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Originally Posted by Rainger99
The three most populous countries are India, China, and USA. I didn’t realize India just passed China.
The two countries that dominated in the Olympics were USA and China. India, despite its huge population, is a third world country so I would not expect them to do very well at the Olympics.
Countries with smaller populations such as Canada or Australia are far more developed in sports which explains their success. African countries do very well in track but they didn’t do well in swimming, kayaking, or equestrian.
I agree that Jamaica has fantastic sprinters. But overall, the US dominates Jamaica. Didn’t see many Jamaicans surfing, playing water polo, or basketball.
There are exceptions to population predicting the results which is what makes the Olympics so exciting. The little country upsetting the larger country makes for great television. Serbia almost beat an NBA all star team! Norway winning the decathlon and Netherlands beating the USA in mixed 4x400, are not something you expect to see.
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Agreed that what is exciting are the athletes we don't expect to win come out ahead. I've always thought if you're caucasian you have NO CHANCE to win running races against black people, but this year Norway and Netherlands were freakishly ahead in some instances. Call me jaded but I kept thinking they must have figured a way to cheat. 100 meters ahead and not out of breath?!! If it's just great training, good for them!!!