Not that it actually matters to anyone - well no one who lives north of the particular border I live near - but who *actually* won the Winter Olympics?
Common sense, history and the actual rules seem to point to the host nation. Canada won most Golds, more than any nation has ever won, and 'beat' the States into 3rd place. That's 3rd place. The BBC agrees, the IOC has such an boondongle of a site that I couldn't even find the table (truly awful), but the offical pages give it to the States on quantity. I always thought that the winningest (I loathe that word - a true Americanism) team in terms of Gold should be top, but clearly not.
It seems that the winning country has been the team with the most medals by weight. So the States won a total of 37, Canada 26, sandwiching the 30 of Germany (where did they sneak up from?).
A dilemma, but one which won't keep me awake too much, I suspect, because I know the answer. No one country 'won' this Olympics. If anyone won it was the people of Vancouver, Canada and the world for coming together to celebrate athleticism at it's very best (except some of the downhill skiiers, who truly sucked).
Sport won. The U.S did not. Whatever they say.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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I think I looked into this half way through the games. In the BBC I trust, in the IOC I trust, and if I remember correctly the 'official page' is a table, if you click sort by Golds Canada win again :)
ReplyDeleteWhich lets be honest is the best result for everyone, who wants the US or the Germans to do well?