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The Fury said:
pokoko said:
I had no idea how the USA did until I read this thread. I knew we'd get at least a 100 so I didn't pay attention. The only gold medal winner I know of is Phelps because he was all over the news.

Kind of jealous of countries that only win a few, to be honest, because it seems like they mean a lot more.

I have a question to the USA folk, you and others if need be, as I always wondered something. Sure the USA are interested in the Olympics but how much? I ask this as one of your greatest ever competitors in the Olympics, Michael Johnson (whose 400m record was broken at these Olympics) is part of the BBC athletics team and has been for years. Infact he awesome at this job and I wonder why he doesn't do said job for an American company? (The BBC coverage would be so much better if they got rid of Denise Richards, she knows nothing and adds nothing to the analysis of events.

Not all that much, really, I don't think.  At least, where I live.  It's nothing at all like when it was the USA against the USSR and people were hanging onto every single contest where we had a chance at a medal.  I know in the last polls, interest had dipped a lot.

There is also an issue with representation, where almost half our team came from just five states.