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Ask HN: Why do most US sites sort by total medals?
The official (http://www.sochi2014.com/en/medals) Sochi site, and many others rank nations by number of gold, then silver, then bronze. But CNN, ESPN, NBC are all sorting by total medal count.
- zimpenfish 13y agoSeems a bit churlish to point out that it's likely because it puts the USA at the top...