How to knock China off the top of the medal table ...full story at BBC News
from BBC News on Tue, Aug 26 2008
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| 03 Aug 08 |
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Card Sharks: How Much Gold is in a Gold Medal? »
YouTube video If your friend is going to Beijing and trying to win that Olympic Gold and sell it off at $1,000 an ounce, you might want to tell them how much gold is really in a Gold Medal, This is from 1988 in time for those Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Predictable gold medals » James Reynolds There are some gold medals in these Olympics which are so easy to predict that it's surprising that the medal ceremony isn't held before the Games begin so as to get it all out of the way. There are four medal events in the table tennis - and China... |
| 29 Aug 08 |
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China: The Cost of a Gold Medal » Global Voices Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million). |
| 21 Aug 08 |
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China: Only Gold Medal Matters? » Global Voices Luqiu Luwei from my1510 criticizes the Chinese mainstream media for giving too much attention to the gold medal winners as if other medal winners or participants haven't been performing good enough to be proud of. |
| 11 Aug 08 |
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Mommy Olympians » Tim Johnson Xian Dongmei is a “mommy” gold medalist, and she’s caused a sensation for it in China. Xian is the first mother who’s captured a gold medal in China. She already had one gold medal under her belt for judo at... |
| 09 Aug 08 |
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Weightlifter Chen wins China's first gold » Shanghaiist The honors of the first gold medal of these Olympics went to the Czech Republic, when Katerina Emmons won the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. China's hope in that event, Du Li, did not medal. Weightlifter Chen Xiexia was the first to win gold... |