Albanian weightlifter Kaliya▶ Click here for a larger view
Special Reporting Foundation = The fact that ‘the happiness of bronze medalists is higher than that of athletes who won silver medals’ in general sports events such as the Olympics is now widely known.
A recent study found that bronze medalists were more satisfied than silver medalists.
A research team at the University of Iowa in the United States analyzed photos of athletes who were on the podium at the five Summer Olympics, from the 2000 Sydney Olympics to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with automatic facial expression analysis software. said.
Professor Andrea Rualas, who conducted the study, explained the psychological difference between silver medalists and bronze medalists, saying, “I think that silver medalists compare themselves to gold medalists, and bronze medalists are not at least not in fourth place.”
San Marino’s first Olympic medalist Fellini▶ Click here for a larger view
So how do the 4th place players feel?
On the 1st, the BBC drew interest by publishing the ‘4th place player count’, which stopped just before winning the bronze medal in this tournament.
The BBC said, “Fourth place is a point at the crossroads of ecstasy and depression, to the point that it is often called the worst ranking.” We broke one record.”
In this Tokyo Olympics, the United States is recording the most ‘4th’ with 13 ‘4th’ until the 8th day after the opening of the Games, followed by the UK with 12.
The BBC commented, “The ‘4th’ tally is one of those rankings that the UK doesn’t want to rise to.”
Italy ranked 4th with 9 medals, but Italy also had 15 bronze medals, the most among participating countries, and is particularly high in 3rd and 4th places.
Wonjin Kim, who lost the bronze medal match.▶ Click here for a larger view
Here, 4th place is based on ‘5th place’, which is just below the bronze medal in Judo and Taekwondo, where two bronze medals are awarded.
Judo’s Kim Won-jin and Yoon Hyun-ji, and Taekwondo’s Lee Dae-hoon lost the bronze medal match, and the mixed shooting 10m air rifle could not cross the 3-4th place barrier.
The men’s 67kg weightlifting weightlifter Myeong-mok Myeong-mok was only 1kg apart from the bronze medalist.
Korea has secured at least six ‘4th places’ in badminton women’s doubles as Korean players are to fight for bronze medals.
Compared to China, which ranks first in medal rankings, with five ‘4th places’, the number of ‘4th places’ in Korea is not small.
Countries dreaming of their first Olympic medals were also mixed in third and fourth places.
In San Marino, with a population of 33,000, Alessandra Fellini of the women’s shooting trap scored 29 points, beating the fourth-placed Australian athlete with 26 points and giving her country the first Olympic medal.
On the other hand, Albanian weightlifter Bricken Kaliya lifted 341 kg, but was only 4th by 1 kg to Erwin Abdullah (Indonesia), who placed 3rd place, and missed Albania’s first Olympic medal by a short distance.
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