India Has More Olympic Medals In Its History Than Michael Phelps, And About To Get Another In Boxing

It seems just days ago, media outlets like Yahoo were reporting and blogging that Michael Phelps, expected to win his 22 Olympic medal, would have as many Olympic medals as India has won in its entire history! And 1.2 billion people live there! Then along came India Badminton player Saina Nehwal, who won a bronze medal, giving India 23 medals before Phelps swam to his 22nd and final medal later that day, teaching some other bloggers a lesson about avoiding premature e-joke-elation!

Also congratulations, India, as you wait to see whether boxer Mary Kom, who is guaranteed at least a bronze medal, wins the gold today!

That said, we suspect India might win even more medals if somebody brought cricket back to the Olympics, as we hear that cricket is very popular in India (and India is the current World Cup Of Cricket Champions after a 2011 World Cup victory).

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http://nottheworstnews.com/2012/08/08/india-now-has-more-olympic-medals-in-its-history-than-michael-phelps/