- American media frustrates sports fans around the world
- The United States has a different method for reporting medal counts
American media outlets have been ridiculed around the world for their incorrect reporting of the medal count at the Paris Olympics.
Apparently concerned about the possibility of being overthrown by countries like China, media outlets like the New York Times and NBC They are strangely publishing tables showing that the United States outnumbered the United States in medals during the third day of action in France.
Traditionally, the nation with the most gold leads the medal count at the Games, but not in American eyes.
As of Tuesday morning Australian time, Japan led the way with six gold medals ahead of France, China, Australia and South Korea, which each had five.
The United States team is in sixth place with three gold medals (eight silver and nine bronze), for a total of 20.
Many sports fans will remember that the American media clung to the total number of medals won at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, as China threatened to win more golds than the United States.
The United States is also the only major sporting country to rank the tally by medal total, and faces criticism during major sporting events for reporting differently than the rest of the world’s media.
It’s a tactic that frustrates many athletes and added a layer of tension to the one between Australia and the US in the pool ahead of the Paris Games.
American media have published a medal tally showing the United States leading the pack, despite the fact that other nations have won more golds in Paris (pictured, Australia’s Ariarne Titmus after beating American swimmer Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle final).
Australia has now won more gold medals than the United States, but you wouldn’t know it from the tallies kept by the American media (pictured, Australian swimming star Molly O’Callaghan after winning the 200m freestyle final).
Based on the number of gold medals won after the third day of competition, the United States is not in the top five (pictured)
The fuse was lit after the American media again referred to the total number of medals won at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.
After the sixth day of racing, the Australians had won 10 golds compared to just three for the American team.
This led recently retired Australian swimming legend Cate Campbell to express her frustration that the US team rang a cowbell every time one of her swimmers prepared to compete.
He later also irritated American swimming great Michael Phelps, who personally said he would use Campbell’s passionate comments as a source of “daily inspiration” if he were still competing.
“Australia being on top of the world is one thing, but beating the United States is so much sweeter,” Campbell, a four-time Olympian, said last year.
‘On the first night of the competition we didn’t have to hear the national anthem played all around the stadium. I can’t express how happy that made me.
“If I hear that song again it will be too soon. Bring on Paris! That’s all I have to say to the United States. Stop being sore losers.”
Unsurprisingly, Campbell came under fire on social media after failing to qualify for Paris.