| You've just won an Olympic gold medal, the culmination of a lifetime of training and sacrifice. You're standing on the podium, the flag is rising and the national anthem is blaring. How are you going to react? Are you going to stand stoically? Or are you going to turn into a blubbering mess of mucus and tears? |
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你刚刚赢得了一枚奥运金牌，多年的训练和牺牲终于带来了如此辉煌的成就。你站在领奖台上，国旗缓缓升起，国歌在耳边奏响。你会有怎样的反应？面无表情地站在那里，还是哭得鼻涕眼泪一大把？ |
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| To find out what happens most often, the Journal reviewed the tape of 129 gold-medal winners from the London Games. About 16% of them cried at some point during the ceremony. Another 16% either bit or kissed their medal on the podium, while 44% sang along with their anthem─sometimes through a stream of tears. Women cry more than men─25% compared to 8%─but many of the men who did cry seriously lost it. South Africa's Chad le Clos needed tissues after he beat Michael Phelps in the 200-meter butterfly, while the Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez was a complete wreck after winning the 400-meter hurdles. |
European Pressphoto Agency英国金牌得主科普兰（左）与霍斯金。为找出哪种情况发生的最多，《华尔街日报》回顾了伦敦奥运会上129枚金牌的得主领奖时的录像。其中有约16%的人在颁奖典礼上哭过，另有16%在领奖台上咬或亲吻了金牌，有44%的人跟着音乐唱了国歌，有的人还是边哭边唱。女选手比男选手哭得多，两者的比例分别是25%和8%，但男选手不哭则已，一哭起来很多都哭得稀里哗拉。南非的克洛斯(Chad le Clos)在男子200米蝶泳比赛中战胜菲尔普斯(Michael Phelps)后甚至需要纸巾擦眼泪。多米尼加共和国的桑切斯(Felix Sanchez)则在赢得了400米栏比赛后哭得一塌糊涂。 |
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| Among the three countries with the most gold medals thus far, China cries the least, with only 7% of its athletes succumbing to tears. More than 17% of American winners cried, while a whopping 37.5% of athletes from host country Great Britain cried. And since they weren't crying, the Chinese also sang the most: 92% of their athletes belted out the anthem, compared to 61% from Great Britain and 44% from the U.S. |
到目前为止，跻身金牌榜前三甲的国家中，中国选手是哭得最少的，只有7%的选手忍不住哭了。有逾17%以上的美国金牌得主哭了，而东道主英国有高达37.5%的选手哭了。此外，由于中国选手哭得少，他们成为跟唱国歌最多的：有92%的选手唱了国歌，英国则为61%，美国为44%。 |
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