Best Sporting Nation - Page 6

SublimeStylez · 05-07-2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

isnt that the point of every sport?

Ah yea

Niandra LaDes · 05-07-2007, 12:47 PM

yeah stulic, i was a little bit hammered so i came off a lot more dickish than i really meant to

what i meant to get across with that is just that everyones just going to vote for their own country, cuz everyone thinks whatever sport they play in their country is the best, so their is really no reason to argue with eachother about it (even tho thats really what i was doing there)

and dont bash me for voting for the us it wasn't just cuz i live here and am some flag waving hick, cuz im not, sports just happen to be my thing, american sports at that, im just voting honestly

Grieves · 05-07-2007, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mя. Gяiєvєs

Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

pwnt..

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DubStyle311 · 05-07-2007, 02:35 PM

^

Yeah, that about sums it up.

05-07-2007, 02:47 PM

yeah that is pwnt

lol, we've won more gold than great britain has medals

Lloydy · 05-07-2007, 02:51 PM

considering the size of the uk id say we're kicking arse

DubStyle311 · 05-07-2007, 04:10 PM

Yes but when looking at this:

List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you will realize there is very little correlation between population and medals won.

Lloydy · 05-07-2007, 06:17 PM

woah, thats a lot of chinks

Štulic · 05-08-2007, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubStyle311

Yes but when looking at this:

List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you will realize there is very little correlation between population and medals won.

Because some countries produce more top athletes in various different disciplines and some others don't.

Everybody with half a brain will realize it's all about the ratio between top sportsmen and the country's population.

One link: Australian Institute of Sport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia pwns all.

Quote:

Set up in 1981 after the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games in which Australia failed to win a gold medal (regarded as a severe national embarrassment in Australia), the Institute's well-funded programs (and more generally the generous funding for elite sporting programs) are regarded as a major reason for Australia's disproportionate success in international sporting competition

Cerebro · 05-08-2007, 09:17 AM

Not if you value quantity over quality.
Whatever.
How about this;
Who is your favourite sportsperson from a country other than your own?
I'll throw Martina Hingis in. She is a very good sport, but highly competetive, she plays the angles, old skool, and is very nice on the eye.

Lloydy · 05-08-2007, 09:23 AM

anna kournikova

DubStyle311 · 05-08-2007, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerebro

Not if you value quantity over quality.
Whatever.
How about this;
Who is your favourite sportsperson from a country other than your own?
I'll throw Martina Hingis in. She is a very good sport, but highly competetive, she plays the angles, old skool, and is very nice on the eye.

Good question.

The first person to come to my mind is Ricky Hatton, a fighter from Manchester, UK. I see him on HBO Boxing After Dark a lot. Hes a pretty cool dude and a awesome fighter.

Štulic · 05-09-2007, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cerebro

Not if you value quantity over quality.
Whatever.
How about this;
Who is your favourite sportsperson from a country other than your own?
I'll throw Martina Hingis in. She is a very good sport, but highly competetive, she plays the angles, old skool, and is very nice on the eye.

Michael Schumacher and Goran Ivanisevic, both great in their sports but also better than average in football, basketball and volleyball.

View Poll Results: Which country's sporting achievements?
Britain - UK	3	7.69%
USA	21	53.85%
Canada	8	20.51%
Australia	6	15.38%
China	2	5.13%
You suck	7	17.95%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

05-07-2007, 12:47 PM	#102 (permalink)
Niandra LaDes Rampart Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 175 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeah stulic, i was a little bit hammered so i came off a lot more dickish than i really meant to what i meant to get across with that is just that everyones just going to vote for their own country, cuz everyone thinks whatever sport they play in their country is the best, so their is really no reason to argue with eachother about it (even tho thats really what i was doing there) and dont bash me for voting for the us it wasn't just cuz i live here and am some flag waving hick, cuz im not, sports just happen to be my thing, american sports at that, im just voting honestly __________________ When you've got a clean smile, you can walk with style, you can be naked with no brain- JF

05-07-2007, 02:35 PM	#104 (permalink)
DubStyle311 Old School Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: down the highway Posts: 7,229 Thanks: 0 Thanked 80 Times in 65 Posts	^ Yeah, that about sums it up. __________________ I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

05-07-2007, 02:51 PM	#106 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	considering the size of the uk id say we're kicking arse __________________ Keep the red flag flying high Last edited by Lloydy; 05-07-2007 at 02:54 PM.

05-07-2007, 04:10 PM	#107 (permalink)
DubStyle311 Old School Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: down the highway Posts: 7,229 Thanks: 0 Thanked 80 Times in 65 Posts	Yes but when looking at this: List of countries by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia you will realize there is very little correlation between population and medals won. __________________ I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

05-07-2007, 02:47 PM	#105 (permalink)
Michigan_Militia Guest Posts: n/a	yeah that is pwnt lol, we've won more gold than great britain has medals

05-07-2007, 06:17 PM	#108 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	woah, thats a lot of chinks __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

05-08-2007, 09:23 AM	#111 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	anna kournikova __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

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