thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted August 12, 2019 #2181 Share Posted August 12, 2019 A lesbian black woman carrying our flag. This is a political message of resistance and I'm very proud of Brazil today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted August 12, 2019 #2182 Share Posted August 12, 2019 "Only three countries — Brazil, Mexico and Canada — won more total medals than the U.S. haul of golds." Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted August 12, 2019 Author #2183 Share Posted August 12, 2019 In case anyone is interested, here's a medal table considering Olympic events only (forgive me for possible mistakes). Spoiler Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 93 71 68 232 2 Brazil 46 39 60 145 3 Canada 34 50 40 124 4 Cuba 31 20 33 84 5 Argentina 24 27 25 76 6 Mexico 20 23 42 85 7 Colombia 18 16 25 59 8 Chile 10 14 13 37 9 Venezuela 9 14 15 38 10 Ecuador 9 7 10 26 11 Dominican Republic 7 13 14 34 12 Jamaica 6 5 7 18 13 Peru 5 2 15 22 14 Puerto Rico 3 5 10 18 15 Trinidad and Tobago 2 8 2 12 16 Guatemala 2 5 4 11 17 Paraguay 1 2 1 4 18 Grenada 1 1 0 2 19 Costa Rica 1 0 3 4 20 Uruguay 1 0 2 3 21 Saint Lucia 1 0 1 2 22 Barbados 1 0 0 1 22 British Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 24 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 1 2 24 Honduras 0 1 1 2 26 Bolivia 0 1 0 1 27 Panama 0 0 4 4 28 Nicaragua 0 0 2 2 29 Aruba 0 0 1 1 29 Bahamas 0 0 1 1 29 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Total Road to Tokyo 2020 326 326 400 1052 Sindo, mrv86, thiago_simoes and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted August 12, 2019 #2184 Share Posted August 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, vinipereira said: In case anyone is interested, here's a medal table considering Olympic events only (forgive me for possible mistakes). This is very interesting because it shows clearly how countries like Paraguay, British Virgin Islands and Aruba are clearly concerned about improving their chances for an Olympic medal, while Bolivia only cares about racquetball. Their silver medal in tennis is more the result of a lucky competition than any serious work on improving their chances of an Olympic medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted August 12, 2019 #2185 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Some stats based on the above table. Eight nations won all of their medals in Olympic events though only Panama won more than two medals (four total). In terms of percentage Bolivia had most of its medals (80%) from non-Olympic events (4/5). Other high percentages include El Salvador (3/4) and Uruguay (6/9). Among nations which finished in the top 10 Peru (43.6% of total) and Mexico (37.5% of total) relied the most on non-Olympic events while Cuba (14.3% of total), Dominican Republic (15.0% of total) and Brazil (15.2% of total) relied the least on non-Olympic events. thiago_simoes, mrv86 and vinipereira 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted August 13, 2019 #2186 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Wow only one gold from a non-Olympic event for Canada (water ski) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted August 13, 2019 #2187 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Via Lima 2019 Inspired by the London 2012 Olympic Games, Clive ‘Tony’ GREYSON (JAM) decided to take up a competitive sport at the age of 45. To make things simpler, he went down the list alphabetically. “I started with athletics and I thought, ‘Well maybe that might be a bit of a challenge to beat Usain BOLT (JAM)’. So then I went to ‘B’ which was bobsleigh. It’s too cold. ‘C’ was canoe, so I thought, ‘OK, I’ll do some canoe’,” he said. "With Lima 2019 behind him, the 51-year-old Olympic hopeful lights up at the mere suggestion he could some day be known as the BOLT of kayaking." Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 13, 2019 #2188 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 minute ago, intoronto said: Via Lima 2019 Inspired by the London 2012 Olympic Games, Clive ‘Tony’ GREYSON (JAM) decided to take up a competitive sport at the age of 45. To make things simpler, he went down the list alphabetically. “I started with athletics and I thought, ‘Well maybe that might be a bit of a challenge to beat Usain BOLT (JAM)’. So then I went to ‘B’ which was bobsleigh. It’s too cold. ‘C’ was canoe, so I thought, ‘OK, I’ll do some canoe’,” he said. "With Lima 2019 behind him, the 51-year-old Olympic hopeful lights up at the mere suggestion he could some day be known as the BOLT of kayaking." Wow. I have the full story unpublished on the website if you wish to see it. That’s not even the best part in my opinion. It’s get better? Weirder? “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...
intoronto 4,077 Posted August 13, 2019 #2189 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, Olympian1010 said: I have the full story unpublished on the website if you wish to see it. That’s not even the best part in my opinion. It’s get better? Weirder? I have read the full thing Whats the best part in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 13, 2019 #2190 Share Posted August 13, 2019 34 minutes ago, intoronto said: I have read the full thing Whats the best part in your opinion? Personally like the part about him beginning training in the winter, and paddling around London singing reggae “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...
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