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Cat Malogen
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It is hilarious isn't it? They always used the ranking by golds system until one year they got knocked off the top and then they switched to this system without batting an eyelid.yes theyve fudged that by using a different system to the rest of the world. typically you assign rank based on the number of golds won
I agree, thats what I meant by weighted. I would think that 5/3/1 would work fairly enough. And yeah I think the two accomplishments just reflect different things.wouldn't the proper way be to assign point values per medal: 5 for gold, 3 for silver, 1 for bronze (or whatever). winning a gold would rank higher than winning a few bronze medals.
but that raises the question: is being the world's best in one competition more of an accomplishment than being really good in a number of competitions?
Well I personally that a system such as that makes more sense. At the moment if you have two countries and the first has ten golds in total, but the other country has nine golds, eighty-three silvers and, four hundred and twenty five bronze ones, then the first one would rank higher in the table of ultimate athletic achievement, which to my mind is utterly ludicrous and makes a mockery of the whole thing from top to bottom, totally devaluing all of the medals and meaning that the event is a shocking disgrace and an insult to the word sport.wouldn't the proper way be to assign point values per medal: 5 for gold, 3 for silver, 1 for bronze (or whatever). winning a gold would rank higher than winning a few bronze medals.
but that raises the question: is being the world's best in one competition more of an accomplishment than being really good in a number of competitions?
2 points for a gold, -1 for a silver and -3 for a bronze. Go big or go home.wouldn't the proper way be to assign point values per medal: 5 for gold, 3 for silver, 1 for bronze (or whatever). winning a gold would rank higher than winning a few bronze medals.
but that raises the question: is being the world's best in one competition more of an accomplishment than being among the best in the world in a number of competitions?