Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Medal table system seems a little odd. No complaints…just observing. Clearly the USA and China are way in front, beyond that we actually finished with the third highest number of medals (65) but finished 7th behind Japan (45), Australia (53), France (64) and MA’s lot (34) because the medal table is actually a Gold Medal table. As I say, no complaints and we did very well, as did the Dutch, but is that the best way of recording Olympic achievement?
Best way IMO is take pride in your countryman's efforts in any given sport and ignore the medal table. Memories matter, and I'll remember Alex Yee for instance long after I forget how many medals we got. Just IMO