Size matters. We’d be well advised to keep that in mind when it comes to assessing Team South Africa’s Paris Olympics prospects.
Image: Team SA website Image: Team SA websiteA visual reminder of what they, and every other country, is up against at the Games can be seen almost immediately after exiting the building. As you look out a bedroom window you’ll see Serbia’s flags. That’s where the likes of Novak Djokovic will stay. Around the corner you’ll see a whole eight-storey apartment block adorned in the colours of Team USA.
At Tokyo 2020 , Team USA topped the medals table with 113 – 39 of them being gold, They were followed by China , Japan, Great Britain and ROC . France were eighth in Tokyo, but expect them to move up the table as hosts who have thrown resources into the cause as hosts.medals from Tokyo 2020. And they should achieve that, although we’re not comparing apples with apples when it comes to “us” and “them”.
Which is why every medal Team SA wins is celebrated with gusto. After a while the USA will be counting their golds more than they will silver or bronze. After all, their 39 golds were down on the 46 and 48 of the two previous Games’. Only twice in the last 10 Olympics’ stretching back to 1984 in Los Angeles have the USA not hit 100 medals, with their lowest being 93 at Sydney 2000.
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