MARX
That being said, the Olympics are about human acheivement as I see it. About discipline, dedication and commitment.
No longer about East German women with mustaches.
Yes, let's hope that the IOC's latest testing methodologies/procedures/tech can stay ahead of the best current (and future) illegal enhancers/drugs, and masking agents for such.
That being said, the Olympics are about human acheivement as I see it. About discipline, dedication and commitment.
No longer about East German women with mustaches.
Yes, let's hope that the IOC's latest testing methodologies/procedures/tech can stay ahead of the best current (and future) illegal enhancers/drugs, and masking agents for such.
Worst part of East German debacle was that most of the female athletes were not told of of the substances they were given. They trusted the doctors and trainers. Now many have cancers and other conditions.
They were literally human guinea pigs. Reminding one of the Tuskeegee experiments as well as the Nazis.
They were literally human guinea pigs. Reminding one of the Tuskeegee experiments as well as the Nazis.
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