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Norway must be stopped!

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
5 for Gold
3 for Silver
1 for Bronze?

P-
Olympic medal tables have worked from times of yore on no. of Golds as the first criteria, no. of silvers next etc.

So someone with 5 golds 4 Silvers (0 bronzes) beats someone with 5 golds, 3 silvers and 570 bronzes. So the USA are in the lead. 😠 I should know - I'm related genetically to the person that devised them. We're even closer related than humans and chimps 😛

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Originally posted by ViA
Norwegian newspapers has always used this system for counting Olympic points - 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (i.e. points for the 6 first). Is that only common here?

Example:
http://www.vg.no/sport/ol/2006/
Scroll halfway down to "Poengoversikt".

(and guess who is on the top of that table?)
Hmmm, maybe the Germans use the same system? If they don't, I would advise them to start using it. Oh yes, and in case two countries are tied, they should be put in alphabetical order. Funnily enough, that would put Norway in 1st place in Norway, and Germany in Germany. 🙂

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Ha! Now you'd all better watch out, Great Britain has scooped yet another medal - silver in the down-the-mountain-on-a-sledge-thingy.[well first medal actually but shh nevermind]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/default.stm

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Hockey Russia 5 - Sweden 😞

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Canada is up 3-0 on the Germans after one period.

Why don't they just quit this charade and put us in the Gold Medal game already?

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
The US has just passed a bill annexing Canada. You're now the 51st state. Welcome.
Don't tread on me, oppressor.

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Originally posted by darvlay
Canada is up 3-0 on the Germans after one period.

Why don't they just quit this charade and put us in the Gold Medal game already?
finland played 2 won 2, scored 11 conceded 0

gring on canada

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Originally posted by trevor33
finland played 2 won 2, scored 11 conceded 0

gring on canada
Yep.

That's gonna be a big game on Sunday and Canada's first real challenge (assuming we get by the Swiss without any hassle).

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So it's two pools of six, and eight teams qualify for the quarter finals?

Kind of hard to get eliminated.

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Originally posted by darvlay
Yep.

That's gonna be a big game on Sunday and Canada's first real challenge (assuming we get by the Swiss without any hassle).
I remember last time with Canada's double gold. I'd love to see us pull that stunt off again. (That, and it was the only time I payed attention to hockey. ^^; )

~The MCP

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Originally posted by dottewell
So it's two pools of six, and eight teams qualify for the quarter finals?

Kind of hard to get eliminated.
If you're Canada, yes.

In 2002, we lost our first game to the Swedes 5-0 but went on to run the table for Gold. The Swedes actually won their group but lost in the Quarterfinals to the lowly Latvians when Tommy Salo let in a soft goal from deep in the zone over his head (!!!).