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| Medals | |||||
| Country | Total | ||||
| United States | 41 | 26 | 27 | 94 | |
| China | 37 | 25 | 20 | 82 | |
| Russia | 17 | 21 | 28 | 66 | |
| Great Britain | 26 | 15 | 18 | 59 | |
| Germany | 10 | 18 | 14 | 42 | |
| Japan | 5 | 14 | 17 | 36 | |
| Australia | 7 | 15 | 10 | 32 | |
| France | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |
| South Korea | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 | |
| Italy | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |
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Boxing Maths and Aftermaths: Why Similar Scores Are A Mean System(11) (5)
August 10, 2012 Olympic boxing
seems to know that its scoring is weird, its fan base eroding, and its
status as an Olympic sport is coming into question. They can address
some of those problems by using stronger math to decide who wins close
bouts.
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Let's Catch Up: Taekwondo Setback, And A Spice Girls Sighting(1) (0)
August 10, 2012 The final
weekend of the Summer Olympics is about to begin. In the medal count,
the U.S. has jumped out to a 90-80 lead over China, with 39 golds to
China's 37. And Russia has overtaken Great Britain, with 57 to the host
nation's 54 medals.
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August 10, 2012 Track and field
will hold eight of today's 17 medal events, as the Summer Olympics
moves into its final weekend. The U.S. men's basketball team plays to
get into the gold medal game, and the day's highlights also include an
intriguing men's soccer bronze-medal match between South Korea and
Japan.
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August 9, 2012 The U.S. women's
soccer team has won their third consecutive gold medal in the Olympics.
They defeated Japan at London's Wembley Stadium, in a game that set a
new attendance record of more than 80,000 spectators.
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August 9, 2012 After two days and ten events, Eaton can now call himself the world's greatest athlete.
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August 9, 2012 She's still in
high school, but boxer Claressa Shields is also an Olympic gold
medalist, as she won her middleweight bout Thursday. She defeated
Russia's Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19-12, overcoming the Russian
with both speed and power.
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August 9, 2012 Why do the best
weightlifters have short arms? What's the biggest physical challenge
that marathon runners face? What kind of advantages do athletes from
West Africa — and from Asia — enjoy? The Olympics bring a fresh chance
to look at those questions, and see how athletes' bodies are changing.
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the London Games, and the overall medal tally stands at 82 for the
United States, 77 for China, and 48 for Great Britain. Here's a roundup
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