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vimesey
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08-13-2012 5:16 PM 		Reply to: Message 107 by onifre
08-13-2012 5:00 PM

Re: America's odd ordering
Well, kinda sorta.
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If there was just one event - 200m butterfly - and Phelps creamed the field and got gold, but two Chinese swimmers took silver and bronze, you'd be saying that the US had won wouldn't you ?
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For my money, I like the system that counts 4 points for Gold, 2 for Silver and 1 for Bronze. The other medals mean something still, but the Gold trumps the sum of Silver and Bronze.
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(Having said that, I'm not too fussed about it - team US had a great Olympics and won the team prize as far as I'm concerned - gratz guys ! )
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