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August 17, 2004
Stupid American media!
SI.com - Olympics - Medal Tracker - Total
Sure, if you count the medal results by nation, you have China with the most, followed by a tie between the United States and Australia. But this is Cold War thinking! Look at it the modern way, by continents!
Europe: 59
Asia: 42
North America: 18
Australia: 13
South America: 3
Africa: 1
Antarctica: 0
(Russia is considered European, but Turkey, which must give up its pipe dream of EU membership, is Asian.)
Posted by Mac Thomason at August 17, 2004 12:11 PM
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I think there should be a "race-walking in teeth of fierce winds on snow-encrusted zillion-year-old ice" event so Antarctica doesn't feel slighted.
Posted by: Linkmeister at August 17, 2004 01:36 PM
Well, nobody has Antarctican citizenship, and the Olympics continue to discriminate against the Penguin community.
Posted by: Mac Thomason at August 17, 2004 01:54 PM
I've got an Antarctica license plate left over from when my Dad wintered over at McMurdo Sound in 1961-1962; maybe I should get an office on K street and start lobbying for dual citizenship.
Posted by: Linkmeister at August 17, 2004 03:29 PM