Journalists from the United States are confident that the reason for the record number of medals at the Tokyo Olympics is the “secret weapon” of Russians. And they even claim to have found it.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Russian team possesses a “secret training weapon” thanks to which gold medals are so loved by Russian athletes. The American media cite geography as such. According to journalists, training on Sakhalin Island or in Vladivostok, for example, recreates the conditions of the Tokyo Olympics as much as possible, even the clock poles are the same. Therefore, the athletes there were able to prepare for the Games as efficiently as possible. And the closeness of some training camps to foreigners further increased the suspicions of journalists.
At the same time, conditions for American athletes were far from ideal – in the context of the pandemic, gyms in the country were closed. The Wall Street Journal states:
All this led to the fact that athletes from Russia at the Olympics “were so successful that sometimes the only people who prevented the Russians from winning gold were other Russians.”
Indeed, even the Russian Olympic Committee before the Tokyo Games hoped that Russian athletes would win at least 50 medals. To date, the Russian Olympic team has 53 of them, including 14 gold ones.
All medals of the 2020 Olympics by sport and country:
1.China – 32 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze – 69 medals in total
2. USA – 24 gold, 27 silver, 21 bronze – 72 medals in total
3. Japan – 19 gold, 6 silver, 11 bronze – a total of 36 medals
4. Australia – 14 gold, 4 silver, 15 bronze – 33 medals in total
5.Russia – 13 gold, 21 silver, 18 bronze – 52 medals in total (due to the doping scandal, it is flying the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee)
6.United Kingdom – 13 gold, 17 silver, 13 bronze – 43 medals in total
7.Germany – 8 gold, 8 silver, 14 bronze – 30 medals in total
8.France – 6 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze – 24 medals in total
9. Netherlands – 6 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze – total 20 medals
10.South Korea – 6 gold, 4 silver, 9 bronze – 19 medals in total
11. New Zealand – 6 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze – 15 medals in total
12.Italy – 5 gold, 9 silver, 15 bronze – 29 medals in total
13. Hungary – 4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze – 11 medals in total
14. Cuba – 4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze – 11 medals in total
15. Czech Republic – 4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze – a total of 8 medals
16. Canada – 3 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze – 14 medals in total
17.Switzerland – 3 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze – 12 medals in total
18. Brazil – 3 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze – 13 medals in total
19.Croatia – 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze – 8 medals in total
20. Taiwan – 2 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze – 10 medals in total
21. Poland – 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze – 6 medals in total
22. Denmark – 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze – 6 medals in total
23. Jamaica – 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze – 5 medals in total
24. Norway – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – 4 medals in total
24. Slovenia – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – 4 medals in total
26. Ecuador – 2 gold, 1 silver – 3 medals in total
27. Greece – 2 gold, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
27. Uzbekistan – 2 gold, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
29. Kosovo – 2 gold – 2 medals in total
29. Qatar – 2 gold – only 2 medals
31. Spain – 1 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze – 9 medals in total
32. Georgia – 1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze – 6 medals in total
33. Romania – 1 gold, 3 silver – 4 medals in total
33.Sweden – 1 gold, 3 silver – 4 medals in total
33. Venezuela – 1 gold, 3 silver – 4 medals in total
36. Hong Kong – 1 gold, 2 silver – 3 medals in total
36.South Africa – 1 gold, 2 silver – 3 medals in total
36.Slovakia – 1 gold, 2 silver – 3 medals in total
39. Austria – 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze – 5 medals in total
39. Indonesia – 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze – 5 medals in total
39.Serbia – 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze – 5 medals in total
42.Belgium – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
42. Ethiopia – 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
44. Philippines – 1 gold, 1 silver – 2 medals in total
44. Tunisia – 1 gold, 1 silver – 2 medals in total
46.Turkey – 1 gold, 5 bronze – 6 medals in total
47. Ireland – 1 gold, 2 bronze – 3 medals in total
47. Israel – 1 gold, 2 bronze – 3 medals in total
49.Belarus – 1 gold, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
49. Estonia – 1 gold, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
49. Fiji – 1 gold, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
49.Iran – 1 gold, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
49. Latvia – 1 gold, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
54. Bermuda – 1 gold – only 1 medal
54. Morocco – 1 gold – total 1 medal
54. Puerto Rico – 1 gold – total 1 medal
54. Thailand – 1 gold – total 1 medal
58. Armenia – 2 silver, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
58. Colombia – 2 silver, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
58. Dominican Republic – 2 silver, 1 bronze – 3 medals in total
61. Ukraine – 1 silver, 6 bronze – 7 medals in total
62. Mongolia – 1 silver, 2 bronze – 3 medals in total
62. Portugal – 1 silver, 2 bronze – 3 medals in total
64. India – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
64. Kenya – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
64. Kyrgyzstan – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
64. Nigeria – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
64.San Marino – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
64. Uganda – 1 silver, 1 bronze – 2 medals in total
70.Bulgaria – 1 silver – total 1 medal
70. Jordan – 1 silver – total 1 medal
70. North Macedonia – 1 silver – total 1 medal
70. Namibia – 1 silver – 1 medal in total
70. Turkmenistan – 1 silver – total 1 medal
75. Azerbaijan – 3 bronze – 3 medals in total
75.Kazakhstan – 3 bronze – 3 medals in total
75. Mexico – 3 bronze – 3 medals in total
78. Egypt – 2 bronze – 3 medals in total
79. Argentina – 1 bronze – total 1 medal
79. Cote d Ivoire – 1 bronze – total 1 medal
79. Finland – 1 bronze – total 1 medal
79. Ghana – 1 bronze – total 1 medal
79. Kuwait – 1 bronze – total 1 medal
79. Malaysia – 1 bronze – only 1 medal.
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