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Just watched a nasty video on nbc.com of a Hungarian weightlifter dislocating his elbow during the clean and jerk.

The most surreal part was the little team of polite Chinese who scurried out with logo emblazoned boards to stand and block the view of the athlete while his trainers rushed to him.


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I saw that nasty stuff online.

I wonder if it was worth it.


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The interview at the end of this is just so damn cute.
 
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For something else to keep track of: DFL, last place finish standings. I see Canada is in second (last) place.

(Found on Coudal Partners)


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Check the Cube from the 10 meter platform.


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OK. You heard it here first, "the 2008 Beijing global distraction and cross-cultural excuse to force a fake smile Olympics" is over!

Here is the list of winning-losers that by choosing not to boycott China's internal genocide help to propagate and provide global legitimacy for China's campaign of ruthless ethnic cleansing.

Many of my people said, "never again," but I think what they meant was never again to them. May his Holiness give us one point compassion in times of dark inhuman suffering.

And with that necessary bullshit political statement out of the way, let us rejoice together in the pinnacle of human achievement together!

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As of 8/24, 7:33 PM ET


COUNTRY MEDALISTS- GOLD- SILVER- BRONZE- *TOTAL MEDALS*
United States see names 36 38 36 110
China see names 51 21 28 100
Russia see names 23 21 28 72
Great Britain see names 19 13 15 47
Australia see names 14 15 17 46
Germany see names 16 10 15 41
France see names 7 16 17 40
South Korea see names 13 10 8 31
Italy see names 8 10 10 28
Ukraine see names 7 5 15 27
Japan see names 9 6 10 25
Cuba see names 2 11 11 24
Belarus see names 4 5 10 19
Spain see names 5 10 3 18
Canada see names 3 9 6 18
Netherlands see names 7 5 4 16
Brazil see names 3 4 8 15
Kenya see names 5 5 4 14
Kazakhstan see names 2 4 7 13
Jamaica see names 6 3 2 11
Poland see names 3 6 1 10
Hungary see names 3 5 2 10
Norway see names 3 5 2 10
New Zealand see names 3 1 5 9
Romania see names 4 1 3 8
Turkey see names 1 4 3 8
Ethiopia see names 4 1 2 7
Denmark see names 2 2 3 7
Azerbaijan see names 1 2 4 7
Czech Republic see names 3 3 0 6
Slovakia see names 3 2 1 6
Georgia see names 3 0 3 6
North Korea see names 2 1 3 6
Argentina see names 2 0 4 6
Switzerland see names 2 0 4 6
Uzbekistan see names 1 2 3 6
Armenia see names 0 0 6 6
Slovenia see names 1 2 2 5
Bulgaria see names 1 1 3 5
Indonesia see names 1 1 3 5
Sweden see names 0 4 1 5
Croatia see names 0 2 3 5
Lithuania see names 0 2 3 5
Mongolia see names 2 2 0 4
Thailand see names 2 2 0 4
Zimbabwe see names 1 3 0 4
Finland see names 1 1 2 4
Greece see names 0 2 2 4
Nigeria see names 0 1 3 4
Chinese Taipei see names 0 0 4 4
Mexico see names 2 0 1 3
Latvia see names 1 1 1 3
India see names 1 0 2 3
Austria see names 0 1 2 3
Ireland see names 0 1 2 3
Serbia see names 0 1 2 3
Belgium see names 1 1 0 2
Dominican Republic see names 1 1 0 2
Estonia see names 1 1 0 2
Portugal see names 1 1 0 2
Iran see names 1 0 1 2
Trinidad and Tobago see names 0 2 0 2
Algeria see names 0 1 1 2
Bahamas see names 0 1 1 2
Colombia see names 0 1 1 2
Kyrgyzstan see names 0 1 1 2
Morocco see names 0 1 1 2
Tajikistan see names 0 1 1 2
Bahrain see names 1 0 0 1
Cameroon see names 1 0 0 1
Panama see names 1 0 0 1
Tunisia see names 1 0 0 1
Chile see names 0 1 0 1
Ecuador see names 0 1 0 1
Iceland see names 0 1 0 1
Malaysia see names 0 1 0 1
Singapore see names 0 1 0 1
South Africa see names 0 1 0 1
Sudan see names 0 1 0 1
Vietnam see names 0 1 0 1
Afghanistan see names 0 0 1 1
Egypt see names 0 0 1 1
Israel see names 0 0 1 1
Mauritius see names 0 0 1 1
Moldova see names 0 0 1 1
Togo see names 0 0 1 1
Venezuela see names 0 0 1 1



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The US tends to report medals by total medal haul, which puts them at #1, whereas here at least we rank it by gold first, which puts China at #1. It could be that the US approach has always been that way, I'm not sure.

A 3,2,1 point ranking system might be slightly different.

Of course, as a triumphalist nationalist Aussie I'd like to point out that we'd totally be ranked first on a medals per capita table. Wink


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sorry, here;s the medals per capita table

Jamaica beats you, as well as 3 other flukes, but oz is awesome. It not only does well on this table but on the standard one too...

I always check this one to see if Canada beat the u.s.

We did, but barely. The u.s. are just good at sports.

this site has some other cool ratings. Canada doesn't do as well on golds per capita.

I think a table where a gold got 3 points a silver 2 and a bronze 1 over population would be good.

GDP is a good idea too.
 
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Ah, awesome - yeah, after I posted I realised that I was thinking only of big countries, and there may well be tiny ones who beat us. And Jamaica should have leapt instantly to mind.

That's a great find, thanks for sharing.


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I read a funny editorial on winning medals in weird sports. Apparently britain is going to be pushing that idea in 2012. At one point our only medals were in trampoline and woman's wrestling...finally a solid diver, swimmer, and woman's hurdler came along luckily.

Winter games are next about half an hour drive from here in both directions (whistler/vancouver) I hope they go as well..
 
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Interesting shots from the games. Some great pictures; a couple are NSFW.

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Beach Volleyball cheerleaders.


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Apparently you don't get the para-olympics on TV in the US? You're missing out.. its great. Confusing, but great!! Smile


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