tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902647.post6548461765202120218..comments2024-03-26T05:19:42.852-04:00Comments on Professor Michael Roberto's Blog: The Olympics: Who is Happier? The Bronze vs. the Silver MedalistsMichael Robertohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658740999927721412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902647.post-13673083268118653692012-08-02T15:50:42.857-04:002012-08-02T15:50:42.857-04:00Fully agree with Amarendra -- in most team sports ...Fully agree with Amarendra -- in most team sports getting the silver means you lost the final match, getting the broze means you won.Mattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882055661730315977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902647.post-28435122872473614762012-08-02T15:49:58.933-04:002012-08-02T15:49:58.933-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882055661730315977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902647.post-72683076891130123472012-08-01T04:58:55.515-04:002012-08-01T04:58:55.515-04:00Interesting finding.
Along with intial (pre-game) ...Interesting finding.<br />Along with intial (pre-game) expectations the game situation and type of event would also matter - for example:<br />1. A single final round/race producing a close finish between #1,#2 and #3,#4,#5 .<br />2. Events where the finals will only decide the gold and silver, and there's a playoff for bronze.<br /><br />Wouldn't the mix of type of events and situations at the Games determine whether the research findings hold true (for most of the time) or not?<br /><br />Just yesterday, in a weightlifting event finals; while the eventual winner was assured of gold even before his last lift, the silver medal winner made it only in his last lift displacing the lifter who'd been at #2 all along.Amarendra R Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270796105678999273noreply@blogger.com