I don't think that's true. 

Silver and bronze still mean something, and at least the athlete got something for all their hard work rather than nothing. And I think it's still very special to be ranked #2 or #3 in the entire world for your sport. 

And it's not like the whole world knows who you are after you win gold. Most people only know the big stars - Bolt, Phelps, Simone Biles, Katie ledeky etc. People forget all about everyone else right after the Olympics are over. 

Every American media outlet I've seen is doing it by gold if tied by silver, if still tied by bronze. Did they used to do it differently? I can't recall how it was done in previous Olympics.

I watched Walsh/Ross vs Agatha/Barbara beach volleyball last night. The Brazilians played great, including some amazing saves that looked near impossible, and Walsh/Ross played awful. They made so many errors and bad decisions; Walsh couldn't dig if you gave her a shovel last night. They had enough talent to stay in it, but they needed their 'A' game against opponents like Agatha/Barbara and they just didn't have it. I hope they can at least take Bronze in the third place match, but after that performance I'm not confident.

Regardless of the situation there have been a few instances where the fans at the games have booed opposition just because they are competiting against a Brazilian. That isn't the spirit of the games. Lavellenie might be great at his sport but he didn't have the Olympic record, Da Silva (new to the sport outside of youth tournaments), encouraged by fans, went for it and got it. Bravo, cheer for him. Don't boo (singling out) someone else because they are the closest thing for your guy not to win.

Some athletes are dissapointed in a bronze or a silver, like Lavellian for instance, but others burst out in joy. It depends on the athlete.

No more track cycling means fewer medals for GB now. I think Brownlee's might get one, Mo another and we have a guaranteed sailing one today but i think that's it.

Yet, still a superb Olympics.

Italy is doing extremely well. We already won 8 gold medals which is the average we get at the end of the Olympics. That beeing said other than a few finals/semi-finals taking place today our athletes' competitions will drastically drop, Italians aren't good at Athletics and our only good jumper got injured a few months before the Olympics.
Really surprised by the Cycling Gold Medal we won, also I have to say that the scene during the end of the 10km swimming marathon was awful, the Gold medal was already taken, I don't get why the french swimmer had to do that...

What happened? I heard from our GB perspective but swimming isn't something I'm interested in. Our GB was disqualified after placing 3rd, then 5th then getting 2 cards.

The Italian and the French swimmers wher head to head at the finish line for the 2nd place when the French swimmer jumped on the back of the Italian to stop her from reaching first the pannel that needs to be touched to end the marathon, the French ended up touching the pannel 0.something seconds before the Italian but, after a few minutes, she was disqualified for what she did, so the bronze medal went to the brazilian swimmer who was like 20m behind the Italian and the French...

Sunday in the women’s marathon, when the German twins and training partners Anna and Lisa Hahner decided — spontaneously, they insist — to join hands as they crossed the finish line deep in the pack and far from the medals, they quickly drew sharp criticism.

German track and field officials accused them of publicity seeking and treating the Olympic marathon “like a fun run.”

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Your thoughts? Is it endearing to see siblings finish together? Or is it making light of the competition and just seeking attention?

I tend to be optimist and think they train together and happened to be close to one another and given finish 81st and 82nd decided to finish together. Honestly the controversy seems to get more headlines than the act itself.

Can we replace Sergio Llull with Anna Cruz if she wears a fake beard?