Olympics

[jamesglewisf]

Medal watch 9/24/2000

Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
US 52 21 12 19
China 44 18 14 12
Australia 40 10 19 11
Russia 39 12 11 16
France 30 12 12 6

[jamesglewisf]

Go Laura Wilkinson!

Comes back from 11th place to win the Women Platform Diving Gold. And she's from Texas too!

[Carrie Earls]

Aren't the olympics amazing? Even my 4-year-old sat mesmerized today, watching the women's vaulting and the men's hurdles.

Of course, then she spent about 30 minutes racing up and down the hallway, and generally showing off her physical prowess.

Brings out the best in all of us!

[jamesglewisf]

Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
US 58 23 14 21
China 48 21 14 13
Russia 47 14 14 19
Australia 43 12 20 11
France 31 12 13 6


Looks like Russia is coming on strong.

[jamesglewisf]

Boy, Michael Johnson was smoking yesterday. I knew he was good, but that surprised me.

[Carrie Earls]

I'm surprised he's a smoker. You think he'd know better.

[jamesglewisf]

You are a dufus on the roofus. ;)

[blinc]

I've got a question, and I hope this doesn't sound too ignorant! When are the winter olympics? Are they in two years? Well, don't laugh too hard! :)

I'm more of a winter olympics fan myself. I absolutely adore the ice skating competitions. Gosh, it looks so easy... but I've skated on a pond, as a kid in Michigan, I know it's hard to just stand upright! I love Michelle Kwan's gracefulness, I think she's probably one of the best woman skaters I've ever seen.

[jamesglewisf]

They used to have the summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics together every four years, now they do them individually separated by two years.

[jamesglewisf]

Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
US 62 25 15 22
Russia 51 17 14 20
China 50 22 14 14
Australia 44 12 20 12
France 32 12 13 7


Russia continues to improve medal count, overtaking China.

[Rhonda]

The 2002 Winter Olympics are in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[jamesglewisf]

9/30/00

Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
US 90 38 22 30
Russia 77 28 24 25
China 59 28 16 15
Australia 56 16 24 16
Germany 54 13 17 24
France 36 13 13 10


Boy, Germany sure came on strong and clobbered France.

[jamesglewisf]

Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
US 97 39 25 33
Russia 88 32 28 28
China 59 28 16 15
Australia 58 16 25 17
Germany 57 14 17 26


It looks like the US and Russia still dominate.