sport">Jeffrey Hoogland (sprint, silver), Sifan Hassan (1500 meters, bronze) and Nouchka Fontein (boxing middleweight, bronze) brought the total harvest, with two days to go to the Olympics, to 31 medals (9-10-12). That’s good for ninth place.
sport">TeamNL was just eighth just behind Germany (9-11-16). Due to the surprising victory of the relay sprinters in the 4×100 meters, with Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs as figurehead, Italy (9-10-18) passed the Orange at the last minute. France is tenth with ‘only’ seven times gold, as much as New Zealand.
China
sport">China is still the most successful gold miner with 36 Olympic titles, including the calculated victory of the table tennis players in the country match against Germany (3-0) on Friday. In addition, at least 26 silver and 17 bronze medals will go to Beijing.
sport">As number 2 in the gold ranking, the American team (31-36-31) expanded the large collection of honorary metal to 98 pieces. Host nation Japan (24-11-16) remained third, now followed by Great Britain (18-19-20), Russia (17-23-22) and Australia (17-6-21).
sport">watch here the full medal tally.
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