Is anyone else annoyed with the olympic medal count?

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Originally Posted by Irulan

I was referring to the divers.

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The divers seem to be another story... I'd say that might be closer to the gymnastics/beach volleyball equivalent ;)

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Originally Posted by Irulan

I think the spirit of the games was very well represented with footage of the sidelines. During some of the girls gymnastics, when one gal was done with a routing, the various girls from different countries would all hug or greet their competitors while waiting for scores. I thought that was very cool.

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I was mostly referring to the officials and commentator's views they were presenting on the television and overemphasizing to the audience the medal count. I was very impressed by the interactions between athletes :)