Olympics Update: China Now Has Five More Gold Than The U.S.

Despite picking up another six medals yesterday, we're still chasing the Chinese in the medal count.  They now have five more gold medals than we do, and we're behind them by one on the overall count.  Here are the latest standings:

#1.)  China with 30 medals - 17 Gold, 9 Silver, and 4 Bronze.

#2.)  United States with 29 medals - 12 Gold, 8 Silver, and 9 Bronze.

#3.)  Japan with 17 medals - 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 11 Bronze.

#4.)  France with 13 medals - 5 Gold, 3 Silver, and 5 Bronze.

#5.)  Germany with 13 medals - 3 Gold, 8 Silver, and 2 Bronze.

The Germans knocked South Korea out of the Top 5 yesterday. They dropped down to sixth with 12 medals.