Proportional Olympic Medal Table
Posted: August 24, 2008
The Olympics are over with a total of 958 medals being handed out and China topping the table (on the gold-silver-bronze ranking). However, which country got the best return from these Olympics? Rather than looking at the number of medals per capita how about looking at the number of medals per athlete sent to the games.Format: COUNTRY - Medals - A...
South Africa - The New Whinging Nation
Posted: August 21, 2008
Dear Peter: How about just focusing on rugby for a change? When we talk about countries that like to moan and groan we can no longer just talk about the Aussies or Poms, now South Africa need to be mentioned also.Ever since Peter de Villiers entered as the coach of the national side all we have heard is constant whinging and moaning about anything ...
The Good and the Bad: Olympics Day 3 and 4
Posted: August 12, 2008
The Good:* Again, Michael Phelps. 3 finals, 3 golds, 3 world records. Nearly half-way there.* The final of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. One of the great Olympic races of all time with the Americans pipping the French by 0.08s with the last stroke.* Seeing the Chinese blitz the field in the diving. Their version of the Michael Phelps quest is e...