Grenada, New Zealand trouncing US and China in alternative Olympic medal …

At least that's according to one method for crunching the numbers that's being promoted by a New Zealand government agency. Since last Thursday, Statistics New Zealand has been posting daily online updates of its “medal strike rate” — the number of

With its gold medal Monday, Grenada vaulted past Slovenia on the list of countries that have won the most medals per capita.

That could include capturing more titles and maybe even one day breaking Michael Johnson's 400-meter record of 43.18 seconds. But that's a conversation for another time, when he's no longer celebrating the victory that gave Grenada its first medal

While the United States and China may be battling it out atop the medal count leaderboard for 2012 Summer Olympics surpremacy, a great story of the games is the small country of Grenada winning its first Olympic medal in

Here in America, Olympic medals are not only frequent, but expected. And while the majority of attention is understandably paid to the nations at the top of.

Grenada declares half-holiday for runner James Olympic gold

With its gold medal Monday, Grenada vaulted past Slovenia on the list of countries that have won the most medals per capita.

LONDON – Go get 'em, Grenada. On Monday, we highlighted which teams have won the most medals per capita. Based on this formula, Slovenia, with four medals and just over two million people, led the leader board. China and the United States, which

Here in America, Olympic medals are not only frequent, but expected. And while the majority of attention is understandably paid to the nations at the top of.

People danced, cheered and waved flags in the streets of Grenada after Kirani James won the gold medal in the 400-meter run with a time of 43.94 seconds — giving the small Caribbean nation its first-ever Olympic medal. Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina,

The small Caribbean nation of Grenada, liberated from a Communist coup by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, won their first Olympic medal in history today!