Gold medallists China pose on the podium after the women's Gold Medal volleyball match Source: JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images
Xinhua said with a total of 70 medals - 26 gold, 18 silver and 26 bronze - China had come second in the overall standings even though many other news outlets -- and the official Rio website -- calculate the final table using gold medals. This would actually push China into third by the U.K., the first time China has finished outside the top two in 16 years and compares to the country's medal haul of 100 medals and 51 golds in Beijing eight years ago. Chan Siu-kam reports why it happened the way it was.
Xinhua said with a total of 70 medals - 26 gold, 18 silver and 26 bronze - China had come second in the overall standings even though many other news outlets -- and the official Rio website -- calculate the final table using gold medals. This would actually push China into third by the U.K., the first time China has finished outside the top two in 16 years and compares to the country's medal haul of 100 medals and 51 golds in Beijing eight years ago. Chan Siu-kam reports why it happened the way it was.
