Rhythmic Gymnastics - Really?

[Mosiah]

If dem can have dis dem can have netball, cricket and domino. Straight!

[Exile]

..dem water down d gold medal..

[Skeng DX]

the powerful Indian cricket board blocking t20 cricket from the Olympics.....

[Mosiah]

why?

[Exile]

Dem want all de money...Duh! Its all about the dunzi...

[Skeng DX]

also because their awful record at the games........they hate it

[Paul Marin]

also because their awful record at the games........they hate it

You are being kind to use the word "awful". Their sporting record (outside of cricket and field hockey) is downright embarrassing for a country of 1.2b people and a GDP of ~$2t. Worse yet at the Olympics, all dem leaving London with is 5 medals. Too bad fi dem dat mekin' pickney is not an Olympic sport.

[Mosiah]

Field hockey?! When last India or Pakistan win anyting in field hockey?!?

[Willi]

And dandy shandy and golf and 'lick and freeze' too!

[Skeng DX]

Tug of war

Tug of war was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at every Olympiad from 1900 to 1920

[Paul Marin]

Field hockey?! When last India or Pakistan win anyting in field hockey?!?

I don't know about win in hockey, but they have been decently competitive - no? Weren't they runners up at the commonwealth games? I don't know nothing about hockey, so me nah se nuttin - the point is still the same, for a country of 1.2b people their sporting history is a joke.

[Mosiah]

India & Pakistan dominated until the early 80s. Then came artificial turf! They have not been competitive since! Mind you, they'll still trounce Jamaica 10-0 but so to can T&T!

The big hockey countries now are Germany, Holland, Australia, Argentina, Spain, China and even the USA to some degree!

[Skeng DX]

India (four medals) finished in last place.

Fourth-Place Medal analyzed the per capita medal count and came up with 10 facts about medals and population from the London Olympics. Thanks to medalspercapita.com for the information.

1. Jamaica, the small island country of 2.7 million people, has won nine medals in London, giving it the highest per capita medal rate of any nation with multiple medals. Athletes won one medal for every 300,000 citizens. India (four medals) finished in last place. Its athletes would have needed to win 4,138 medals to have the same rate.

2. If Jamaica were a state in the U.S., it would rank No. 35 in population. Nevada has approximately the same number of residents.


3. The island nation has won all nine medals in track (and, more specifically, the sprints). That was good for second on the athletics medal count, ahead of Russia, Great Britain, Kenya, Germany, Australia and China.

4. One nation was ahead of Jamaica in the per capita rate: Grenada. The tiny island country in the south Caribbean has won a gold medal courtesy 400 runner Kirani James. It's the first medal ever won by one of Grenada's 100,000 citizens. How tiny is the country? Only nine athletes were sent to the Olympics. (Which is actually a lot, if you think about it.) It's total size: The same as Winston-Salem, N.C.

5. How about big countries? Obviously the per capita rates are dominated by nations with small populations and lower medal counts. But where do the big boys stand? Of countries with more than 20 million people, Australia has been the winner even in a disappointing Olympics. The nation has won 30 medals for its 22 million people.


6. If the threshold is 50 million residents, the host nation is ahead: Great Britain, population 62 million, has won 54 medals overall.

7. The United States is 40th on the per capita medal count. Athletes have won 90 medals for 313 million people; a ratio of one medal per 3.5 million residents.

8. Top five: Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Slovenia and Denmark.

9. Bottom five: India, Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey and Algeria.

10. At least those countries have won medals, which is more than Pakistan (179 million), Nigeria (162 million), Bangladesh (142 million), Philippines (92 million) and Vietnam (87 million) can say.