No, you only get multiple physical medals; you don't get multiple medals on the table. A team victory is counted as 1 just like an individual victory. You don't purposefully sacrifice one final for another final unless you believed that you'd be fighting for silver or bronze in one but had a chance at the gold in the other.
Yes, I wonder why Li didn't compete yesterday. I think she was not feeling well; it's unecessary to conserve energy for today by resting 2 days. It's a 200m, not a marathon. Her split time was enough to win the gold in the 200m. I think it was not planned for her to pull out.
Right now, the US would need to win 14 out of the last 20 gold medals to meet China's 20. They didn't make it to the men's water polo final so it's not the full 21. However, we need to note that of tomorrow's 5 swimming events, we have only 1 guy who has a chance vs all 5 where there are strong Americans in the finals.
Yes, it was perplexing, especially when she worked so hard during the semis, which began less than an hour after her own 1,500m final, to squeeze into the 200m final.
They have a decent size contingent for this championship actually, even brought their drug cheat Shayna Jack. She totally got benefit of doubt treatment and nobody mentioned her doping scandal. If it was Sun yang or Efimova the Russian swimmer, it would be a different story.
Not really, the most important consideration is still chances of gold then after that chances of a medal.
