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Subject: Re: Ivy League had an exceptional year at the 2024 Olympics Author: joiseyfan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:39:21 08/13/24 Tue In reply to: IvySportsJunkie 's message, "Ivy League had an exceptional year at the 2024 Olympics" on 14:11:29 08/12/24 Mon Here’s the league’s version of the tally, including coaches and international medals, totaling 32 medals: https://ivyleague.com/news/2024/7/3/olympics-ivies-in-paris-2024-summer-olympic-games.aspx However you slice it, a very strong year for the vast assortment of Ivy athletes. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:28:47 08/13/24 Tue Counting 3 gold medals for the women's foil team is a little bit of new math. It counts as 1 medal for Team USA, but 3 for the Ivy League? Same for rowing and other sports. Thomas getting credit for a full relay medal twice when it's really .25... It's like saying that Davidson, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa State, Kansas, UCLA, Duke, Colorado and St. Vincent–St. Mary High School combined for 12 gold medals in men's basketball. By this accounting, the SEC can claim 5 alone from Durant, Davis, Booker, Adebayo and Edwards. The USA only won 40 golds overall. It's great for the League, but it's not honest accounting from an Olympic standard.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:12:51 08/13/24 Tue They gave Thomas a .25 Gold medal? Bill Bradley 1/12? I assume the trophy box notes the sport in which the medal was awarded, team or individual. Either way, different counts for different purposes. For the team members, the achievement and the medal -- win, place, or show -- are indivisible. For the country, it is one medal. Shenanigans?

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Medal Count Shenanigans Author: observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:27:20 08/13/24 Tue I agree that for the individual the medal counts as a whole. But the League shouldn't take credit for 3 medals for women's team foil, nor should it allow itself to count 3 more from a single boat. It's not a medal count that the league is posting, but a medalist count. But then again, that triple counts the Harvard sprinter and double counts the cyclist... Facts are stubborn things. And clean data is important. Otherwise we live in a post-modern world where nobody can decipher truth from falsity.