Who is the greatest sporting nation of all? (2259 hits)
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Submitted by JesterLilt (View user info) at 2008-08-16 15:45:33 EDT
I've been watching the Olympics all day and what a day it has been for the UK. In a nice hungover bubble of my own misery I watched as Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins rode home for gold. The UK thoroughly washed the floor with everybody else in the cycling. Suddenly I remember why I like watching the Olympics and that warm feeling of pride in my country when we do well at something.
This also got me thinking... Who is the greatest sporting nation in the world? Its easy to look at the number of medals won and assume that China or the USA are the greatest sporting nations. I decided to look at this differently... Oh the joy of hangovers and overwhelming boredom!
It would be a natural assumption to make that the larger the population of a country, the greater the number of medals they should win. So firstly, for each country participating in the Olympics I found their populations.
My assumption is that the greatest sporting country in the world would be the country who wins the most medals in relation to that country's population. Because there are three medals, gold, silver and bronze these also needed to be weighted so that a gold medal win is ranked more highly that a bronze medal win. I assigned gold 3 points, silver 2 and bronze 1 point. I then used these to give each country a number of points based on the medals that they've won so far.
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Using Norway as an example...
Norway currently has 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. Based on 3 points for gold, 2 for silver and 1 for bronze, Norway is awarded a points score of 8 points.
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My next step was to assign those points to the population. I decided I wanted to know how many of those points were scored by 1,000,000 members of the population.
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Still using Norway as an example
Norway has a population of 4,778,000 people. First I divided the number of points by the number of people and then multiplied the answer by 1 million.
= (total points / population) * 1,000,000
= (8 / 4,778,000) * 1,000,000
= 1.67
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A pretty crude way of doing it but I think it demonstrates nicely who are the real gurus of the sporting world. It can be seen from the graph below the Aussies top the table with 2.19 medal points scored per 1,000,000 people. The Indians seem to win fuck all leading to the reasoning that curry is not conducive to sporting greatness.
Interestingly, China sits at a disappointing 49th on the table. Really, they should win the Olympics every time it comes around based on the size of their population.
On Ubersite the only countries which have any significance are the USA, the UK and Australia. Based on the above ranking system I can now reveal who the greatest sporting country is:
1. Australia - No. 1 in the world!
2. Great Britain - No. 22 in the world!
3. USA - No. 33 in the world!
I'm crossing my fingers that after tomorrow the UK will be moving up the table with at least another 4 medals already in the bag!
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Submitted by FlintofFred (user info) at 2009-01-25 12:22:16 EST (#)
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Wheeeeee! PLUS TWO.
Submitted by Cardboard_Box (user info) at 2009-01-25 12:13:13 EST (#)
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Wheeeeee! PLUS TWO.
Submitted by branimal_08 (user info) at 2008-10-14 17:35:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-10-11 19:32:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2008-08-20 22:42:57 EDT (#)
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All that matters is the aggregate, baby.
Submitted by Aidennn (user info) at 2008-08-20 20:30:14 EDT (#)
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God damn armos in fourth place what kind of bullshit is that
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2008-08-20 19:41:07 EDT (#)
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Despite our disagreements on how many fairy swimming/diving/rowing events there are....
The fact of the matter is that the data for this analysis was taken conveniently right after swimming and before track & field.
Bahrain, population 708,573, just won a gold medal in track & field. That gives Bahrain a score of 4.23, right? Good game, Australia!
You see, I like the idea of controlling for population. Big countries really do have an advantage. For example, even American high school sports are separated by size of student population. But this data analysis is ok, at best. Just something nice to know.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-08-20 10:41:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:02:35 EDT (#)
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MONGOWIA????
CUWSE YOU MONGOWIANS!!
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ha ha
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2008-08-19 22:36:44 EDT (#)
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usa is the winningest. just ask apollo.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-08-19 22:28:05 EDT (#)
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no, cyrano stewart...illegetimate son of martha stewart...who do you think?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-19 14:07:14 EDT (#)
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de bergerac?
huh?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-08-19 13:14:16 EDT (#)
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Disparity=inequality. You cant compare industrialized nations with countries where half the people dont wear shoes. Stfu cyrano
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-08-19 12:57:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-08-18 22:54:05 EDT (#)
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you forgot winter games and wealth disparity, fuckface
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Dear JesterLilt,
Please do a follow-up post combining summer and winter games.
Please also fuck Caulaincourt's face until he shuts up about wealth disparity. He doesn't even know what that means, and really needs to stop using big words until he washes the taste of his cousin's hoo-hoo out of his mouth.
Kthxbye,
O
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-08-18 22:54:05 EDT (#)
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you forgot winter games and wealth disparity, fuckface
Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2008-08-18 17:44:53 EDT (#)
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stupid phelps. if i was 6'7 and had giant ears and boat feet, i'd be a pretty good swimmer too. what if someone was born with a propellor on their head..or fins? would that be fair too? harhar
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-08-18 15:20:07 EDT (#)
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+2 BOOM -- Dunno how much this is gonna do since I've +2d most of your posts anyway =P
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2008-08-18 14:28:34 EDT (#)
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Danger, I'm not for eyes anymore. I got the LASIK. But you'd still do me.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-08-18 10:51:17 EDT (#)
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Red, red wine!, Red, red wine!, Red, red wine!
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-08-18 10:39:07 EDT (#)
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Hello, Dildos-Direct?
Hi, I would like to order your "twentey-one dong salute" sample pack.
please deliver it to Ubersite, care of Banjo.
and send a few cases of batteries as well, she has LOT of free time she needs to kill.
thanks.
it's Ok, Banjo help is on the way.
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:49:31 EDT (#)
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Thats interesting, I wonder what each of the top 10 countries invests in sports programmes?
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:43:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:37:46 EDT (#)
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Yeah, I don't agree with your formula here.
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no, let's just break it down to, say, cities here shall we four eyes?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:37:46 EDT (#)
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Yeah, I don't agree with your formula here.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:34:16 EDT (#)
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All American's are ex-Europeans anyway as are the Aussies so all your victories are ours really.
So come on yous descendants of mighty Europe and prove you come from a superior gene pool!
If the Indjuns and Aborigine people were competing... well... that would be different.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 09:01:54 EDT (#)
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UB40 UB40 UB40!!
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:59:28 EDT (#)
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USA USA USA!
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:57:52 EDT (#)
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not 'best' country beady eyes, 'most sporty'. You guys discovered the spanish amarda, the yanks police actions in grenada and korea and suplise peril harbour!, and we picked up on going outside on the weekends. don't shoot your from the future superhuman superiors, it's not like we get to sign-up for glory at the sperm conveyor belt.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:48:15 EDT (#)
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when is the tiddlywinks on?
im going for redskies to be victorious, he's a nerd
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:47:18 EDT (#)
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Hardly jumping to the defensive, I've openly said the numbers were crude. Its you lot jumping to the defensive and crying all over this post. Its you lot who decided this was yet another opportunity for 'who lives in the best country' type tardfest.
Carry on, I'm laughing my ass off! COME ON TEAM GB!
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:46:59 EDT (#)
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damn those kenyans, such a hot topic
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:45:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:40:50 EDT (#)
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rad1101@gmail
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Already sent.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:42:22 EDT (#)
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erm...no, it's the other way 'round. it all comes out in the wash though, 'eh?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:41:12 EDT (#)
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kenyans eat tigers and crap out gold medals
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:40:50 EDT (#)
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rad1101@gmail
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:40:34 EDT (#)
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kenyans aren't actual people rad
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:39:52 EDT (#)
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is there an americca vs australia argument going on or something? whatever, Im going to watch me some kenyans run around in circles
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:39:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:28:11 EDT (#)
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for the record the best part of the olympics is the mens synchronized diving
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rad, I'm sending you an email.
I have a question for you.
Beano.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:31:19 EDT (#)
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no i'm sighing with unabated disdain at brian's lack of interest emission you fucking twat
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:31:12 EDT (#)
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12 gold medals hanging round our necks lalalalalalalallaal
oops
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:30:01 EDT (#)
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HAHAHA, are we winning?
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:28:45 EDT (#)
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sigh
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:28:11 EDT (#)
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for the record the best part of the olympics is the mens synchronized diving
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:16:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:03:58 EDT (#)
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I like the idea, but you need to re-do the chart after the end of the Olympics.
It's only halfway through with the end of swimming and beginning of track & field. Other countries may rise up significantly in the standings, like Jamaica. Of course, Australia would be on the top with the swimming events.
I think there's too many swimming events. It greatly restricts the "greatest olympian ever" title to only swimmers, and it also causes swimming-oriented countries to falsely believe superiority in athletics as a whole.
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ridiculous. phelps won 8 gold in how many days, 7, 8? With heat swims and everything. In athletics you have just as many events, and if a track and field athlete came along and won the 100, 200, longjump, a couple of relays....wait...oh of course, Carl Lewis was different and that makes it all cool. dickhead. No offence but if anything swimming is the epitomy of athletic prowess, we're not fucking fish afterall. Hurdling is like the 100m equivilent of swimmings free versus butterfly, but if a guy muscles up for both it's not somehow worthy? groan.
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2008-08-18 08:03:58 EDT (#)
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I like the idea, but you need to re-do the chart after the end of the Olympics.
It's only halfway through with the end of swimming and beginning of track & field. Other countries may rise up significantly in the standings, like Jamaica. Of course, Australia would be on the top with the swimming events.
I think there's too many swimming events. It greatly restricts the "greatest olympian ever" title to only swimmers, and it also causes swimming-oriented countries to falsely believe superiority in athletics as a whole.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 07:11:03 EDT (#)
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jorge: motherfucker we're the best, we got to the moon first and everything!
yes jorge you did, and well done. Now, dues are dues, you ridiculous little dick muppet. cough up superman.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 07:07:50 EDT (#)
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fuck off whore-gay you statless moron. How old are you, twelve?
OH NOES WE'RE THE BEST! hahaha you entire dip, shit.
Submitted by Jorge_Maybe (user info) at 2008-08-18 07:05:26 EDT (#)
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I love how you jump to defend yourself after almost every negative review below. And then when American users do they same thing, you start to back off and say 'it's only a chart I banged up' or 'LOKK AT THEM ALL GETTING THEIR KNICKERS IN A TWIST'.
You come across as a complete sad, lonely useless loser in these reviews.
"ATTENTION ME UP PLEASE!!!"
Submitted by Jorge_Maybe (user info) at 2008-08-18 07:01:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-08-17 13:22:38 EDT (#)
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I looked at your history.
this post makes a lot more sense now.
You are an overweight girl with low self esteem, who looks down on people and an industry that provides you with you probably consider basic standards of living.
What kind of cunt goes on an offshore rig to judge or even study its environmental impact without even having the slightest idea of what kind of work goes into keeping it clean.
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lol
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 06:54:22 EDT (#)
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I <3 STAGGER! WOOT.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 06:52:03 EDT (#)
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word banjo.
Ass? can I call you Ass? Your logic is flawed. You outnumber us 15 to 1, right? So let's say we play a game, I dunno.......rugby. Even though we're really good at it and you are suxorz. but rugby is perfect because a team has 15 players.
So. You field 15 guys and we field 1, you run rings around.....'us', and at the end of the game declare "we're fucking awesome it doesn't matter how many of us there are we're awesome!"
We then retort with "but we left Matt Giteau at home."
You reply with "what, fucking, EVAR - BRING MATT GITEAU AND WE'LL BRING 15 MORE."
even with matt giteau you still manage to beat us at the breakdown and the scrum.
see? it's just not realistic. Pound for pound (kilo's will confuse you), we're the finest fucking sporting nation on the planet, and have been for an epoch. Deny it all you like but you'll still look like a spaz.
Speaking of spaz's,
bruce arena at the last football world cup: I don't care about Australia they're also-rans I am not concerned by them.
*sand through the hourglass....*
bruce arena: oops we're going home because we're inept but Australia are still here because they're actually playing really good football.
I win, you lose. If there were fifteen of you you might just out argue me - 'might'.
and who the FUCK, is called BRUCE ARENA outside of a nickelodean cartoon? good, fucking, grief...
D_R: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, I, REST, MY CASE. And I haven't even touched on Tobruk or Kapyong (http://www.awm.gov.au/korea/operations/kapyong/kapyong.asp)
[RAUCOUS APPLAUSE]
*embarrassed* please, stop.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-18 06:35:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games.
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yes yes, I can see how bringing some more of your finest would have worked for you in the women's 100 final.
and just one more thing. If Phelps had a cold or a bung hamstring and couldn't make the games (fine athlete that his is), where would that leave you guys on the medal standings at the mo'?
Exactly.
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You mean like Paul Hamm or Tyson Gay? What if they were there, how would the medal standings look? How many medals would they have been good for if they weren't hurt? Have any Americans brought that up? Have you thought about it? They are our best at their respective events and neither made the trip. And by the way, Michael Phelps is possibly the greatest Olympian ever. Ian Thorpe retired because he was tired of silver medals. (And looking toward the future, Phelps will be replaced eventually. Jim Montgomery came along and broke all of Spitz' records, and some day another American will come along and break all Phelps' records. It will always be an American.)
Anyway, thanks for cherry picking events. I dont know what happened in the 100m women's final and I frankly dont care. I know that the Americans lost a sure gold medal in shooting because of a rifle malfunction (resulting in another Chinese gold) and I know the Chinese lost two potential gold medals in rowing because one of their guys did not show up for the events.
Oh well, right? Despite these things, USA and China are still kicking everybody else's ass in medal count, which is what actually matters.
Besides the fact that everybody is having fun and having snacks after their events, except for the Swede who threw his silver medal on the floor during the medal ceremony. I dont think he had fun.
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Hmm, someone has their knickers in a twist. Athletics is only one set of events amongst many dear, pay attention.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 04:54:12 EDT (#)
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but hang on what's 20 million into 300 million? oh woah...nope you're right, america must be awesome.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 04:51:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games.
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yes yes, I can see how bringing some more of your finest would have worked for you in the women's 100 final.
and just one more thing. If Phelps had a cold or a bung hamstring and couldn't make the games (fine athlete that his is), where would that leave you guys on the medal standings at the mo'?
Exactly.
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You mean like Paul Hamm or Tyson Gay? What if they were there, how would the medal standings look? How many medals would they have been good for if they weren't hurt? Have any Americans brought that up? Have you thought about it? They are our best at their respective events and neither made the trip. And by the way, Michael Phelps is possibly the greatest Olympian ever. Ian Thorpe retired because he was tired of silver medals. (And looking toward the future, Phelps will be replaced eventually. Jim Montgomery came along and broke all of Spitz' records, and some day another American will come along and break all Phelps' records. It will always be an American.)
Anyway, thanks for cherry picking events. I dont know what happened in the 100m women's final and I frankly dont care. I know that the Americans lost a sure gold medal in shooting because of a rifle malfunction (resulting in another Chinese gold) and I know the Chinese lost two potential gold medals in rowing because one of their guys did not show up for the events.
Oh well, right? Despite these things, USA and China are still kicking everybody else's ass in medal count, which is what actually matters.
Besides the fact that everybody is having fun and having snacks after their events, except for the Swede who threw his silver medal on the floor during the medal ceremony. I dont think he had fun.
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keep talking it up sweetcheeks, but you guys aren't even very good at war.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-08-18 04:41:02 EDT (#)
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:o(
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 04:36:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 03:09:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games.
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yes yes, I can see how bringing some more of your finest would have worked for you in the women's 100 final.
and just one more thing. If Phelps had a cold or a bung hamstring and couldn't make the games (fine athlete that his is), where would that leave you guys on the medal standings at the mo'?
Exactly.
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You mean like Paul Hamm or Tyson Gay? What if they were there, how would the medal standings look? How many medals would they have been good for if they weren't hurt? Have any Americans brought that up? Have you thought about it? They are our best at their respective events and neither made the trip. And by the way, Michael Phelps is possibly the greatest Olympian ever. Ian Thorpe retired because he was tired of silver medals. (And looking toward the future, Phelps will be replaced eventually. Jim Montgomery came along and broke all of Spitz' records, and some day another American will come along and break all Phelps' records. It will always be an American.)
Anyway, thanks for cherry picking events. I dont know what happened in the 100m women's final and I frankly dont care. I know that the Americans lost a sure gold medal in shooting because of a rifle malfunction (resulting in another Chinese gold) and I know the Chinese lost two potential gold medals in rowing because one of their guys did not show up for the events.
Oh well, right? Despite these things, USA and China are still kicking everybody else's ass in medal count, which is what actually matters.
Besides the fact that everybody is having fun and having snacks after their events, except for the Swede who threw his silver medal on the floor during the medal ceremony. I dont think he had fun.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-08-18 03:27:50 EDT (#)
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Ay!
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 03:11:57 EDT (#)
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*he god dammit.
marvellous post bango, in Australia we've known this for years, as have you in blighty.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2008-08-18 03:11:56 EDT (#)
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I was thinking that it could possibly go by the medal score, but instead of taking the whole population, take the number of athletes that specific country sent to the olympics.
it can hurt and benefit big countries like the US and China... without penalizing less populated countries.
If india sent one athlete out of 1billion people, and he got a medal, or if they sent 10 who all got medals, based on their population, they'd still suck. Do it that way, then see what you come up with. That'd be a bit more interesting than taking the whole population.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-08-18 03:09:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games.
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yes yes, I can see how bringing some more of your finest would have worked for you in the women's 100 final.
and just one more thing. If Phelps had a cold or a bung hamstring and couldn't make the games (fine athlete that his is), where would that leave you guys on the medal standings at the mo'?
Exactly.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-18 02:37:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 05:14:49 BST (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games. Until you have an answer for that you can go fuck yourself.
National pride is only a small part of the reason Americans are defending themselves. The bigger part of it is the fact that everybody here with a clue about athletics knows you are fucking retarded.
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The Mighty Britisher Nation also sends none of these 'bright prospects' to the games. Instead we send our weak and feeble. Our finest athletes we keep on ice so that when the judo war starts, we will destroy you.
(or apparently they play football, cricket, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, the eton wall game etc etc)
Additionally, our athletes are so proud of Old Blighty that they refuse to turn out for any other nation. We do, however, occasionally allow Canadians to represent us. For all the obvious reasons (pity, amusement etc)
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-08-18 01:44:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games. Until you have an answer for that you can go fuck yourself.
National pride is only a small part of the reason Americans are defending themselves. The bigger part of it is the fact that everybody here with a clue about athletics knows you are fucking retarded.
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Lol. Only a losing country would get this fired up.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:14:49 EDT (#)
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You still haven't tackled the argument that even the American Olympic rejects would make every other country look foolish in any sport, or that we send very few of our finest athletes to the Games. Until you have an answer for that you can go fuck yourself.
National pride is only a small part of the reason Americans are defending themselves. The bigger part of it is the fact that everybody here with a clue about athletics knows you are fucking retarded.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:56:47 EDT (#)
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just put loads of bright colours in it. that'll get their attention.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:42:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2008-08-17 10:37:56 EDT (#)
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Your logic is extremely flawed. Population should only be a fraction of the equation and you fail to include the social and economic impact of a particular country....
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this comment in paticular tickled me.
GO ON BANJO, MAKE A GRAPH OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT, I FUCKING DARE YOU.
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Fuck that for an idea. Present the yanks with some undisputable evidence presented in logical graphs and figures. Something tells me they would still argue the toss. That and I also have a life to be getting on with.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:34:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by paranoiadestroya (user info) at 2008-08-17 14:59:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-08-17 13:22:38 EDT (#)
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I looked at your history.
this post makes a lot more sense now.
You are an overweight girl with low self esteem, who looks down on people and an industry that provides you with you probably consider basic standards of living.
What kind of cunt goes on an offshore rig to judge or even study its environmental impact without even having the slightest idea of what kind of work goes into keeping it clean.
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"And if you talk shit about my country again, I'll come to an even more negative opinion of you. Through logical analysis of course."
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HAHA
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:31:13 EDT (#)
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ubmitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-08-18 00:10:22 BST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 06:09:19 EDT (#)
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Jamaica - how many medals have they won ever?
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Weren't watching the Olympics yesterday, were you? A Jamaican did a rather effective job of slaughtering the 100m.
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exactly
so... one?
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:27:25 EDT (#)
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anyone would think you weren't taking this SERIOUSLY.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:26:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2008-08-17 10:37:56 EDT (#)
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Your logic is extremely flawed. Population should only be a fraction of the equation and you fail to include the social and economic impact of a particular country....
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this comment in paticular tickled me.
GO ON BANJO, MAKE A GRAPH OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT, I FUCKING DARE YOU.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:23:18 EDT (#)
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Bahahahaha!!
Honest to god, the cumulative idiocy I have winessed on Uber today has been fucking brilliant.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:13:04 EDT (#)
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That was a truly incredible 100 m final!
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-08-17 19:10:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 06:09:19 EDT (#)
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Jamaica - how many medals have they won ever?
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Weren't watching the Olympics yesterday, were you? A Jamaican did a rather effective job of slaughtering the 100m.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-08-17 17:04:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 14:17:05 EDT (#)
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Additionally
can you name some sportsmen who have moved to America for sporting reasons?
Hahaha. Spot on.
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-08-17 16:50:16 EDT (#)
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Banjo is pretty.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 15:56:28 EDT (#)
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hmm, yes, great argument faggot. Tell me I'm an overweight girl, can't do my job and hate America. I like America, some great stuff comes out of America. Stop taking offence jackass and see the post for what it is. A couple of hours of boredom and a play on numbers. Why is it uber people from the US are so quick to take offence and jump to the defence of their country?
Just to put the record straight, I'm not overweight, I'm fucking awesome at my job and America is a great country albeit inhabitated with more than its fair share of fuckwits. I'll let that pass based on the above reasoning that some good shit has come out of America.
If I was really going after the US, I would have put it at the bottom, the UK at the top with Australia slightly beneath. Seeing as I can manipulate numbers to suit myself I don't suppose it would have been to taxing. I'd also like to point out I admitted it was crude in the post, nor am I writing a serious statistical papaer on the Olympic results so get over yourselves douchebags and have a nice discussion about the Olympics - a great sporting event!
Submitted by Replen (user info) at 2008-08-17 15:55:06 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by paranoiadestroya (user info) at 2008-08-17 14:59:12 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-08-17 13:22:38 EDT (#)
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I looked at your history.
this post makes a lot more sense now.
You are an overweight girl with low self esteem, who looks down on people and an industry that provides you with you probably consider basic standards of living.
What kind of cunt goes on an offshore rig to judge or even study its environmental impact without even having the slightest idea of what kind of work goes into keeping it clean.
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"And if you talk shit about my country again, I'll come to an even more negative opinion of you. Through logical analysis of course."
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 14:17:05 EDT (#)
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Additionally
can you name some sportsmen who have moved to America for sporting reasons?
Beckham aside ( a washed up player who couldn't get into his club or national side) - I can't think of many. Do you have a lot of Frenchmen moving to your nation to play sports?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 14:09:28 EDT (#)
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Indo - you do realise that no one outside of America cares about those sports? We have a basketball league here - it's strictly small fry. American football has no professional teams.
Now, if a footballer moved to america and got paid a fortune...
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-08-17 13:22:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I looked at your history.
this post makes a lot more sense now.
You are an overweight girl with low self esteem, who looks down on people and an industry that provides you with you probably consider basic standards of living.
What kind of cunt goes on an offshore rig to judge or even study its environmental impact without even having the slightest idea of what kind of work goes into keeping it clean.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-08-17 13:14:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Greatest sporting nation earth?
Probably the nation that pays their "sportsmen" the most.
The greatest athletes come to the US to make the big money in sports.
So skew charts of olympic medals all you want, but until I see US footballl players going to China, US basketball players going to England, I won't even have to concern myself with who has the greatest sporting nation.
Submitted by Poots (user info) at 2008-08-17 12:33:44 EDT (#)
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I did this thing where I turned on the pc, clicked on internet explorer, and saw that America has 65 total medals and great britain has 25 (heheheheheheheh) pardon me. Since this is the way the world decided it would measure who is doing the best in the olympics I would suggest you swollow some humble pie and get over the fact that the united states is dominating pretty much the rest of the world excluding china.
Phelps is the man!
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2008-08-17 10:37:56 EDT (#)
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Your logic is extremely flawed. Population should only be a fraction of the equation and you fail to include the social and economic impact of a particular country. I'm sure some conch diver off the coast of Togo isn't in a hurry to compete in the 100m freestyle and some black guy in America running with an arm full of BluRay players isn't interested in the Decathlon. You cannot judge athletic abilities during this pomp and circumstance every four years especially when you have a human judging element that whether or not you like it, is biased, no matter how slight.
You also fail to account for countries like Russia and China that have boot camps where parents give up their children at very young ages so they can be molded into gymnasts/divers/etc at the expense of a basic education. What sort of life is that?
Another flaw is the freedom of choice. Many athletes choose to try get into sports with the highest relative earning potential. If you can run a 100m in ten seconds but can also catch a ball thrown to you, you would want to make millions of dollars trying to play American Football rather than run around a track for a few thousand.
Basically, your chart is horse shit and as I'm sure someone else has mentioned in the reviews, statistics can be manipulated to make your argument.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-08-17 10:03:19 EDT (#)
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we have sport instead of culture in this country. of course we out-perform, per capita.
mel gibson isnt australian by the way. he was born in america, lives and works and pays taxes in america, has an american wife and american kids. he lived here for a while to attend our acting school , and appear in the bext films hes ever done - mad max 1 and 2.
Submitted by Aussie_em (user info) at 2008-08-17 09:50:40 EDT (#)
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Australia is the shizz
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-08-17 09:35:15 EDT (#)
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Go outside and play.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 09:13:56 EDT (#)
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You may think there's something wrong with it but the numbers speak for themselves.
Would you like me to revise these figures based on Olympic games which have gone previously? The answer may be slightly different.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-08-17 09:11:48 EDT (#)
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I think there's something wrong with this - I doubt anyone would agree that Mongolia, Armenia, and Georgia are in the top 5 "greatest sporting nations".
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-08-17 08:55:44 EDT (#)
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Not up to date on medals won kinds of sucks.
Nice stats.
Submitted by 8track (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:34:25 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:12:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-17 12:11:26 BST (#)
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I dropped a -2 No Comment.
You go all garity and get un-nessesary.
'bout sums you up.
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What are you prattling on about now?
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:11:26 EDT (#)
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I dropped a -2 No Comment.
You go all garity and get un-nessesary.
'bout sums you up.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:09:02 EDT (#)
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I've never had a -0 before... feels good.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:04:29 EDT (#)
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-0 on 113 reviews
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:03:55 EDT (#)
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I love British commentators and the BBC!
"Great Britain are getting so good they don't even worry about bronze anymore!"
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2008-08-17 07:01:25 EDT (#)
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+2 for the Netherlands beating the US.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 06:54:53 EDT (#)
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3:55.205! Another world record!!!!
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-17 06:42:12 EDT (#)
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I love it when you all come along getting all defensive arguing about something there's not an obvious real answer to.
And not to mention I'm celebrating the UK's amazing show at the games over the past two days. The UK is always judged on sport based on football and cricket. Its nice to see there are a few things that we quietly and very Britishly rock at.
To the American's below - get your knickers out of the butt ripping twist you've got them. EVERYBODY KNOWS Australia is a superior sporting nation absolutely brilliant at identifying and fostering sporting talent. And I'm srill saying that DESPITE the UK jumping to number 3 on rhw medal table. Well done you guys for winning a lot of medals but when it comes to the production of talented sports people Australia rock home every time.
On countries not sending their so called best sports people... Its painfully obvious thats because you can't send professional sports people. If snooker was on the list of sports the UK would minesweep the whole event as the US would if American football was in there. Thank goodness we don't have games like that or all the fun would be sucked out of it.
No, back to another rivetting day of sporting greatness! COME ON TEAM UK!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 06:09:19 EDT (#)
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Surely
Larger Pool of talent * Quality of training facilities = gold medals
there or there abouts.
I mean, you may have the best training facilities in the world, but if you are Cyprus you've not got many people who can compete.
Jamaica - how many medals have they won ever?
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-17 05:52:14 EDT (#)
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oh and its not the sporting facilities, its the croc fighting and roo fucking
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2008-08-17 05:48:24 EDT (#)
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Hahahaha! Population has nothing to do with it? Its got everything to do with it seeing as the people who go on and win those medals come from the population of a country. The more people you have, the more chance you should have of producing Olympic medallists. All this says is that using population Australia produced more olympic medallists than say China. It could be for lots of different reasons e.g. Australia has better sporting facilities and programs than China.
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not only can you spin statistics you can totally contradict yourself in one paragraph and still think you are making logical sense.
you get an a for effort
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2008-08-17 05:46:46 EDT (#)
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you're missing the whole point and spirit of the games.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-17 05:13:56 EDT (#)
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I'm pretty certain that Australia punch way above their population weight every year. I presume it's something to do with them all avoiding venom all day or being robots like Danger_Ranger. But then Danger_Ranger is rubbish at all sports and always was. And he's way too old for the Olympics.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-17 04:30:28 EDT (#)
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America was BUILT on athletics motherfucker.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-08-17 04:29:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:35:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:29:47 BST (#)
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What a major pile of shit. Nice job making the stats show what you want them to show.
Population has NOTHING to do with the number of medals won.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli-
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Hahahaha! Population has nothing to do with it? Its got everything to do with it seeing as the people who go on and win those medals come from the population of a country. The more people you have, the more chance you should have of producing Olympic medallists. All this says is that using population Australia produced more olympic medallists than say China. It could be for lots of different reasons e.g. Australia has better sporting facilities and programs than China.
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Bullshit.
The greatest American athletes, the guys who are 6'5", 240 pounds and run like the wind are small forwards, linebackers, or outfielders in America. In Europe, they are wings on water polo teams or soccer players. America's greatest athletes play high-profile team sports. We dont send any of our best baseball players and NO football players. When we do send our best to the Olympics, they are called the Dream Team and they make everybody else look silly on the basketball court.
Not to MENTION you are only looking at the results from one year of Olympics AND haven't factored in the Winter Games. You haven't looked at the X Games. Your sample size sucks and of COURSE smaller-population countries would do better because THEIR sample size is also small.
AND NOT TO MENTION the USA teams are SO SELECTIVE that many people who compete for other countries are American citizens. A friend of mine from high school competes on the Puerto Rican national swim team and actually went to the Olympics as a breastroker in '04 - he was not even one of the best 5 guys at Northwestern when he graduated. I would contend that the people who dont make the USA olympic teams could still tear everybody else new assholes at the Games.
But that's neither here nor there. The fact is, the only way to gauge any of this is by medal count, like it or not.
Submitted by KirillovianShitStain (user info) at 2008-08-17 03:48:13 EDT (#)
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Holy fuck. This is an application of idiocy. Not math.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-08-17 03:07:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:48:27 PDT (#)
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Hey, I wasn't exactly cordial with experima at first, either. Perhaps, in a month or so you and I will be having cyber sex regularly as well.
They say history repeats itself, after all.
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jebus. i don't even know what is going on but HAIKU NO FRENCH FOR YOU
go eat a boat scruffy!
Submitted by InkyFingers (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:32:00 EDT (#)
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For those of you perusing ubersite outside the U.S., you should know that our local media only airs the sports wherein we're expected to medal. It's irritating.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:20:44 EDT (#)
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Eh.
It had to take a lot of time, so I can't totally shit on that.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:20:00 EDT (#)
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Wow.
Subjective math.
For a shit reason.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2008-08-16 20:22:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:43:29 EDT (#)
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Wait until 2016. Nude gymnastics and nude ice skating. Cool stuff!
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They already had nude Olympics in ancient Greece. Don't you remember, Bubba? You were there, selling baklava and ouzo at the concession stand.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:53:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:50:01 EDT (#)
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Your asshole.
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bwahahahaha!!
I do love Shlongy sometimes.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:50:01 EDT (#)
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Your asshole.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:48:27 EDT (#)
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Hey, I wasn't exactly cordial with experima at first, either. Perhaps, in a month or so you and I will be having cyber sex regularly as well.
They say history repeats itself, after all.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:46:40 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/117674
You're not fat, fat people don't get laid.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:42:43 EDT (#)
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Somewhat ironic really, that you said that you didn't 'have the stomach to converse with me' and now 2 miutes later, here you convesring with me about my stomach.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:39:47 EDT (#)
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Never store any edibles in your folds. Eat them all beforehand. Build up the caloric reservoir.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:37:34 EDT (#)
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Replace cheese rolls with cream cheese wontons and we'll talk.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:30:36 EDT (#)
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sure thing, altough I should mention that space is a bit tight beneath the ol flab at the moment though, what with me storing all thouse half-eaten Cheese rolls there and all.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:28:34 EDT (#)
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ginsters are the devil's work along with rustlers burgers!
Has anybody seen Hellboy II? I'm wondering if its worth retreating to my bed to watch it.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:27:30 EDT (#)
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Only if I can be the wind beneath your flab.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:26:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:21:40 EDT (#)
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OK,Spam, are you obese or NOT???
Be honest.
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I am an enormous fatbody. I have to get airlifted monthly to the local jetwash so that the dirt and mould can be sprayed out from between my rolls of flab.
But, you know, the garage next-door sells Ginsters pasties so it's not all bad.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:22:52 EDT (#)
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We'll have no fatheads in here!
Sorry spam, nothing personal its just fat people 'are' disgusting.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:22:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:18:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:15:14 PDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:27:52 EDT (#)
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I'm sure you realize this, but your take on America's population in relation to Olympic sport is incredibly flawed.
Mostly for the same reasons why we will never compete with Europe in European football until interest in the sport is garnered. I mean, seriously, how many Americans do you think are interested in "handball."
Oh right. None.
And you might as well cut 60% of our population out of the mix, obesity and all that.
Gymnastics sure were fun to watch this year.
Is it just me, or is Spam as consistently annoying as the inspiration behind his/her username?
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Ahahahahaha!!
I love how ONE off the cuff remark which was obviously a joke qualifies me as 'consistantly' annoying!!
fucking priceless.
I am really starting to fall back in love with Uber, You guys are awesome.
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No, I've seen you around. I just don't have the stomach to converse with you on a regular basis.
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awwwwww PLEASE like me. I'm a nice guy really.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:21:40 EDT (#)
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OK,Spam, are you obese or NOT???
Be honest.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:20:46 EDT (#)
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my bf is off to the Man U v Newc U match at Old Trafford tomorrow. Lucky shit is going down on some corporate thing. Box and all booze paid for. He's a Newc U supporter as am I.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:20:17 EDT (#)
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I have become quite the whipping boy today havn't I? First some lazy scrote starts (but doesn't have the coutesy to finish) a -2 attack on me and now some unknown Noob gets all up in a twist over a meaningless and innocuous comment about obesity.
I guess I'm not as popular as I once thought.
*weeps*
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:19:17 EDT (#)
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Haiku - the english prem is just starting
pick a team - and watch some games - I hear it costs next to bugger all in america.
I'm a newcastle united fan, but this season we will be utter wank - YET WE WILL BE OPTIMISTIC
Cognitive dissonance is funny.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:18:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:15:14 PDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:27:52 EDT (#)
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I'm sure you realize this, but your take on America's population in relation to Olympic sport is incredibly flawed.
Mostly for the same reasons why we will never compete with Europe in European football until interest in the sport is garnered. I mean, seriously, how many Americans do you think are interested in "handball."
Oh right. None.
And you might as well cut 60% of our population out of the mix, obesity and all that.
Gymnastics sure were fun to watch this year.
Is it just me, or is Spam as consistently annoying as the inspiration behind his/her username?
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Ahahahahaha!!
I love how ONE off the cuff remark which was obviously a joke qualifies me as 'consistantly' annoying!!
fucking priceless.
I am really starting to fall back in love with Uber, You guys are awesome.
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No, I've seen you around. I just don't have the stomach to converse with you on a regular basis.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:17:29 EDT (#)
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Well, the obvious answer would be that we bred black people to be physically superior, hence giving them extraordinary quickness and jumping ability. Except that even negroes in the NBA who can jump out of the fucking stadium aren't necessarily good.
I've come to the conclusion that until one actually understands a sport, they cannot possibly enjoy it. One of the reasons why I'm still giving European football a chance, although I don't see many opportunities to actually watch it.
Stil, even I could tell from watching a few Euro Championship games and comparing them to a few MLS games that we are waaay far behind as far as talent and skill goes.
I hear talent and skill are important.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:16:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-17 00:13:09 BST (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:07:29 PDT (#)
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I think we should have an alternative olympics. Lazy bastard sports! What the fringe is to Edinburgh festival.
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Jesus, you're not satisfied with the regular, special, and paralympics?
Anymore and I'm signing up at the post office so I can blend in when I go on my killing spree.
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Shame on you Haiku! You were just protecting the 'fat lazy bastard' and now you think they shouldn't be allowed to compete because they're fat? Roll on equal opporunties and fat person dominos tournaments. It will make for rivetting viewing.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:16:14 EDT (#)
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Shuddup spam - you fat headed spacker.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:15:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:27:52 EDT (#)
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I'm sure you realize this, but your take on America's population in relation to Olympic sport is incredibly flawed.
Mostly for the same reasons why we will never compete with Europe in European football until interest in the sport is garnered. I mean, seriously, how many Americans do you think are interested in "handball."
Oh right. None.
And you might as well cut 60% of our population out of the mix, obesity and all that.
Gymnastics sure were fun to watch this year.
Is it just me, or is Spam as consistently annoying as the inspiration behind his/her username?
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Ahahahahaha!!
I love how ONE off the cuff remark which was obviously a joke qualifies me as 'consistantly' annoying!!
fucking priceless.
I am really starting to fall back in love with Uber, You guys are awesome.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:13:59 EDT (#)
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Hooray for achilles!
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:13:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:07:29 PDT (#)
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I think we should have an alternative olympics. Lazy bastard sports! What the fringe is to Edinburgh festival.
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Jesus, you're not satisfied with the regular, special, and paralympics?
Anymore and I'm signing up at the post office so I can blend in when I go on my killing spree.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:12:47 EDT (#)
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Yes, but blick people aren't as buoyant as white people so they sink in the swimming pool.
What are Chinese people good at apart from being ninjas...?
Do you reckon Paula Radcliffe will ace the marathon or do you think she'll fail miserably?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:11:53 EDT (#)
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Basketball is shit btw. Just as an example.
You'd have thought that having access to over a billion people, they'd find some great players.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:11:15 EDT (#)
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So how come they suck at basketball?
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:10:34 EDT (#)
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As seriously as China seems to take sports, no matter what the category (see gymnasts basically being sold to the country at three years old, seeing their families once a year, like they're going to restore peace and order to the galaxy for fuck's sake), I highly doubt that they haven't put tons of effort into finding suitable competitors, and giving them the right environment or "facilities" that in their opinion gives them the best chance to succeed.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:10:20 EDT (#)
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Hurty is a fucking tramp.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:09:48 EDT (#)
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I don't get it. Really I don't
If you are born with a freaky achilles tendon and you work hard - you can be an olympian
BUT - if you are not born with a freaky tendon, regardless of how hard you work - you are nothing.
It's a blick plot. We all know they run faster. It's time we accepted this fact.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:08:53 EDT (#)
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Seen Hurty lately or is he still in training?
hahahahahaha, he cracked me up with that one!
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:07:29 EDT (#)
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I think we should have an alternative olympics. Lazy bastard sports! What the fringe is to Edinburgh festival.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:06:48 EDT (#)
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Hurty is so bald he is entering for the international "I am a bald coot" competition.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:05:26 EDT (#)
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I don't think the olympics are sports anyway. They're games.
Football is a sport
Rugby is a sport (despite me not liking it)
American football is a sport (despite me not liking the bastard)
So much of the olympics is about freakery. Look, I can spit further than you! Where's my medal?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:04:33 EDT (#)
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Course not, you don't need a swimming pool to learn to swim just like you don't need a running track to learn to run. Not having the facilities is just an excuse not to bother.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:02:39 EDT (#)
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Firstly
swim suits
secondly
Some chinese people have never seen a swimming pool, let alone one which is olympic sized. Is this not a significant disadvantage?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:02:20 EDT (#)
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Aye but he could one of those lame ass sports people who aren't good enough to play for their own country so they pretend they belong to another country so they can compete. Hurty would be the exception to the rule though. He would bum his way to multiple gold medals defending his title for years to come or his career ends with uncontrollable flatulence.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 19:00:43 EDT (#)
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What is the real significance of these so-called superior facilities? Phelps won 8 medals in Athens, he trained by himself and never lifted a single weight. Why shouldn't a talented kid with too much time on his hands and a YMCA membership produce similar results? Or you backwards Europeans with your "inferior facilities." Either way you're still arguing for American superiority, which is just sad.
You might as well try to factor in the significance of steroids per individual.
I'm sorry but this is seriously retarded.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:59:38 EDT (#)
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If there was one person to represent Great Britain at bumming - i'd choose Hurty - if he weren't a dirty american.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:58:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:56:18 BST (#)
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Well dur. It's hardly difficult to see is it?
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No, its pretty transparent or so you'd think although the zealots will come along and argue the toss regardless.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:57:59 EDT (#)
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Nude weight lifting
http://poetry.rotten.com/weightlifter/
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:57:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:51:26 BST (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:48:07 EDT (#)
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I'd watch nude gymnastics!!! Nude ice skating though... this could make for some pretty graphic and nasty sporting injuries...
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Man falls in front of female ice skater. gets wang sliced off. Film at 11:00. . .
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NO NO NO! I do not need that imagery in my head tonight. If I vom on my keyboard, I'm posting you the bill!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:56:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Danger Ranger is still a robot
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:56:18 EDT (#)
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Well dur. It's hardly difficult to see is it?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:55:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:51:06 BST (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:45:58 BST (#)
Ranking: 2
Haiku, either you or I cannot read. I am NOT giving you shit for giving accolades to American athletes. Americans are the best at everything, bar none.
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Don't be a spacker.
The Australians clearly have a sporting pedigree that few nations can match.
I think it's fair to say that american athletes get better facilities than pretty much any other nation and their pretty good results are a result of firstly having a large population to draw from and secondly having the ability to get the best out of these physical talents.
Australia is freakish in that a small population regularly triumph at a number of sports.
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Finally! If I was really going to doctor the figures to say something favourable then I would have done it so the UK were the dogs bollocks. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:53:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:45:59 EDT (#)
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Nude gymnastics, Bubba? You really are a pedophile!
As long as you don't get hard watching China, I won't judge.
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Hard?? Oh yeah. I remember the 1980s. . .
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:51:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:48:07 EDT (#)
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I'd watch nude gymnastics!!! Nude ice skating though... this could make for some pretty graphic and nasty sporting injuries...
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Man falls in front of female ice skater. gets wang sliced off. Film at 11:00. . .
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:51:23 EDT (#)
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Saying that...
Mel Gibson is still a complete and utter cunt.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:51:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:45:58 BST (#)
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Haiku, either you or I cannot read. I am NOT giving you shit for giving accolades to American athletes. Americans are the best at everything, bar none.
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Don't be a spacker.
The Australians clearly have a sporting pedigree that few nations can match.
I think it's fair to say that american athletes get better facilities than pretty much any other nation and their pretty good results are a result of firstly having a large population to draw from and secondly having the ability to get the best out of these physical talents.
Australia is freakish in that a small population regularly triumph at a number of sports.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:48:07 EDT (#)
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I'd watch nude gymnastics!!! Nude ice skating though... this could make for some pretty graphic and nasty sporting injuries...
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:45:59 EDT (#)
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Nude gymnastics, Bubba? You really are a pedophile!
As long as you don't get hard watching China, I won't judge.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:45:58 EDT (#)
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Haiku, either you or I cannot read. I am NOT giving you shit for giving accolades to American athletes. Americans are the best at everything, bar none.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:45:23 EDT (#)
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Defensive Haiku! Settle petal, nobody is taking your country's great sporting accomplishments away.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:43:29 EDT (#)
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Wait until 2016. Nude gymnastics and nude ice skating. Cool stuff!
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:42:09 EDT (#)
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Hahaha, right, I'm fishing for a user on Uber whom I barely remember to give my country a higher ranking.
I'm sorry, but I just don't envision the people I walk by visiting Zip's Burgers participating in the Olympic games.
Don't forget all the injuries some people sustain that deter them from sports and most physical acticiites, perhaps those men/women could have been the next Phelps as well.
Why are you giving me shit for defending my countrymen, Bubba? Clearly there aren't enough fat fucks on Uber to speak for themselves, someone has to do it!
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:36:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:27:52 BST (#)
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I'm sure you realize this, but your take on America's population in relation to Olympic sport is incredibly flawed.
Mostly for the same reasons why we will never compete with Europe in European football until interest in the sport is garnered. I mean, seriously, how many Americans do you think are interested in "handball."
Oh right. None.
And you might as well cut 60% of our population out of the mix, obesity and all that.
Gymnastics sure were fun to watch this year.
Is it just me, or is Spam as consistently annoying as the inspiration behind his/her username?
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Eliminating people because they're obese or for any other reason isn't gonig to work. I mean everybody has potential to be born a sports person or any other kind of person. I think you're fishing for an improved US ranking. Sorry mate, aint gonna happen.
Gtmnastics are awesome. I went to Crystal Palace once to watch a gymnastics tournament. Its more unbelievable in real life than it is on television. I can't believe what they can do with their bodies.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:34:43 EDT (#)
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Haiku, I did not fail any reading test. I saw what she said and I disagreed with it.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:30:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-08-16 23:25:38 BST (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:35:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:29:47 BST (#)
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What a major pile of shit. Nice job making the stats show what you want them to show.
Population has NOTHING to do with the number of medals won.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli-
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Hahahaha! Population has nothing to do with it? Its got everything to do with it seeing as the people who go on and win those medals come from the population of a country. The more people you have, the more chance you should have of producing Olympic medallists. All this says is that using population Australia produced more olympic medallists than say China. It could be for lots of different reasons e.g. Australia has better sporting facilities and programs than China.
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Or it could say that the number or participants is artificially limited and so some great athletes from various nations can't make it to the Olympics to even compete.
Population is thrown in to make smaller countries look better. China or India could win every gold and still be far down the list...why?
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. Until number of athletes per event is proportional to percent of world population, using population in your calculation is bullshit.
But great job getting Bubba's burlap sack in a wad.
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True, its pretty crude. I did do it in about half an hour so it was unlikely to contain much mathematical genius. If a small country with not so many people does win a lot of medals though it does say something about how well that country is idenifying and training its sports people.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:30:18 EDT (#)
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Bubba, there's no saving face with this one, you have failed the Uber reading comprehension test, move on.
Besides, I only have a couple more minutes to play before I have to log in and work again.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:27:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm sure you realize this, but your take on America's population in relation to Olympic sport is incredibly flawed.
Mostly for the same reasons why we will never compete with Europe in European football until interest in the sport is garnered. I mean, seriously, how many Americans do you think are interested in "handball."
Oh right. None.
And you might as well cut 60% of our population out of the mix, obesity and all that.
Gymnastics sure were fun to watch this year.
Is it just me, or is Spam as consistently annoying as the inspiration behind his/her username?
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:25:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:35:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:29:47 BST (#)
Ranking: -2
What a major pile of shit. Nice job making the stats show what you want them to show.
Population has NOTHING to do with the number of medals won.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli-
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Hahahaha! Population has nothing to do with it? Its got everything to do with it seeing as the people who go on and win those medals come from the population of a country. The more people you have, the more chance you should have of producing Olympic medallists. All this says is that using population Australia produced more olympic medallists than say China. It could be for lots of different reasons e.g. Australia has better sporting facilities and programs than China.
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Or it could say that the number or participants is artificially limited and so some great athletes from various nations can't make it to the Olympics to even compete.
Population is thrown in to make smaller countries look better. China or India could win every gold and still be far down the list...why?
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. Until number of athletes per event is proportional to percent of world population, using population in your calculation is bullshit.
But great job getting Bubba's burlap sack in a wad.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:24:23 EDT (#)
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Haiku, the post is about the Olympics. Try to stay on key, dumbass.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:19:45 EDT (#)
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Its just a shame they have to mix politics with what is the best sporting event on the calendar. Sport should be about sport and politics should stay with the politicians.
I've often wondered if every person with sporting talent had the opportunity to realise their potential how many there'd be in the world. Same thing with music and any other profession where the right doors have to be opened in order to be successful. I guess to be tryly outstanding at anything you have to have the passion and drive though...
Submitted by Judgement (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:16:26 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:12:00 EDT (#)
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Eh, have a +2 for loving the Olympics.
They really are fantastic.
Phelps claims to have never lifted a weight in his life until last year. Bananas.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:10:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:08:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:58:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 13:13:04 PDT (#)
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Well the fucking septics don't really have a case anyway. They have a hundred or so successful atheletes so that the other 3 hundred million of them can feel better about being disgusting lardbodies.
it's why Apollo moved away, out there he is considered svelte.
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Meh, McDonalds will soon make just as many fat fucks out of Europe (from what I understand, they're already doing a pretty good job in the UK), it's just a matter of time.
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Olympic contenders don't eat fast food, you fucking idiots.
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My god man, are you being intentionally dense?
He said that America has some successful athletes to make the fat fucks in America (i.e. you) feel better about our country, I said that the rest of the world will suffer the same fate in a matter of time. Had nothing to do with Olympic contenders.
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-08-16 18:05:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:21:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 22:09:20 BST (#)
Ranking: 2
Back on the page, even if I do disagree.
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Its not to disagree or agree with, its just a play with numbers, nothing more, nothing less. It seems to me we do in fact agree.
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It's about instigation =P
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:49:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Jump on this, Beanboy:
http://gabbly.com/http://www.ubersite.com
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:30:52 EDT (#)
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Australia is no. 1? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. You know Australians spread Aids to people they rape?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:29:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 22:26:52 BST (#)
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Beano, you are an idiot.
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Don't bother Bubba. If this was real life he would have been done by now for stalking and harassment. Beano is obsessed with me. If he wan't such a pillock I'd be flattered he feels he has to shower me with so much attention.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:26:52 EDT (#)
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Beano, you are an idiot.
Submitted by Cardboard_Box (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:25:36 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:21:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 22:09:20 BST (#)
Ranking: 2
Back on the page, even if I do disagree.
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Its not to disagree or agree with, its just a play with numbers, nothing more, nothing less. It seems to me we do in fact agree.
Submitted by Cloud (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:14:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Don't fix the numbers.
Submitted by bubba69 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:12:55 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:10:31 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:09:38 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:09:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Back on the page, even if I do disagree.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 17:08:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:58:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 13:13:04 PDT (#)
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Well the fucking septics don't really have a case anyway. They have a hundred or so successful atheletes so that the other 3 hundred million of them can feel better about being disgusting lardbodies.
it's why Apollo moved away, out there he is considered svelte.
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Meh, McDonalds will soon make just as many fat fucks out of Europe (from what I understand, they're already doing a pretty good job in the UK), it's just a matter of time.
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Olympic contenders don't eat fast food, you fucking idiots.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:59:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:54:24 BST (#)
Ranking: -2
The success at producing medalists is not based solely on talent. Training is a huge factor, and China is training their contestants at State expense, as is Russia.
There are many excellent athletes from every country, and it is cool to watch them compete, regardless of who paid for the training. Consider Mr. Phelps, the greatest swimmer in history. He kicks major ass, and the U.S. didn't pay for his abilities.
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I agree, I love watching the Olympics and I also agree that success isn't just attributed to talent but a combination of talent, training, practice, dedication also with an element of luck.
I am really enjoying the Olympics this year!
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:58:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 13:13:04 PDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Well the fucking septics don't really have a case anyway. They have a hundred or so successful atheletes so that the other 3 hundred million of them can feel better about being disgusting lardbodies.
it's why Apollo moved away, out there he is considered svelte.
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Meh, McDonalds will soon make just as many fat fucks out of Europe (from what I understand, they're already doing a pretty good job in the UK), it's just a matter of time.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:54:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
The success at producing medalists is not based solely on talent. Training is a huge factor, and China is training their contestants at State expense, as is Russia.
There are many excellent athletes from every country, and it is cool to watch them compete, regardless of who paid for the training. Consider Mr. Phelps, the greatest swimmer in history. He kicks major ass, and the U.S. didn't pay for his abilities.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:47:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:39:20 BST (#)
Ranking: -2
This reminds me of High School. The school across town was in the wealthy part of the city. The kids had parents who were fairly well to do, so the chillins could study and engage in sports. My school was filled with po folks, kids who had to work part-time jobs to help their parents make ends meet. Which school do you think had the better sports record? It had NOTING to do with ability, only with the time available for training and practice.
China, Russia, etc. will find a prospective athlete and send them to a training camp at the State's expense. Not so in the U.S. See the difference?
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I really don't see what you're saying here which hasn't just been demonstrated. The point was to show that larger population didn't necessarily mean sporting success and just because two countries e.g. China and the USA are at the top of the table when it comes to the number of medals they've got, that doesn't bear any actual relevance on their success at producing Olympic medallists.
Anyway, I was just bored playing with numbers. It entertained me for a couple of hours so I'm happy.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:40:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:39:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
This reminds me of High School. The school across town was in the wealthy part of the city. The kids had parents who were fairly well to do, so the chillins could study and engage in sports. My school was filled with po folks, kids who had to work part-time jobs to help their parents make ends meet. Which school do you think had the better sports record? It had NOTING to do with ability, only with the time available for training and practice.
China, Russia, etc. will find a prospective athlete and send them to a training camp at the State's expense. Not so in the U.S. See the difference?
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:35:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:29:47 BST (#)
Ranking: -2
What a major pile of shit. Nice job making the stats show what you want them to show.
Population has NOTHING to do with the number of medals won.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli-
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Hahahaha! Population has nothing to do with it? Its got everything to do with it seeing as the people who go on and win those medals come from the population of a country. The more people you have, the more chance you should have of producing Olympic medallists. All this says is that using population Australia produced more olympic medallists than say China. It could be for lots of different reasons e.g. Australia has better sporting facilities and programs than China.
Submitted by ILLBILL (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:32:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
couldn't agree more
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:29:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
What a major pile of shit. Nice job making the stats show what you want them to show.
Population has NOTHING to do with the number of medals won.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
-Benjamin Disraeli-
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:19:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
At least we feature above France, Italy and Germany! Next time I see and advert on TV telling me the UK is one of the fattest countries in Europe I'm going to ignore it.
Submitted by BabyAngel (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:13:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Idiotic. Somewhat like you deary.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:13:04 EDT (#)
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Well the fucking septics don't really have a case anyway. They have a hundred or so successful atheletes so that the other 3 hundred million of them can feel better about being disgusting lardbodies.
it's why Apollo moved away, out there he is considered svelte.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:06:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 21:04:05 BST (#)
Ranking: 2
You have WAY too much time on your hands.
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There can be no more arguments on who lives in the best country or at least the best sporting country.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:04:43 EDT (#)
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Yeah, I had a bit of a giggle at the Mongols up there at No. 2.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:04:05 EDT (#)
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You have WAY too much time on your hands.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-08-16 16:02:35 EDT (#)
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MONGOWIA????
CUWSE YOU MONGOWIANS!!
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-08-16 15:52:34 EDT (#)
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That would be the glorious 12-time SEC champion, 2-time National Champion University of Georgia Bulldogs.