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Unexpectedly leaving without medals:    first time since 2012.  first time since 2000. first time since 1996.  first time in all olympic history, counting both summer and win

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Final two days of the Olympics and the battle for top spot on the medal table is as close as ever with both the United States and China tied with 33 medals each. The United States will have the most s

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Fun fact, a small town in Italy, Roncadelle (9.000 inhabitants) won in 15 minutes two golden medal.

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I am neutral here but USA needs to change something.

Only time, AFAIK, when China topped the medal table was in 2008.

In Rio USA had 40 + golds, China less than 30.

In Tokyo China was down by 1.

Now, USA will 99% lose this battle.

System in USA is obviously fragile in all sports.

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Just now, ChandlerMne said:

I am neutral here but USA needs to change something.

Only time, AFAIK, when China topped the medal table was in 2008.

In Rio USA had 40 + golds, China less than 30.

In Tokyo China was down by 1.

Now, USA will 99% lose this battle.

System in USA is obviously fragile in all sports.

The USA still wins the most medals but China is going more into specialization, e.g. in diving they have collected a dozen or so gold medals (a full set). The USA has recently entered fencing and wrestling more strongly but these are still not disciplines where they can be 100% sure of gold, like China in diving or table tennis. In general, the USA, as a country, has big problems now, also financial ones and this is also reflected in sports. It`s not an authoritarian country that tried to cover up its internal problems by winning a lot of medals at the games, e.g. the USSR, the DDR, etc.

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3 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

I am neutral here but USA needs to change something.

Only time, AFAIK, when China topped the medal table was in 2008.

In Rio USA had 40 + golds, China less than 30.

In Tokyo China was down by 1.

Now, USA will 99% lose this battle.

System in USA is obviously fragile in all sports.

No more athlete scholarships for foreigners, problem solved :lol:

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4 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

I am neutral here but USA needs to change something.

Only time, AFAIK, when China topped the medal table was in 2008.

In Rio USA had 40 + golds, China less than 30.

In Tokyo China was down by 1.

Now, USA will 99% lose this battle.

System in USA is obviously fragile in all sports.

 

Still not too sure that US will lose. US will probably lose when today ends but there are still basketball and volleyball tomorrow.

 

But yeah, just looking at lots of Silver and Bronzes its clear they are underperforming.

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6 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

I am neutral here but USA needs to change something.

Only time, AFAIK, when China topped the medal table was in 2008.

In Rio USA had 40 + golds, China less than 30.

In Tokyo China was down by 1.

Now, USA will 99% lose this battle.

System in USA is obviously fragile in all sports.

I don't think the US system is fragile. It's more that the United States is facing increased competition in their traditional sports (Australia in swimming, Canada in athletics, etc.). Meanwhile, China continues to dominate in its preferred sports (diving, table tennis, etc.).

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4 minutes ago, MedalChampion said:

I don't think the US system is fragile. It's more that the United States is facing increased competition in their traditional sports (Australia in swimming, Canada in athletics, etc.). Meanwhile, China continues to dominate in its preferred sports (diving, table tennis, etc.).

I wonder if anyone is able to compete equally in diving with China? Maybe they should try to change the rules to make the competition more equal? Competing only for 3rd place in individual starts is a bit boring, and there are a lot of such competitions there. Table tennis is not that big of a problem, because there are only 5 events, I think.

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4 minutes ago, copravolley said:

It`s not an authoritarian country that tried to cover up its internal problems by winning a lot of medals at the games, e.g. the USSR, the DDR, etc.

Maybe not an authoritarian country but USA uses this medal table in broader sense than just sportive one. I have no doubt about that. Olympic success was and will always be used in many other causes, politic ones too.

 

China is expanding in all sports, USA loses dominance in their traditional strongholds. 

But i agree, China does know where are their best opportunities and uses that to the max.

 

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4 minutes ago, copravolley said:

I wonder if anyone is able to compete equally in diving with China? Maybe they should try to change the rules to make the competition more equal? Competing only for 3rd place in individual starts is a bit boring, and there are a lot of such competitions there. Table tennis is not that big of a problem, because there are only 5 events, I think.

We could limit the maximum number of athletes per nation (for example, 6 as in weightlifting).

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