Was letting my mind wander on the way to the train station last
night and had an epiphany.
On a per capita basis, Australia is first in Olympic medals.
1
China 47 17 24 88 2
United States 31 36 34 101 3
Russia 18 18 22 58 4
Great Britain 18 13 12 43 5
Germany 15 9 13 37 6
Australia 13 14 16 43
Australia has 43 medals.
The US has 101 and China has 88.
Oz's population is 21m, USA's is 300m, and China's 1,300m
Oz got 43, thus USA needs to win 43 x 15 = 645 just to break
even with Oz. (300m/21m =15 approx)
China needs to win 43 x 62 = 2,666 medals to equal Australia on
a per capita basis.
It also shows how sports mad Australia is. They are as sports
focused as Singaporeans are academically focussed.
Ok, epiphany over, back to your regular channel :)