No need to make America great again. It's already great!
No need to make America great again. It's already great!
Trump got pwnd!!!!
Another feather in Obama's cap.
Thank God for swimming.
And women.
Truth.
Thank you Mr. President for convincing Centro Jr. * Klay Thompson to participate!
Obama's ploy to get the Ruskies banned was pure genius. Trump can't top this. He'll let the Ruskies back in. 4 more years!
Felps wrote:
Thank God for swimming.
Thank god for doping.
Which US medalists do you believe doped?
Thanks to NBC Hollywood, Russia got banned but Darya Kilshina was allowed.
Blame Obama
Here are the ranking of countries with at least 10 medals by medals per population:
1) Jamaica
2) New Zealand
3) Denmark
4) Croatia
5) Azerbiajan
6) Hungary
7) Australia
8) Sweden
9) Netherlands
10) Great Britain
11) Kazakhstan
12) Cuba
13) Czech Republic
14) France
15) Canada
16) Germany
17) Italy
18) Uzbekistan
19) South Korea
20) Russia
21) USA
22) Spain
23) Japan
24) Poland
25) Kenya
21st place really isn't that bad.
Usedit wrote:
And women.
I think the women actually under performed, when you consider the funding disparity in college Olympic sports thanks to football and Title IX and the fact that women's sports are under developed in much of the world.
Look at rowing for example. The NCAA limit for women's scholarships is 20, and for men it's zero. Is it any surprise the women got a gold and a silver while the men missed out?
US men's track and field had a slight edge, despite 2/3 the scholarships, fewer college programs, and more worldwide competition. Same story with swimming.
Obama rules! wrote:
No need to make America great again. It's already great!
Hey. F,U,C,K, YOU and ^F&U*C&K L.A. where you belong
Obama rules! wrote:
No need to make America great again. It's already great!
Let me correct for you - USA women dominates 2016 Olympics.
And why wouldn't they; they have less competition to deal with.....except in the 800.
There's a fallacy in counting medals by population. First, what would be relevant would be population of serious athletes. Second, how is that population distributed by sport? Having a high proportion of them in one or two sports (many countries focus on soccer alone, for instance) would lead to a poor medal count. Third, are there limits on how many competitors each country can enter or is it based strictly on qualifying times/results?
The third criterion is not looked at much but think about how many contenders, for instance, Kenya could have qualified in the marathon and other distance running events ahead of most of the other countries. In the marathon, for instance, Rupp would not have even been a top 150 time qualifier. The fact that other countries are allowed to have three competitors but no more gives lots of chances to small countries for medals.
Felps wrote:
Which US medalists do you believe doped?
Gaitlin - because someone must have had it out for him.
On a population adjusted basis, the USA underperformed the UK, significantly.
"Population adjusted basis" is not statistically significant.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
adizero Road to Records with Yomif Kejelcha, Agnes Ngetich, Hobbs Kessler & many more is Saturday