Dominicans in Beijing 2008 Olympics

[Kyle]

no, they got it right. its economy is hideous and it's population is only beyween 10-15 million people. 179 out of 192 nations should tell you a whole lot.

 

[A.Hidalgo]

Interesting article. But...
"The winner is the Dominican Republic. Its one gold and one silver put it 47th in the medals table, while its puny economy is only the 179th in the world."

179th??? the DR isn't that small or poor, or indeed puny. Would The Times perhaps maybe possibly surely not but still have confused the DR with Dominica? Oh Dear....

Anyway, well done for both Dominican athletes!! (or Dom?nican? :ermm

The following is a response from a reader that made your correct observation.

I'm sorry to say this, but nr 179 on the World Bank list is Dominica, not the much bigger Dominican republic which is nr 73. The approach is relevant, and the other examples are, as far as I can see, OK.

Juha Kajander, Helsinki, Finland

Forget China's 100 medals. The real winner of the Games was... | Chris Dillow - Times Online

 

[A.Hidalgo]

no, they got it right. its economy is hideous and it's population is only beyween 10-15 million people. 179 out of 192 nations should tell you a whole lot.

Dude what are you talking about????

 

[Kyle]

you can't read ? please don't ask stupid questions......

 

[qgrande]

no, they got it right. its economy is hideous and it's population is only beyween 10-15 million people. 179 out of 192 nations should tell you a whole lot.

Is this a joke?? I hope so... :ermm:

 

[A.Hidalgo]

no, they got it right. its economy is hideous and it's population is only beyween 10-15 million people. 179 out of 192 nations should tell you a whole lot.

Lets take a step back before this thread deteriorates. What country are you referring to......

 

[qgrande]

The following is a response from a reader that made your correct observation.
Forget China's 100 medals. The real winner of the Games was... | Chris Dillow - Times Online

Let's see how quick they are with a correction.
In the meantime it's great publicity for the DR's sports, but not so great for its economy...

 

[Kyle]

116 Dominica 5,650 b
111 Macedonia, FYR 3,460 117 Algeria 5,490 b
112 Peru 3,450 118 Egypt, Arab Rep. 5,400
113 Thailand 3,400 119 China 5,370
114 Namibia 3,360 120 Jordan 5,160
115 Albania 3,290 121 Namibia 5,120
116 Colombia 3,250 122 Belize 5,100 b
117 Maldives 3,200 123 Dominican Republic 5,050 b

yes, it's a joke i'm laughing :ermm:

 

[Tamborista]

you can't read ? please don't ask stupid questions......

Amigo:

You may want to do a little research on your own, according to The IMF, DR happens to be #76/185 in terms of GDP in 2007.

http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php

 

[qgrande]

116 Dominica 5,650 b
111 Macedonia, FYR 3,460 117 Algeria 5,490 b
112 Peru 3,450 118 Egypt, Arab Rep. 5,400
113 Thailand 3,400 119 China 5,370
114 Namibia 3,360 120 Jordan 5,160
115 Albania 3,290 121 Namibia 5,120
116 Colombia 3,250 122 Belize 5,100 b
117 Maldives 3,200 123 Dominican Republic 5,050 b

yes, it's a joke i'm laughing :ermm:

My guess is you're looking at per capita GNP, not absolute?

 

[A.Hidalgo]

It does not make sense, according to Kyle's figures DR is in 122 place. Very different from 179th place and he also mentioned something about 10 to 15 million people. DR's population is approx 9.2 million.

 

[Kyle]

well i guess it depends on whose data you read. let's move on, this is a moot conversation. they got 2 medals, i'm glad, the country is glad, etc...

hip hip horay !!!

 

[A.Hidalgo]

The president gives seven and five million Dominican pesos to medal winners Felix Diaz and Gabriel Mercedes......

EL PRESIDENTE FERN?NDEZ ENTREG? LO PROMETIDO A F?LIX D?AZ Y GABRIEL MERCEDES, 7 Y 5 MILLONES DE PESOS

El Deporte - ?Medallas se convierten en millones!