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herodotus6

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Maybe if he spent more time swimming and less time staring, that South African loser might have gotten on the podium. Well, at least he's got plenty of time to look at Phelps while they fly Old Glory in a bit.
 
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herodotus6 said:
Maybe if he spent more time swimming and less time staring, that South African loser might have gotten on the podium. Well, at least he's got plenty of time to look at Phelps while they fly Old Glory in a bit.
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"Oh say can you see" :americanflag:
 
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I understand why people don't believe in the sports gods. It's hard to get help from the sports gods when they're all at the Olympic pool.

I just wish that they spread out the swimming and track, that way there isn't one week of just swimming and another week of just track.
 
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Michael Phelps is a God. I'd love to meet him one day for lunch or something but he is buying.
 
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Since 2004 how many countries have more Gold than Phelps?

I assume USA, China, Russia, Germany, Australia, France, Britain.

Italy, South Korea and Japan

Then it gets tight.
 
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Easy scoring : Gold - 3 points, silver-2, bronze -1. Can't believe this has not been universally adopted.
 
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USA Mens Rugby 7s plays the world number one team Fiji today. Carlin Isles did not play yesterday against Argentina and only played a few minutes against Brazil, and he scored. USA will need his speed today against Fiji if they are gonna win. Hoping for an upset win so USA can advance to knockout rounds. It would be huge if they could somehow medal in these games.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
That scoring system would rate a gold medal as three times as valuable as a bronze. I don't think I'd agree with that. I think being third out of 7 billion humans is worth more than that, especially when the difference is sometimes determined by crooked or incompetent judges, not to mention that not all events are created equal. If some team takes silver after losing the basketball finals in OT to the U.S, would that be half as impressive as winning the BB gun competition?
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Yes, because they lost, and the BB gun competitor won. Have you seen what the air rifle competitors have to hit? A target that the bullseye is about the size of the head of a pencil, from 10 meters away. Being able to hot that consistently and win your event is more impressive than almost winning a basketball game.

There are consequences to losing. We are starting to move away from that with participation awards, and making sure everyone feels special.
 
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Was surprised how dominant the women were in gymnastics. I still remember Romania and Russia being the best and us always being underdogs. Then I looked at our coaches and realized they are all romanian haha. If you can't beat em just let them move here and then use their tactics!
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Of course there are consequences to winning. No one is saying gold isn't best. The question was whether, in the context of the Olympics and games which come down to thousandths of a second between the two best people on the planet, a gold should be weighted exactly twice as much as a silver. I think that type of scoring system is too simplistic. And no, I don't believe all events are created equal. There are clearly events that are much, much harder to win, and take many more years of dedicated work to reach perfection than others.
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I disagree. Ask Michael Phelps if he felt being edged out for gold four years ago in the 200m fly means his silver is almost as good as the other guy's gold. There's got to be a dividing line somewhere if you do a medal scoring system.
 
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In our reality, being third in anything in the world of 7 billion people would be the biggest accomplishment in the history of our lives or our entire family. However, Olympic athletes aren't competing against 'us'. We wouldn't celebrate a national runner up in the NCAA almost as much as we would a championship, around here.

I'd score Gold 10, Silver 4, Bronze 1. All about the medals, son.
 
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funKYcat75 said:
In our reality, being third in anything in the world of 7 billion people would be the biggest accomplishment in the history of our lives or our entire family. However, Olympic athletes aren't competing against 'us'. We wouldn't celebrate a national runner up in the NCAA almost as much as we would a championship, around here.

I'd score Gold 10, Silver 4, Bronze 1. All about the medals, son.
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This guy gets it.
 
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Starting to get the uneasy sense that the USA team is composed of members of the 'Participation Generation' where the main thing is to keep your self esteem intact.
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MdWIldcat55 said:
Of course there are consequences to winning. No one is saying gold isn't best. The question was whether, in the context of the Olympics and games which come down to thousandths of a second between the two best people on the planet, a gold should be weighted exactly twice as much as a silver. I think that type of scoring system is too simplistic. And no, I don't believe all events are created equal. There are clearly events that are much, much harder to win, and take many more years of dedicated work to reach perfection than others.
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