As a number of countries bemoan the lack of medals at the recently completed Rio Olympics, spare a thought for the Chinese athletes who were ridiculed by state media as the "worst Olympic flop". China sent a team of 410 athletes and finished with 26 golds compared to Great Britain's 27, their lowest gold medals tally since Atlanta in 1996, where they finished with just 16. State media labelled the Games as China's "worst Olympic flop" and cited Britain's spending as the reason Team GB toppled them on the medal tally. "Simply speaking, the theory of 'high investment produces high output' also applies to the Olympics Games," an article in the Beijing News read. Chinese officials were also upset the US were allowed to re-run their women's 4x100m relay heat after dropping the baton and knocking the Chinese team out of the event.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 23, 2016 03:45 UTC