Aug 21 2008
The Medal Battle
So far, in this year’s Olympics, the United States is leading the Chinese in total medal count. The official number is US 95 medals and the Chinese have finally started to trail and now have 83 medals. Until now the Americans and Chinese have been in a close race for the country with the most total medal count. The next country in the standings is Russia, they trail the Chinese by 32 medals, with 51 total medals. On the other hand, the Chinese have won more gold medals than the Americans, with 46 gold medals to the Americans 29. As the Olympics continue we will see how things turn out. Anything could happen!