On the global stage, all eyes are currently on the Olympic Games 2024 that is taking place in Paris.
WWE wrestler Grayson Waller recently shared his take on the distinction between athletes in Australia as compared to the USA. In his opinion, Australian wrestlers are leading with many more gold medals.
Waller took to social media platform X to share, “It’s time to admit that Australia has way better athletes than the USA.
We have 10% of your population and we got more gold medals. No wonder Aussies are running the wrestling scene worldwide. #OlympicGames”
Grayson Waller hails from Australia and is a professional wrestler signed to WWE. He performs in the SmackDown brand and is a former WWE Tag Team Champion. In addition to being a wrestler with WWE, he was also a contestant in the sixth season of Australian Survivor and has also been a Golden Gloves boxer in Australia.
China leads Paris Olympics, with Australia and USA trailing with lesser gold medalsWhen it comes to Olympic Games Paris 2024, China has been leading currently with 6 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. On the other hand, Australia has won 5 gold medals and 4 silver medals. USA ranks below the two countries with 3 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals.
Approximately 460 Australian athletes are competing this year, in about 329 events. Grace Brown, a road cyclist won the nation their first gold medal this year.
On the other hand, USA has been hoping to repeat their formidable performance in 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo where they won a total of 113 medals. This year, there are a total of 594 athletes competing out of the 10,500 athletes who are competing in Olympics this year. The US also ranks as the nation with the most gold medal wins with a total of 1,197 ahead of the Paris Olympics. The record is followed by the Soviet Union and Germany.