Them people at the Associated Press have much bigger balls than economist Daniel Johnson and his team. Why? Because they not only predicted the number of medals that a national team will harvest in Vancouver, they are also predicting the individual medalists (see below). If that is not chutzpah, we don’t know what is.
But just because we are saying these AP guys and gals have big balls does not mean that we will not be mocking them if any of their predictions do not come true. After all, these kinds of very precise predictions are invitations for mockery, eh?
Anyhoo, here’s our prediction for the Vancouver Games: We predict that there will be more American crybabies. Wanna bet?
Canada’s hometown advantage will help it win the most medals in the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Well, that’s not surprising really, all Olympic host nations benefit from a home-field advantage.
Anyhoo, here’s a prediction by economist Daniel Johnson and his team on how the top national Olympic teams will fare in the medal race.
The Vancouver Winter Games is still a year away but let’s start featuring some athletes who are expected to do well in their respective fields.
Olympic fans, meet Canadian hockey player Cherie Piper. Cherie joined the National Team in 2001 and has helped the team win a World Championship Gold medal in 2004 and Olympic gold medals in 2002 and 2006.
Here’s the theme song of the Beijing Paralympic Games. It is guaranteed to make you cry but it should also inspire you to overcome whatever adversities you are facing. The video features popular Chinese singer Andy Lau who also composed and recorded the song. Everyone is number one indeed.
Well, they receive more “reward” money than their American counterparts who get US$25,000 for a gold medal. But they don’t do as well as Thai gold medalists who are given US$314,000.
China’s gold medal winners at the Beijing Olympics will be taking home cash along with their medals, state media reported Tuesday.
Each gold medalist will get 350,000 yuan (US$51,000) each, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing Xiao Shan, the deputy head of China’s General Administration of Sports.
The prize compares to the 200,000 yuan (US$29,000) handed out to gold medal winners after the 2004 Olympic games, the report said.
