The paper mainly applies a weighted accumulative method to predict Chinese previous Olympic Games medals total amount and analyze golden medals total amount floating change rule. According to analysis, the paper thinks that Olympic Games medals change rule can be predicted from three aspects that are Chinese economic strength, number of Chinese participants and Chinese medals amount changes fol...

On August 22, 2006, four Fields Medals were awarded at the opening ceremonies of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Madrid, Spain. The medalists are ANDREI OKOUNKOV, GRIGORY PERELMAN, TERENCE TAO, and WENDELIN WERNER. [Editors Note: During the award ceremony, John Ball, president of the International Mathematical Union, announced that Perelman declined to accept the Fields Me...

Several ways used to rank countries with respect to medals won during Olympic Games are discussed. In particular, it is shown that the unofficial rank used by the Olympic Committee is the only rank that does not allow one to use a numerical counter for ranking – this rank uses the lexicographic ordering to rank countries: one gold medal is more precious than any number of silver medals and one ...

Not everyone in our country has equal access to competitive sports. Many are not effective participants on account of ignorance or disinterest, disability or deterrence. This analysis considers two separate arenas for enlarging the pool of effective participants, one related to sports and other to social mobility. In both cases, this paper finds the plausibility of an explanation based on effec...

There can only be one gold medal in each event at the Olympics. In science, on the other hand, as.

BACKGROUND Skiing and snowboarding have become increasingly popular since the inception of the winter X-Games in 1997. PURPOSE To determine (1) rate of return to sport (RTS) to the winter X-Games following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and (2) performance upon RTS following ACL reconstruction. HYPOTHESES There is a high rate of RTS to the winter X-Games in subjects undergo...