Having a laugh: Gold beats total medals, unless you’re American

  • 📰 smh
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 80%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

Australia have won 13 gold medals at the world championships. The USA have won just four. The debate has kicked off in Fukuoka.

USA Swimming head coach Bob Bowman has refused to concede that Australia will top the medal tally at this year’s world swimming championships as an American broadcaster put its own spin on a poor meeting for a team normally considered the world’s best.

The USA is next with four golds, 16 silvers and 11 bronze medals . It is the first time since the 2001 world championships, coincidentally also in Fukuoka, that Australia have beaten the USA on the medal table.However, the Americans will finish the week with more overall medals than their Australian rivals.

On NBC’s coverage, the broadcaster had the United States sitting above Australia on a medal table shown to viewers. “It’s always satisfying standing on the podium and at times not have to listen to the American anthem and listen to our own,” Chalmers said. “It’s very proud when you get to see your Australian flag come up and stand with your teammates.”Taylor said that it wasn’t a question.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Essential workers priced out as Gold Coast becomes most expensive region for renters in the countryLatest data shows Gold Coast rents have risen by more than 18 per cent over the past three years to an average of $820 a week, forcing people who grew up in the area to find a new place to call home.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

How dangerous is it having Europe’s largest nuclear reactor in the middle of a war zone?The Zaporizhzhia power plant has become a chess piece in the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, a prized chip it is unwilling to relinquish.
Source: theage - 🏆 8. / 77 Read more »

Hunter Biden’s plea deal being placed on hold ‘restores faith’ in US legal systemThe Australian’s Adam Creighton says Hunter Biden’s plea agreement being placed on hold somewhat “restores faith” in the American legal system. “So I think it’s a good outcome,” he told Sky News host James Morrow.
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

AUSMIN meeting marred by Talisman Sabre helicopter crashThe AUSMIN meeting and Talisman Sabre military defence exercises have been marred by a helicopter crash where four Australian army personnel are feared to be dead, says Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. “The Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles gave a press conference yesterday morning in which he put into context the dangers and risk that go together with such military exercises that prepare our troops for possible war scenarios,” Mr Clennell said. “The accident surely will spark some debate and an inquiry into the safety of the Taipan helicopter used, with the military having plans to decommission those choppers in favour of Black Hawks.”
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

US announces weapons aid package for TaiwanThe US has announced a weapons aid package for Taiwan worth $518 million AUD. It marks the first tranche of a total $1.5 billion AUD commitment by US Congress to Taiwan. The package is set to include portable air defence systems along with firearms on missiles. Beijing has repeatedly demanded the United States stop selling weapons to Taiwan.
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Essential workers priced out as Gold Coast becomes most expensive region for renters in the countryLatest data shows Gold Coast rents have risen by more than 18 per cent over the past three years to an average of $820 a week, forcing people who grew up in the area to find a new place to call home.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »