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Originally Posted by dlish
spindles, if we take it per capita, i think we'll outdo most countries.
with a population of 21 million and with a haul of 35 medals, 11 of them gold, i'd be hard pressed to find a country that'd be as competitive on a per capita count. where the hells canada? hellooooooooo
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On the radio yesterday, Adam Spencer was talking about medals divided by population divided by GDP, which I thought was quite an interesting - lets just say all the top countries disappeared
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Originally Posted by highthief
Yeah, it's funny - about the only sport without judging is the one many people don't want in the Games: golf.
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That's not really true - even in local competitions you are scored by a marker, who makes judgements during the event. Professional events have marshalls whose job it is to make calls on the (quite a thick book) rules of golf.