The most striking finding is that the medal count can be predicted with great accuracy from four key variables: population, GDP per capita, past performance, and host status. Everything else – different training structures, better equipment, and so forth – is pretty much noise.
最令人惊奇的发现是，奖牌数量可以通过四个关键变量极其精确地被预测出来：人口、人均GDP、过去的表现以及东道主地位。所有其他因素——不同的训练结构、更好的训练设备等等，都可以归于噪音。