Dunadan 1,103 Posted February 15, 2022 #151 Share Posted February 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Monzanator said: They are not. Poland "won" three gold medals (poetry 1928, sculpture 1932, music 1948) and nobody counts them in the medal table. Nobody counts them here too and I thought they weren't officially recognised events anymore. Although on olympedia they count them so who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,841 Posted February 15, 2022 #152 Share Posted February 15, 2022 25 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: It’s second best performance at the Olympic Games. Julien Médécin won a bronze in architecture in 1924. Frank "Skinny Legs" Lloyd Wright famously bombed out on the wrestling leg when he hit Le Corbusier over the head with an angle-poise lamp. dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,638 Posted February 15, 2022 #153 Share Posted February 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dunadan said: Nobody counts them here too and I thought they weren't officially recognised events anymore. Although on olympedia they count them so who knows Ask someone from Luxembourg if anything. They "won" art drawing in 1928 but I presume Josy Barthel remains their only gold medal winner (1952). From what I know IOC doesn't recognize those art medals anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,841 Posted February 15, 2022 #154 Share Posted February 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, Monzanator said: They are not. Poland "won" three gold medals (poetry 1928, sculpture 1932, music 1948) and nobody counts them in the medal table. Think I'd like to have a closer look at the judges' marks on the poetry, to be honest. If you can rig a boxing final, how hard would it be to fix a poetry competition? Monzanator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted February 15, 2022 #155 Share Posted February 15, 2022 47 minutes ago, Dunadan said: Nobody counts them here too and I thought they weren't officially recognised events anymore. Although on olympedia they count them so who knows Maybe @Dragon can provide some additional info? “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdr4332 149 Posted February 15, 2022 #156 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Wrt these non sporting medals: There is a small park in downtown Budapest, the Olympic Park (not far from the Parliament Bldg). In the park, there's a monument with the name and event of every Olympic medallist per OG (when I was last there there was even space left for future medallists to be added) I remember at some early Games some of those non sporting medals were also added in a separate line on the monument. Maybe they wanted to be exhaustive I assume the official medal tally of does not include these medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted February 15, 2022 #157 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I’d like to see him stick around for another cycle, but if this is his last race, what a way to finish “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,192 Posted February 15, 2022 #158 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Wow, Martin Haven totally misread Rinaldi's reaction after the fourth run. He looked utterly disappointed for making a cheap mistake he avoided in previous runs, and dropping one place. Oh well. Still a great result for Monaco! Bronze for Hafer? This is becoming ridiculous. Hafer would be the first to say that the two-man is his weak event. Clean sweep is virtually guaranteed for the four-man. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,192 Posted February 15, 2022 #159 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: I’d like to see him stick around for another cycle, but if this is his last race, what a way to finish That's too bad... Guess Boris Vain is off to the pilot school then. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,841 Posted February 16, 2022 #160 Share Posted February 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: I’d like to see him stick around for another cycle, but if this is his last race, what a way to finish How old is Prince Albert’s little boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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