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The_Botman said:

Here in the US, channels covering the medal counts just base it on total medals. So the chart would say, 1. US, 2. China, 3. Japan

That's because it'd place the Americans in first, and drop the UK down a couple places. But it's not how the official table is. This is the official medals table, from the official Olympics website:

				Table ViewBar View
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	People's Republic of China	18	11	6	35
2	United States of America	18	9	10	37
3	Republic of Korea	7	2	5	14
4	Great Britain	6	6	6	18
5	France	6	5	6	17
6	Germany	5	8	5	18
7	Italy	4	5	2	11
8	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	4	0	1	5
9	Russian Federation	3	6	8	17
10	New Zealand	3	0	2	5
11	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3
11	South Africa	3	0	0	3
13	Japan	2	6	11	19
14	Netherlands	2	1	3	6
15	Hungary	2	1	2	5
16	Ukraine	2	0	4	6
17	Australia	1	8	4	13
18	Romania	1	3	2	6
19	Cuba	1	2	1	4
20	Brazil	1	1	2	4
21	Belarus	1	1	1	3
22	Slovenia	1	0	2	3
23	Georgia	1	0	0	1
23	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
23	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
26	Mexico	0	3	1	4
27	Canada	0	2	5	7
28	Colombia	0	2	1	3
29	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
29	Sweden	0	2	0	2
31	Denmark	0	1	2	3
32	Belgium	0	1	1	2
32	Spain	0	1	1	2
32	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
32	India	0	1	1	2
32	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
32	Norway	0	1	1	2
32	Poland	0	1	1	2
39	Croatia	0	1	0	1
39	Egypt	0	1	0	1
39	Thailand	0	1	0	1
39	Taipei (Chinese Taipei)	0	1	0	1
43	Slovakia	0	0	3	3
44	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
44	Greece	0	0	1	1
44	Republic of Moldova	0	0	1	1
44	Qatar	0	0	1	1
44	Singapore	0	0	1	1
44	Serbia	0	0	1	1
44	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Don't you think it'd be unfair is Slovakia was ranked on level with Kazakstan, for example? Your media outlet is wrong, they're just spinning it in their favour.

 

And a great day so far today, with a great match with the Tennis, 8-8!