You're telling me team USA has thirty more medals than team China and that counts for nothing? That just doesn't make any sense to me

  • machiabelly [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Athletics and swimming represent roughly half of all US medals. Athletics, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling respresent 75 or 80% of all medals. The bougie medals, equestrian, golf, sailing, fencing? rowing? tennis? represent 9/122 by my count.

    also the us literally won gold in womens soccer. And got a medal in every track and field relay.

    Swimming and athletics dominate the medal counts because they have 100-com different events, just like speed skating in the winter olympics.