If the Ivies Were a Country… (Redux)
…it would be the biggest group of overachievers in Beijing.
ESPN’s Pat Forde did the dirty work to calculate that the greatest overachiever in the 2008 Games was Zimbabwe, which had thirteen athletes participating while taking home four medals; one medal for every 3.3 athletes.
Assuming that Mr. Forde is right… means that he is, of course, wrong. This is because the mighty Ivy Nation would take the top spot.
Simple math: 42 athletes and 14 medals equals one medal for every 3 (< 3.3) athletes.
We think you should let Mr. Forde know about his error.
Nice work Ivies!
