Why USA is ahead of china in the Olympics while china has more golds?

Question

I'm tired of opening Yahoo and see USA is on top while China has received more gold medals!.....so what? the medal count doesn't make sense to me!

probably because Yahoo is American?

Answer 1

Medal Count is determined by overall number of medals. Therefore the US is on top because we are awesome at coming close to gold but having to settle with silver and bronze. We rule silver and bronze, which is how we make up ground on China's golds.

Answer 2

You may be tired of yahoo,

but we are tired of this same lame as h**l question, grow a pair of nuggets dude, pathetic.

if you don't like Yahoo, use a different site, don't' whine and cry about it.

Answer 3

my god,this question is really getting old.

If you dont like the medal count,then simply go to a china website,where china is listed as first.

When the olympics ends on sunday,what in the owrld will you whine about then?

Just get over it.

Answer 4

Why does it matter what Yahoo has listed? Anyone who can read can plainly see that China is in the lead for gold medals. In all honesty, I don't see what the big deal is.

Answer 5

USA has more golds and most of USA athletes have beaten China in other sports, like beach volleyball for example. Even though China is in the lead in some sports, we have won most of them.

Answer 6

You should be proud of yourselves for asking the same question over and over aging.

Your jealousy of the U.s. is pathetic,

after all, they are ahead of your country, aren't' they.

petty whiny low medal foreigners  make me laugh.

Answer 7

ha  

Answer 8

wow do you really have me make a big problem out of this?

Answer 9

Only U.S. site listed by medal count instead of gold, everyone else listed by gold first, main reason could be U.S has more medals count but less gold than china.  Of course gold is more important than medal counts regarness what the website site said, one olympic got mad and thrown his bronze medal because he didnt' win the gold, everyone know that if you are second place or behind, most people will forgot about you after the olympic, while gold medalist always remember and honor.

Answer 10

Yahoo! (waving cowboy hats)  We're Americans, didn't you know 50 bronze medals are better than 49 gold medals?  All medals are equal, Gold=Silver=Bronze.  Total is the way to go.  All those 200 countries in the world and the IOC are so stupid counting by gold medals.

Answer 11

Then don't open yahoo US...go to a web sight that makes you fell warm and fuzzy inside....lets say yahoo China for instants.

Answer 12

no **** sherlock.

stop asking these questions. SEARCH!

the US has more medals overall

china has more golds over all.

Its not complicated.



this is ridiculous

Answer 13

You're right, probably because Yahoo is American.  Don't you guys have your own news websites in your own countries?  

Answer 14

The Yahoo co-founder is Jerry Yang, fyi he's Chinese.  If it weren't for Asians Mixed Martial Arts wouldn't even exist in American today, so everybody that continues to bash China can go l**k their mom's butt and no I'm not Asian, I'm Russian!

I'm a Russian born in America to Russian Parents, 100% Russsian, being born in America and citizen of USA makes me Russian American...U calling me a foreigner??

Answer 15

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 16

Chinese is stupid to wear gold necklace, yahoo is smart like to wear bronze necklace. only media not Americans

Answer 17

Very true, gold medal winner is more important that total medals.  Total medals mean they competed and won a medal.  Gold medal means not only they competed, but they're the best than everybody else.

Answer 18

The world is full of crybabies.

Answer 19

Yes you are right. It is really ridiculous.