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curcio
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Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: (near) Naples - Italy

Re: Olympics

Medals Update as of August 23rd:
Format=Rank, Country Code, Country, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total, Rank by Total
1 USA United States 23 26 17 66 1
2 CHN China 23 15 12 50 2
3 JPN Japan 15 8 9 32 5
4 AUS Australia 13 9 13 35 4
5 FRA France 9 7 9 25 7
6 GER Germany 8 10 11 29 6
7 ITA Italy 8 6 7 21 9
8 ROM Romania 8 4 4 16 12
9 UKR Ukraine 8 2 5 15 13
10 GBR Great Britain 7 8 7 22 8
11 RUS Russia 6 16 19 41 3
12 KOR Korea 6 10 5 21 9
13 GRE Greece 5 2 2 9 17
14 HUN Hungary 4 4 2 10 =15
15 NED Netherlands 3 6 8 17 11
=16 SWE Sweden 3 0 1 4 =26
=16 TUR Turkey 3 0 1 4 =26
18 BLR Belarus 2 3 6 11 14
19 POL Poland 2 2 3 7 20
20 SVK Slovakia 2 2 1 5 =23
21 BUL Bulgaria 2 1 5 8 =18
22 ETH Ethiopia 2 1 1 4 =26
23 GEO Georgia 2 1 0 3 =35
24 THA Thailand 2 0 2 4 =26
25 CHI Chile 2 0 1 3 =35
=26 NZL New Zealand 2 0 0 2 =40
=26 NOR Norway 2 0 0 2 =40
28 ESP Spain 1 6 3 10 =15
29 CAN Canada 1 3 1 5 =23
30 CUB Cuba 1 1 6 8 =18
=31 INA Indonesia 1 1 2 4 =26
=31 RSA South Africa 1 1 2 4 =26
33 ZIM Zimbabwe 1 1 1 3 =35
34 DEN Denmark 1 0 5 6 =21
=35 BEL Belgium 1 0 2 3 =35
=35 BRA Brazil 1 0 2 3 =35
37 SUI Switzerland 1 0 1 2 =40
=38 CMR Cameroon 1 0 0 1 =50
=38 UAE U Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 =50
40 AUT Austria 0 4 1 5 =23
41 CZE Czech Republic 0 3 3 6 =21
42 PRK DPR Korea 0 3 1 4 =26
43 CRO Croatia 0 2 2 4 =26
=44 KEN Kenya 0 2 0 2 =40
=44 LTU Lithuania 0 2 0 2 =40
=44 POR Portugal 0 2 0 2 =40
47 SLO Slovenia 0 1 3 4 =26
=48 TPE Chinese Taipei 0 1 1 2 =40
=48 EST Estonia 0 1 1 2 =40
=50 FIN Finland 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 HKG Hong Kong 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 IND India 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 KAZ Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 LAT Latvia 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 MAR Morocco 0 1 0 1 =50
=50 SCG Serbia/Monteneg 0 1 0 1 =50
=57 ARG Argentina 0 0 2 2 =40
=57 AZE Azerbaijan 0 0 2 2 =40
=59 COL Colombia 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 ERI Eritrea 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 ISR Israel 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 JAM Jamaica 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 MGL Mongolia 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 TRI Trinidad/Tobago 0 0 1 1 =50
=59 VEN Venezuela 0 0 1 1 =50

P.S.: I really hope one day we'll be able to see Rugby in the olympic sports; if it won't happen, I'll continue to watch Six Nations, TriNations, Rugby World Cup, Super 12, Heineken Cup, Currie Cup... Laughing

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Mon 23 Aug, 2004 8:59 pm

icurite
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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Location: Mighty Waikato

Re: Olympics

Rugby at the Olympics? I think it doesn't really fit it - the same with tennis. Rugby is a professional sport with its own world cup, whereas athletics (or track and field as the Americans have decided to start calling it) has Olympics as its main world championship event.

If they did introduce rugby, it would put Australia even further up the medal tally you just posted. Rugby sevens was also suggested and would give Pacific Islands countries an opportunity. However, we already have the world tour of Sevens that is mostly won by New Zealand and sometimes by Fiji.

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Tue 24 Aug, 2004 4:27 am

icurite
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 469
Location: Mighty Waikato

Re: Olympics

Well, we kiwis are doing great at the triathalon as well as the rowing and kayaking.

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Sat 28 Aug, 2004 10:49 am

lufiaguy
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Joined: 23 Apr 2004
Posts: 250
Location: England, UK

Re: Olympics

Congratulations Kelly Holmes for her double gold medals for Team GB! Smile

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Sun 29 Aug, 2004 11:15 am

curcio
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Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: (near) Naples - Italy

Re: Olympics

Olympic games are over with the men's marathon (1st Baldini, ITA; 2nd Keflezighi, USA @ 34 secs; 3rd Vanderlei de Lima, BRA @ 1min 16sec).
(infos about Lima's aggression and comments on the race: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3610598.stm )

This is final medals update:
Format=Rank, Country Code, Country, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Total, Rank by Total
1 USA United States 35 39 29 103 1
2 CHN China 32 17 14 63 3
3 RUS Russia 27 27 38 92 2
4 AUS Australia 17 16 16 49 4
5 JPN Japan 16 9 12 37 6
6 GER Germany 14 16 18 48 5
7 FRA France 11 9 13 33 7
8 ITA Italy 10 11 11 32 8
9 KOR Korea 9 12 9 30 =9
10 GBR Great Britain 9 9 12 30 =9
11 CUB Cuba 9 7 11 27 11
12 UKR Ukraine 9 5 9 23 12
13 HUN Hungary 8 6 3 17 16
14 ROM Romania 8 5 6 19 =14
15 GRE Greece 6 6 4 16 17
16 NOR Norway 5 0 1 6 =32
17 NED Netherlands 4 9 9 22 13
18 BRA Brazil 4 3 3 10 =21
19 SWE Sweden 4 1 2 7 =28
20 ESP Spain 3 11 5 19 =14
21 CAN Canada 3 6 3 12 =19
22 TUR Turkey 3 3 4 10 =21
23 POL Poland 3 2 5 10 =21
24 NZL New Zealand 3 2 0 5 =37
25 THA Thailand 3 1 4 8 =24
26 BLR Belarus 2 6 7 15 18
27 AUT Austria 2 4 1 7 =28
28 ETH Ethiopia 2 3 2 7 =28
=29 IRI I. R. Iran 2 2 2 6 =32
=29 SVK Slovakia 2 2 2 6 =32
31 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 2 1 5 =37
32 GEO Georgia 2 2 0 4 =46
33 BUL Bulgaria 2 1 9 12 =19
=34 JAM Jamaica 2 1 2 5 =37
=34 UZB Uzbekistan 2 1 2 5 =37
36 MAR Morocco 2 1 0 3 =51
37 DEN Denmark 2 0 6 8 =24
38 ARG Argentina 2 0 4 6 =32
39 CHI Chile 2 0 1 3 =51
40 KAZ Kazakhstan 1 4 3 8 =24
41 KEN Kenya 1 4 2 7 =28
42 CZE Czech Republic 1 3 4 8 =24
43 RSA South Africa 1 3 2 6 =32
44 CRO Croatia 1 2 2 5 =37
45 LTU Lithuania 1 2 0 3 =51
=46 EGY Egypt 1 1 3 5 =37
=46 SUI Switzerland 1 1 3 5 =37
48 INA Indonesia 1 1 2 4 =46
49 ZIM Zimbabwe 1 1 1 3 =51
50 AZE Azerbaijan 1 0 4 5 =37
51 BEL Belgium 1 0 2 3 =51
=52 BAH Bahamas 1 0 1 2 =58
=52 ISR Israel 1 0 1 2 =58
=54 CMR Cameroon 1 0 0 1 =64
=54 DOM Dominican Rep 1 0 0 1 =64
=54 IRL Ireland 1 0 0 1 =64
=54 UAE U Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 =64
58 PRK DPR Korea 0 4 1 5 =37
59 LAT Latvia 0 4 0 4 =46
60 MEX Mexico 0 3 1 4 =46
61 POR Portugal 0 2 1 3 =51
=62 FIN Finland 0 2 0 2 =58
=62 SCG Serbia/Monteneg 0 2 0 2 =58
64 SLO Slovenia 0 1 3 4 =46
65 EST Estonia 0 1 2 3 =51
=66 HKG Hong Kong 0 1 0 1 =64
=66 IND India 0 1 0 1 =64
=66 PAR Paraguay 0 1 0 1 =64
=69 NGR Nigeria 0 0 2 2 =58
=69 VEN Venezuela 0 0 2 2 =58
=71 COL Colombia 0 0 1 1 =64
=71 ERI Eritrea 0 0 1 1 =64
=71 MGL Mongolia 0 0 1 1 =64
=71 SYR Syrian Arab Rep 0 0 1 1 =64
=71 TRI Trinidad/Tobago 0 0 1 1 =64

P.S.: there are 560 days left to Torino 2006 (XX Olympic Winter Games, February 10th-26th).[/b]

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Sun 29 Aug, 2004 5:40 pm

lufiaguy
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Location: England, UK

Re: Olympics

10th! Go Team GB! Very Happy

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Mon 30 Aug, 2004 8:11 am

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Location: Downunder (Brisbane, Australia)

Re: Olympics

Ya haf ta wunda about Aussie's spending priorities - sport or science? Sad

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Mon 06 Sep, 2004 11:51 am

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Re: Olympics

It takes an extreme amount of focus and drive to train many years to reach a the olympics. While winning a medal is good, the real reward is pushing ones self beyond personal limitation. Everyone participating in the olympics has already won. Many atheletes try very hard, and do not make it to that level.

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Thu 10 Feb, 2005 7:15 am

flanker679
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Re: Olympics

In response to rugby having its own world cup...Soccer has its own world cup event every year and yet no one disputes that soccer is a valid olympic sport. Just because a sport has a "world type" competition on a yearly basis does not mean it shouldn't be a sport in the olympic

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Wed 15 Jun, 2005 7:33 pm

icurite
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
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Location: Mighty Waikato

Re: Olympics

quote:
In response to rugby having its own world cup...Soccer has its own world cup event every year and yet no one disputes that soccer is a valid olympic sport. Just because a sport has a "world type" competition on a yearly basis does not mean it shouldn't be a sport in the olympic

But there is the whole issue of too many sports.

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Thu 16 Jun, 2005 7:51 am

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