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- Sep 17, 2011
Today we witnessed Adelina Sotnikova get awarded the gold medal for Ladies' Figure Skating. That and the newly-created Team Event bring to mind the question: how does one create more medals? Russia is currently sitting in 2nd place for the total medals count and in 4th for the golds, but had figure skating provided more medal opportunities, they could be in first.
Would more medals be good for the sport? We could rename the current medals the "all-around" medals, turn the "small medals" into real medals, and reintroduce a figures event. In this case, Adelina Sotnikova could have won the Short gold (she was in 3rd, but was very close to 1st), the Long gold, the All-around gold, and the Compulsory Figures gold. And Russia would be in 1st place with 10 gold medals.
Thoughts?
Would more medals be good for the sport? We could rename the current medals the "all-around" medals, turn the "small medals" into real medals, and reintroduce a figures event. In this case, Adelina Sotnikova could have won the Short gold (she was in 3rd, but was very close to 1st), the Long gold, the All-around gold, and the Compulsory Figures gold. And Russia would be in 1st place with 10 gold medals.
Thoughts?