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Letter: A better measure of fairness in sport

Published 28 August 2024

From Donald Windsor, Norwich, New York, US

The universe is abnormal, in that measurements of most things don’t fit a normal curve, where the mean (average) and the median (typical) are the same. So your editorial’s claim that it is “unfair” that bigger countries win more medals is irrelevant. Perhaps a metric such as medals per million people would be better (Leader, 3 August).

Issue no. 3506 published 31 August 2024

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