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Gabby Douglas gave glory to God when she qualified to represent Team USA, and subsequently won two gold medals.
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|How many athletes will do the equivalent of [[Tebowing]] after a victory?  American Meb Keflezighi, who won the silver medal in the marathon in 2004, typically gives glory to [[God]] with the sign of the [[Cross]] after finishing a race.<ref>http://www.letsrun.com/2009/nycmen1101.php</ref>
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|Gabby Douglas gave glory to God when she qualified to represent [[Team USA]], and subsequently won two gold medals.
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Soccer players in the United Arab Emirates team bowed toward Mecca when they scored a goal. But they came bottom of their first-round group and did not advance to the quarter-final.
 
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|Similarly, will atheist nations underachieve in general?
 
|Similarly, will atheist nations underachieve in general?
 
|Increasingly atheistic Great Britain did not win its first gold medal until Day 5 (August 1), despite having all the advantages of being the host nation. China, an officially atheist and communist country, leads the standings with 13 gold medals. Despite having more than three times the population of the United States and despite having a national program designed to produce champion athletes, China is trailing the USA in total medals (24-23) part of the way into Day 5, and has 13 gold medals to the United States's 9. Somewhat atheistic France is a distant third in total golds with 4. Australia has 1 gold and 6 total medals.
 
|Increasingly atheistic Great Britain did not win its first gold medal until Day 5 (August 1), despite having all the advantages of being the host nation. China, an officially atheist and communist country, leads the standings with 13 gold medals. Despite having more than three times the population of the United States and despite having a national program designed to produce champion athletes, China is trailing the USA in total medals (24-23) part of the way into Day 5, and has 13 gold medals to the United States's 9. Somewhat atheistic France is a distant third in total golds with 4. Australia has 1 gold and 6 total medals.
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|How many athletes will do the equivalent of [[Tebowing]] after a victory?  American Meb Keflezighi, who won the silver medal in the marathon in 2004, typically gives glory to [[God]] with the sign of the [[Cross]] after finishing a race.<ref>http://www.letsrun.com/2009/nycmen1101.php</ref>
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|Soccer players in the United Arab Emirates team bowed toward Mecca when they scored a goal. But they came bottom of their first-round group and did not advance to the quarter-final.
   
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