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AFP - Tue, Mar 19, 2013 6:28 PM AEDTDanish Olympic medalist Soerensen admits to doping
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AFP - Fri, Mar 8, 2013 5:34 AM AEDTJames succeeds Pendleton as world sprint queen
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Latest Denmark Medals
| Medal | Sport | Event | Athlete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Sailing | Men's 49er - Skiff | |
| Gold | Cycling | Men's Omnium | Lasse Norman Hansen |
| Silver | Badminton | Men's Doubles | |
| Silver | Sailing | Men's Finn - Heavyweight Dinghy | Jonas Hogh-Christensen |
| Silver | Rowing | Women's Single Sculls | Fie Udby Erichsen |
| Gold | Rowing | Men's Lightweight Double Sculls | |
| Bronze | Badminton | Mixed Doubles | |
| Bronze | Rowing | Men's Lightweight Four Without Coxswain |
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Schedule
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- Medals
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- Rank 29
- Gold 2
- Silver 4
- Bronze 3
- Total 9
- Capital City
- Copenhagen
- Official Languages
- Danish
- National Languages
- Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
- Total Area
- 16,639 miles² (43,094 km²)
- Population
- 5,484,723 people
Overall Medal Count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 10 | Australia | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
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