Hot topics August 3, 2012 London Olympics - Badminton controversy and Michael Phelps historic medal achievement

Results for - Hot topics August 3, 2012 London Olympics - Badminton controversy and Michael Phelps historic medal achievement

561 voters participated in this survey

1. Michael Phelps is the most medaled Olympian; yet swimming affords the greatest number of medaling options over other sports like gymnastics, etc. Place your vote for the greatest Olympian of all time?

Usain Bolt - Jamaican - fastest man alive | 13.01% | 73 votes

Nadia Comaneci - Romanian - perfect 10 | 10.70% | 60 votes

Clara Huges – Canadian - medaled in both summer and winter Olympics | 7.84% | 44 votes

Larisa Latynina – Soviet - recipient of 18 medals in gymnastics and remains recipient of most individual medals | 3.03% | 17 votes

Carl Lewis - American - 10 medals, 9 gold for short track, named Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated | 9.27% | 52 votes

Paavo Nurmi - Finland - 1920's - won 9 golds, three silvers in middle distance running - kicked out from future Olympics because he received money for travel expenses | 1.78% | 10 votes

Michael Phelps - American - most decorated medalist of all time | 18.18% | 102 votes

Jesse Owens – African American - 4 golds in 1936 in Berlin during Nazi Germany's Aryan rule | 7.84% | 44 votes

Not following this | 26.56% | 149 votes

Other (please specify) | 1.78% | 10 votes
2. Badminton match fixing scandal saw one women’s team from China, two from south Korea and one from Indonesia get kicked out. Have your say.

They should not have been kicked out. They were playing to win; the round robin style was added to the game for the first time | 19.25% | 108 votes

They should have been kicked out. Throwing a game is poor sportsmanship and does not belong in the Olympic arena | 41.89% | 235 votes

Not following this | 38.86% | 218 votes