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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why are they not all the same number? Multiple people got the same medal? Why is this so much more often with bronze?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Iirc judo always gives two bronze medals but I'm not sure if this is the case in the Olympics as well. Maybe other disciplines do the same. And according to the metric, it might be possible to have the same points and therefore share one medal.

Gold having 1 more is weird because you would expect no silver if two have gold and therefore a difference of 2. Maybe in one weight class there only qualified one person and got the medal by default?

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Gold having 1 more is weird because you would expect no silver if two have gold and therefore a difference of 2.

Vinesh Phogat was disqualified for being overweight during the weigh-in of the 50kg women's wrestling final. Her opponent got gold, and both losing semifinalists got bronze.

It became a big controversy in India because she had been <50kg for every match until then, and she had previously protested against the wrestling federation - which chose her dietician and other staff - for covering up sexual assault cases.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Contest #1: 2 Gold - 0 Silver - 1 Bronze

Contest #2: 1 Gold - 2 Silver - 0 Bronze

Having one gold more makes perfect sense if you look at multiple contests.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Iirc judo always gives two bronze medals but I’m not sure if this is the case in the Olympics as well.

It is (I watched an Olympics judo event).

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Miss Universe has always been won by someone from Earth. Coincidence?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I did some digging and the jury is also always from that planet and also quite racist. It's not only always someone from earth but also from the human race.

That's why analyzing power structures is so crucial. I don't believe that they actively exclude non earthers or non humans, but the jury is more likely to choose their own kind and the people putting together the jury are as well.

Iirc there is a strategy in the US in one team sport for management to have a quota, not in outcome but the shortlist has to contain one non human (or non white, I'm not sure) and that alone raised the outcome because it made people seen that were invisible for the committee before.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

you made me want to look it up. apparently the official story is that non humans simply don't apply as much to even qualify. but of course this is likely a classic case of societal expectations and the way we raise our young.

most wolves for example don't even know they could apply for miss universe, but that creates a catch-22 type situation where this is informed by lack of representation, which makes wolved think they're not even considered for miss universe, but in that belief they refrain from applying and there's a vicious cycle that effectively excludes wolves from miss universe.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Neptune hasn't won a single medal since Phelps retired

[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 months ago

Still shocked they kicked out Pluto over a doping scandal.

[–] c0ber@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago

curious the planet with the most medals is the same planet the olympic committee is headquartered in

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 22 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Why is mercury ranked second despite having the same number of medals (zero) as the unranked ones? Who did Mercury pay off for this "mistake" to happen? Is big Mercury subtly trying to influence our perception of them?

Those "unranked" ones are actually tied for second place.

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mercury didn't win a medal but was given an honorary one for winning the freestyle orbital revolution in a record 88 days.

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I was thinking the OC could've (should've) started some shit by putting them in order by distance from the sun as they are now, except for putting Saturn before Mercury. And then enjoy the hand wringing.

[–] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's just based on their proximity to the sun

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[–] fartripper@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is so insensitive. None of those planets sent any representatives for at least the last 12 years and you aren’t even acknowledging why.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

From what my history teacher tought me, the ancient Olympic games might have been inspired by people from other planets than earth, but I think outside the solar system

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Out of the hundreds of judges, over 97% were born on Earth.

All 97%, and all of the remaining 3%, have lived on or in the orbit of Earth for the past three consecutive years. Their financial records indicate that their income is primarily from terrestrial sources.

[–] FluffyRaccoon@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I'm sad that Pluto got kicked out of the planetary Olympics...

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Justice for Ceres!

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Pluto is a dwarf plant. They take part in the planetary paralympic games.

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Welcome to the space Olympics

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[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How can there be differing numbers of medals?

[–] the_strange 5 points 3 months ago

Sometimes there's a tie for a position which cannot be resolved by the current rules or won't be played out at all.

In athletics, for example in pole vault, you have several tries to reach a certain height, if two athletes are tied at the same height the amount if failed tries is compared, but this still leads to shared places quite often. In the sports where you're scoring points you might get a tie by having the same highest score, which is usually resolved by comparing the second or third best score, but even that might not always be sufficient. In some of the tournament sports there are no games for third place, so the losers of the semi finals share third.

[–] neumast@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Shared gold means no silver medal. (2 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze)

Shared silver means no bronze medal. (1 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze)

Shared bronze means shared bronze. Also some disciplines give out 2 bronze medals by default, which is the reason for the high number of bronze medals. (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And as usual, Belters aren't even listed 😤

[–] renormalizer 2 points 3 months ago

Beltalowda best at rock tossing! Not Olympic discipline, sasa que. Damn inyalowda.

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm disappointed with Uranus!

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

I've heard that before

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not, other planets aren't wasting a cent and increasing their pollution for this farce and corrupted event. You win the olympics by not participating.

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Upvote for a quality zoo exhibit

[–] neutronst4r@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago

Strangley reminiscent of American Football. Americans invent a sport that no one else likes to play. They hold a tournament and proclaim the winner of said tournament "World Champion".

[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

are the other planets even trying?

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Were there so many shared 3rd places?

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sports like boxing come to mind where 3rd place isn't fought for, it's just bronze for both losers of the semifinals.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ah okay makes sense

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

When Jupiter or Saturn finally wins some competitions are they going to get their medals in the form of precious metals aersolized into a vapor and stuffed into a mason jar?

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How are there more bronze medals than silver, and more gold medals than silver?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody wants to be second. The olympics are very competitive.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ties if the sport allows it. And if 2 people tie for gold, then nobody gets silver.

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It was bothering me that the bronze medal was different... (It still does for the purpose of this chart)

Anyway, that's the just the other side. More interestingly, the gray hunk of metal is actually from the Eiffel Tower.

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[–] anhkagi@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

why is mercure second and all other planets not on the podium ?

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 3 months ago

They haven't finished yet, and third place is still TBD

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What about Omicron Persei 8? Surely they got some medal in the human eating contest?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Disqualified, Lrrr tested positive for human horn (upper and lower)

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[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Suck it you Venusian losers!

[–] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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