Summary
The Winter Olympics are ending, and Norway has secured the top spot in the medal count, ahead of the United States. A controversy arose when Italy, which had a higher total number of medals than the Netherlands, was placed lower on the official medal table due to fewer silver medals.
Key Facts
- The Winter Olympics are concluding with Norway leading the medal count.
- The United States is in second place, following Norway.
- Italy was initially in second place but was surpassed by the USA over the weekend.
- The official Olympic medal table placed the Netherlands above Italy.
- Italy and the Netherlands both have 10 gold medals.
- The Netherlands was ranked higher due to having more silver medals than Italy.
- Italian fans are unhappy because Italy has more total medals (30) than the Netherlands (20).
- This ranking system caused a social media dispute between fans of both countries.