Will China top the gold medal leaderboard in the Beijing Olympics?

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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

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Created Fri 8th Aug 10:29pm PDT by patmangubat

Suspended Sat 9th Aug 5:38am PDT by newswrangler: Flagged by supser user: Duplicate of <http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Which_country_will_win_the_most_gold_medals_at_the_2008_Beijing_Olympics_4808/view>

Unsuspended Sat 9th Aug 5:40am PDT by mrperfkt: While similar, question is different enough to remain open, for this brand new user.

Clarified Mon 11th Aug 4:09am PDT by nigeleccles: This would be considered a duplicate however it has been caught too late to be voided. It will suspend 3 full days prior to the end of the games

Suspended Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached

Settlement requested Sun 24th Aug 2:14am PDT by orlin: Yes

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml

http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/2008standings/index.html

Settled as 'Yes' Sun 24th Aug 4:38pm PDT by mrperfkt: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sun 24th Aug 4:38pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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