If
you look at the New York Times website they have put the
USA at the top of the medals table because they have ranked
the table by total number of medals, a gold is equal to
a silver, and a bronze etc....
In
the official IOC medal table used everywhere else in the
world, the USA is second to China. This is because the IOC
ranks the tables by golds, then silvers etc, so giving a
higher ranking to the golds and then the silvers etc...
But
is the IOC right to do this? Our panel of American experts
give us their views.
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Harry
Meedsden, Circus Artist
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"Who
else can be top of the world? Stop nit picking rest
of world. USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
USA! I could go on but I wont."
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Jerry
Sprinkler, Radio Talk Show Host
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"News
management done with such aplomb! Well done New
York Times you showed em."
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Hug
Tharsden, Bodybuilder
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"Stop
being racist Rest Of The World, of course the New
York Times is right. Every single medal is precious,
not one color over another..."
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Harry
Smith, Financial Ombudsman
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"Well,
bronze is a similar color to gold isn't it?"
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Gramps
Rusky, Organic Farmer
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"How
dare the IOC and the rest of world question the
USA's supremacy in the world order. Impertinent
the lot of them I tell you!"
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Harry
Baldicoot, Retired retirement consultant
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"If
it was up to me I would turn the medal table upside
down and have the winners as the country who got
the least number of medals."
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