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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year 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 30 points 1 year 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 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year 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 2 points 1 year 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 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Neptune hasn't won a single medal since Phelps retired

[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago

Still shocked they kicked out Pluto over a doping scandal.

[–] c0ber@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

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

[–] tissek@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year 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 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

It's just based on their proximity to the sun

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[–] fartripper@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Justice for Ceres!

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

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[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm disappointed with Uranus!

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I've heard that before

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[–] friendly_ghost@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And as usual, Belters aren't even listed 😤

[–] renormalizer@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] neutronst4r@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year 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".

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Upvote for a quality zoo exhibit

[–] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

are the other planets even trying?

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were there so many shared 3rd places?

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Ah okay makes sense

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 2 points 1 year ago

God damn it Lrrr. You just had to keep off it for two weeks, TWO WEEKS!

[–] anhkagi@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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

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

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year 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?

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Suck it you Venusian losers!

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.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago
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