Denmark’s 15 medals at the 2016 Rio Games might have only been good enough for 28th place overall, but when you consider the Nordic nation’s small size things look a lot better.
The wins keep piling up for Danish athletes in Rio. Three more medals were captured on Thursday, giving the small Nordic nation 13 medals with three days of action remaining.
Pernille Blume, who quit swimming after being told she was too short, gave Denmark its first gold in the Olympic pool for 68 years Saturday with a surprise win in the 50m freestyle.
A self-confessed hatchet man hardened by fleeing the drugs and violence of favela-like conditions during a troubled childhood, Ediegerson Gomes has no fear of dumping Neymar and hosts Brazil out of the Olympics.
Olympic thieves have robbed Denmark’s team of mobile phones, clothes and sheets, and even had the cheek to deprive Morten Rodtwitt, the country’s Olympic boss of his iPad.
The head of the Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) said that while it is "exciting" that the head of the International Olympic Committee has encouraged Copenhagen to make a bid, the city is still years away from being ready.
