Current Events > How come the US and China does pretty poorly in Olympics medals per capita?

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CuriousPoops
08/11/21 7:37:31 PM
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is Slovenia had the US's population, they would have won 840 medals

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Squall28
08/11/21 7:40:06 PM
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Diminishing returns

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hockeybub89
08/11/21 7:40:59 PM
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San Marino had the greatest Olympic medal performance of all time.

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KingWhiteKnight
08/11/21 7:41:30 PM
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They have fewer distractions
they take it more seriously
Their population has more genetic freaks
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AlBundy33
08/11/21 7:42:37 PM
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Because no one, not even the people competing, give a shit about the Olympics

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GhettoFlip
08/11/21 7:43:35 PM
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AlBundy33 posted...
Because no one, not even the people competing, give a shit about the Olympics

That's not true. @AlBundy33

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Xavier_On_High
08/12/21 7:04:37 PM
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Because there's an upper limit on human physical ability, so even countries with comparatively small populations, like Australia and the UK, can put forward a significant number of competitive athletes compared to countries like China and the US.

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Questionmarktarius
08/12/21 7:11:43 PM
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Xavier_On_High posted...
Because there's an upper limit on human physical ability
There's also an upper limit on the number of sports.
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