Olympic medal myth debunked by expert

Olympic medal myth debunked by expert

"The IOC charter has a rule that insists athletes must compete as individuals — and a nation-by-nation medal count runs counter to that: Section six of the opening chapter states that the Games 'are competitions between athletes in individual or team events and not between countries.'

While the Sochi Games website 'engages' in the public fascination and posts the medal count, the IOC website includes no mention, Forsyth says.

And that helps explain the confusingly inconsistent medal counts — some ranking by most golds, others by total medals."