Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Most Talked About Olympians Online

Nielsen Online in an analysis of online discussion between August 4-10 noted Phelps was the most talked-about Olympian competing in the basketball, beach volleyball, gymnastics and swimming competitions. Among the four sports, swimmers led with 46% of the discussion, followed by basketball players at 38%. The following chart lists the most discussed athletes from those four sports between August 4-10 (Nielsen).

ATHLETE RANK
1 U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps
2 China basketball C Yao Ming
3 U.S. basketball G Kobe Bryant
4 U.S. basketball F LeBron James
5 U.S. swimmer Dara Torres
6 U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson
7 France swimmer Laure Manaudou
8 U.S. volleyball player Kerri Walsh
9 U.S. swimmer Katie Hoff
10 U.S. volleyball player Misty May-Treanor
11 China basketball F Yi Jianlian
12 South Korea swimmer Park Tae-Hwan
13 Australia swimmer Grant Hackett
14 U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin
15 U.S. gymnast Nastia Liukin

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