I took the top 12 in each ranking (total and golds), the only difference being Cuba on one list and The Netherlands on the other.
We might be 13th in "real" golds, but in your Olympics we have 5--I mean, all of ours are objective sports. Take that, neighbours!
I'm still way more impressed with Eric Heiden's five gold medals, than I am with Phelps. He won every speed skating event, from 500m to 10,000m. That's kind of like Usain Bolt winning the 100m sprint, and also a 5K run.
Well, ideally I would have done every country, but I wasn't that bored.
ETA: I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
Heiden was a beast. Manliest thighs ever.
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
So you
don't
get to marry the Jamaican relay team?
I felt kinda' sorry for Beth Heiden. She went early in one event and set a world record. But it turned out to not be good enough to get a medal.
There's some overlap between people who have conservative interpretations of Christianity who want to, you know, live like Christ, help the poor, steward the earth, blah blah blah, and the more liberal side of things. Which, after all the polarizing, is perhaps our only hope for humanity.
MWAH! If you were here, Plei, I'd kiss you for this because it's so completely true.
I think Phelps medaled swimming three strokes (fly, free, breast) and Spitz only one. But I'm not 100% on that.
In other news, Spa Week is coming up for west coasters on Sept. 15. For those of you who don't remember me pushing it before, it's a bunch of spas doing $50 treatments. I keep thinking, "Well HELLO facial!"