China.

In a sense we can understand Wu Jingbiao's tearful breakdown. He was the favorite to win the weightlifting gold medal and didn't. In the same sense we can understand his statement: “I’m ashamed for disgracing the motherland, the Chinese weightlifting team and all those who supported me, I’m sorry!”  Oh God maybe not. Maybe in a little sense, in the sense that China is the largest country on earth with a longer continuous history than any other country. Add to those advantages their acknowledged racial superiority and shouldn't China be the favorites to win more gold medals and more medals overall than every other country in every Olympiad? Yes, they should. So why don't they?

China did win more gold in 2008 than any other country, but those Olympics were held in Beijing. And they still came in second overall. And this year, without home field advantage they came in second overall and in gold. Why?