First medal to be won on the first day in 20 years 
letās hope it continues!
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I just realised my 4 yearly angst of how medals tables are ranked is back.
Some broadcasters go by Golds alone. I donāt like this.
Some go by a āpointsā system, which I prefer.
Canāt recall how the BBC do it. Itās too early to tell at the moment with the current table.
Haha that bothers me too. although I prefer the gold rank
edit: I prefer whatever puts GB ahead
2nd edit: I prefer whatever puts GB ahead of France
I thought the official table was simply number of gold then silver then bronze. So a country with 1 gold medal and nothing else would be above a country with 20 silvers. Sure thatās how itās always been.
Edit: yeah the official table has Australia with 1 gold above other countries with 2 medals:
Anyone know if thereās anything left today that we have a chance of gold in?
I watched some of the mens time trial cycling earlierā¦ so unlucky with the puncture
It is I think officially, but some broadcasters (Iām thinking the US actually) do it (I think fairer) whereby a Gold is (say) 3 points, Silver (say) 2 points, and Bronze (say) 1 point. It irks me that a country could get 50 Silver and 60 Bronze and be beaten by a country with 1 Gold.
In the example you gave I donāt think it would change anything as 1 Gold would still beat 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.
Regardless of whatās official, I still think itās an unfair way to score medals!
Oh agree completely itās unfair yeah. I think points based would be a lot better. It does significantly devalue the other medals if itās essentially based on golds.
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I mean if thatās real then probably yeah - if so itās just weird - I mean that hardly represents any majority sane French population
The London 2012 Opening Ceremony it was notā¦
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Theyāve apparently ran out of high-protein food At the Paris Olympic Games
They also introduced South Korea as North Korea somehow.
They put the flag upside down
Itās all a bit of a shit show, honestly
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Itās a pretty common mistake, as neither country officially uses the name for them which the rest of the world commonly refers to them by (see also Taiwan/Republic of China) and the official names they use both include āRepublic of Koreaā (the North just prepend āDemocratic Peopleāsā).
Iāve had a situation at work where a load of South Korean inventory became invisible because it had incorrectly been set against ākorea, democratic peoples republic ofā instead of ākorea, republic ofā.
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Been watching the womanās volleyball on iPlayer this morning. Fairly enjoyed it. Shall return for more.
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Torn tights apparently. R-
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is Peaty going to do it?
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My favourite place in all of France!
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We have a week booked pretty much on the port in St Martin. Very much looking forward to it whatever the weather but hopefully some time spent in the altogether on one of the quieter beaches.
Used to be very much a city holiday person with several trips a year to Paris (and have several trips to London and Porto lined up) but absolutely fell in love with Ile de RĆ©.
Any restaurant suggestions? We know quite a few but havenāt been since Covid hit and always open to suggestions. A couple of our favourite haunts didnāt survive the pandemic.
(Off topic I have just realised so feel free to message rather than post on thread if thatās better.)
I think they did this in London too, I think in the Olympic park/village itās isolated so allowed.