Team USA #1 Brings Back the Gold!
Great Olympic News!! Team USA ranked first in medals for the London Summer Olympics surging ahead of the People’s Republic of China. USA Gold Medal total was 46 to 38 for Mainland China. The close competition during the past weeks brought Team USA into an amazing standing due in no small part to Michael Phelps AND so many other great American athletes.
Great Britain, the host of the games, came in a powerful third place with 29 Gold. Just as an aside when the Brits participate as Great Britain as compared to the country’s official name United Kingdom (as in the UN) their teams seems to excel.
Russia sans steroids came in fourth. South Korea placed fifth!!! Amazing!
Germany showed a strong performance with 11 Gold and 44 medals, followed by an impressive French team with 11 Gold and 34 medals overall. Italy gained 8 Gold.
I’m happy to say Team Hungary scored an amazing 8 Gold medals and ranked number nine in overall standings. Bravo for the small Danubeian Republic!!! Hungary was the ONLY one of the former East Bloc countries to perform so well.. The Czech Republic reached nmber nineteen however.
Australia came in number ten with 7 Gold followed by Japan as number 11 in standing with 7 Gold.
Thus of the G-8 Economic Club, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan scored in the top eleven. Where was G-8 member Canada???
Canada came in 36th with one gold medal and 18 total. But just wait till the Winter Olympics in Sochi, eh?
Big Congrats go to London for hosting a wonderful and safe Olympics! Despite all the naysayers (including so very many British) before the Games, the old motto “Keep Calm and Carry on” carried the day! Well Done!!
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