Day 5: August 13th 2008

“Cestitam , Slovenija” which if (like me) Slovene is not your native language I hope translates as “Congratulations, Slovenia!” and reason for this attempt at Slovene? Slovenia won a silver medal in the Women’s 200m Freestyle and as a result became the first small nation I am following to medal at Beijing. So once again “”Cestitam , Slovenija” but they were not the only ones today because about two hours later, Mongolia joined them. That’s right, after the upset of yesterday, Mongolia won an Olympic silver medal in the Women’s 25m Pistol. So how knows what tomorrow may bring?

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Posted by Harry Hayfield 7 years ago

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Derek - August 14, 2008 @ 8:03 am

True, Slovenia is small, but their location, resources, and economy makes them one of Europe’s wealthiest nations. I don’t know how much money they put into their national sports programs, but small doesn’t necessarily mean weak.

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