Conquer Club

HitRed wrote:Some Americans are on other world teams. Wonder what the overall number Americans won.

KoolBak wrote:Mook....mine was per athlete, not actual population....fyi

The U.S., which became the first country to top 3,000 Olympic medals during the 2024 Summer Games, earned more medals in Paris than it did in Tokyo.

Athletes from the U.S. took home 126 total medals this year, topping China (91), Britain (65) and France (64). China had been ahead in the race for gold throughout much of the games, but China and the U.S. both earned 40 apiece by the end of the games. In addition to 40 gold medals, the U.S. won 42 silver and 44 bronze medals.

U.S. wins big throughout history
It's the most ever wins by the Americans in a non-boycotted Olympic Games outside the U.S., topping the previous high of 121 from Rio in 2016, according to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, or USOPC. The U.S. has twice surpassed their Paris winnings, both times at home. Team USA won 174 medals in Los Angeles in 1984 and won a whopping 239 medals in St. Louis in 1904.

Country ● Gold ● Silver ● Bronze Total
United States 40 44 42 126
China 40 27 24 91
Japan 20 12 13 45
Australia 18 19 16 53
France 16 26 22 64
Netherlands 15 7 12 34
Great Britain 14 22 29 65
South Korea 13 9 10 32
Italy 12 13 15 40
Germany 12 13 8 33
New Zealand 10 7 3 20
Canada 9 7 11 27
Uzbekistan 8 2 3 13
Hungary 6 7 6 19
Spain 5 4 9 18
Sweden 4 4 3 11
Kenya 4 2 5 11
Norway 4 1 3 8
Ireland 4 0 3 7
Brazil 3 7 10 20

bigtoughralf wrote:You forgot to include the Hong Kong and Taiwan medals in those totals. China wins.

Also, congrats to Sifan Hassan, who won gold in the marathon yesterday then accepted her medal while wearing a headscarf. France can take its Islamophobic headscarf ban and stuff it up its dirty, hairy ass.

China. Notably, swimmers from the nation that took second place in the medal standing at the Paris Olympics were also at the center of the doping debate. (...)

A New York Times expose revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers who had failed drug testing competed in the Tokyo Olympics. The swimming and sports worlds questioned CHINADA and WADA's decision to slip things under the wraps. As 11 of 23 swimmers competed in the Paris Olympics, they couldn't shake off the doping allegation. However, swimmers like Leon Marchand and China's Pan Zhanle got caught in the storm, simply for being too good. While Marchand reminded people of Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian in history, Zhanle created history with his 100m freestyle double record. Yet, none could escape controversy.

jusplay4fun wrote:Taiwan is not part of mainland China

bigtoughralf wrote:

jusplay4fun wrote:Taiwan is not part of mainland China

Right. Just as Hawaii is part of the USA but not part of mainland USA.

China #1 \(^0^)/

Pack Rat wrote:Ralf, sounds like you have a wife on your hands, lol.

jusplay4fun wrote:

bigtoughralf wrote:

jusplay4fun wrote:Taiwan is not part of mainland China

Right. Just as Hawaii is part of the USA but not part of mainland USA.

China #1 \(^0^)/

Hawaii IS PART of the USA and does follow the Federal Government.

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BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China's "reunification" with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's address on Sunday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before the Chinese-claimed island elects a new leader.
The Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening at a time of fraught relations between Beijing and Taipei. China has been ramping up military pressure to assert its sovereignty claims over democratically governed Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory.

jusplay4fun wrote:Then why does President Xi make statements like this?

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China's "reunification" with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said

bigtoughralf wrote:

jusplay4fun wrote:Then why does President Xi make statements like this?

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China's "reunification" with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said

If a husband and wife are separated for several years, then later 'reunited', does the use of the word 'reunited' mean that in the years they were apart they weren't married?

If you're going to resort to pedantry then you could at least do pedantry correctly.

bigtoughralf wrote:Uh oh, we got an expert on China's modern history over here. Such an expert that he knows better than the Beijing or Taipei governments!

Maybe for his next seminar jp can ring up the Pope and teach him about the Bible.

The Indiana Pacers have never won an NBA championship. While they have won three ABA championships (1970, 1972, and 1973) before joining the NBA in 1976, they have not been able to secure an NBA title (from AI).