At the previous two Olympics held on their soil, Canadians had failed to win a single gold medal.
Although the biggest chunk of those outflows came from a single gold ETF (guess which one), well over half the gold funds tracked by EPFR Global failed to take in fresh money.
On the field and off, Australian sport is arguably at its lowest ebb since the Montreal Olympics in 1976, when the country failed to win a single gold medal - a setback that led to the creation of the much-admired, and much-aped, Australian Institute of Sport.
Sprawling conglomerates such as Anglo American and Gencor have consolidated their various gold interests into single, gold-only firms, and spun them off.
The new certificate would replace the dozens of existing vocational qualifications with a single "gold standard" exam, which would also include maths and English.
Yet, sellers and buyers agreed to exchange more and more dollars for a single ounce of gold.
Its greatest exponent is Yasuki Hiramatsu, born into a family of metalsmiths, who, through an annealing process, can twist a single length of gold or silver into a ring or necklace enchantingly resembling a minimalist bird's-nest.
Despite the yellow metal hitting new highs in the face of a surging dollar (so much for historical correlations), sentiment remains depressed and most investors we speak with have yet to purchase a single ounce of gold.
For the first time since 1988, the Norwegians, traditionally the most powerful country in the discipline, have failed to win a single cross-country gold at the Olympics.
The last time we went down this path under a de facto European single currency (the gold standard), it took European states into hateful and divisive stages of our past.
Thanks to a massive stock of gold around the world relative to small annual new discoveries (flow), gold is the single best measure of money we have.
The boy with frizzy hair and braces created an instant stir, beating his more experienced single-amputee rivals to gold in the T44 200m and taking bronze in the 100m.
Their trade had thrived under restrictive gold-control laws that had been in place since the late 1930s, when gold became the single largest commodity to be smuggled into India.
The firm described a picture in which there were outflows from the broadly diversified ETPs but inflows into ETPs that track certain single commodities, such as gold, silver, oil and natural gas.
He is the only person to win six gold medals at a single world championship, at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
Lange's victory saw him become the first driver to take both bobsleigh gold medals at a single Winter Olympics since East German Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984.
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There are other anecdotal stories around worth keeping an eye on: Swiss watch manufacturers report a 50% increase in sales of gold watches to Greece, Portugal and Spain in May, to 42m euros worth in a single month. (Thank god it's not gold medallions I am thinking because while I love the 1970s funkadelic look I don't want to see it on my holidays).
Wheat grew the most, rising 13 percent, followed by single-digit rises from corn, gold and copper.
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Its portfolio of assets includes the fabled Grasberg mineral district in Indonesia which has the single largest recoverable deposits of copper and gold.
The researchers were able to comb a single molecular fibre between two narrowly spaced gold wires, as an evaporating water drop receded across the gap between them.
In the year their debut album came out, they topped NME magazine's readers' poll in four categories - best new band, band of the year, album of the year and single of the year, for Fools Gold.
Norway and Germany took gold in the men's single kayak and single canoe sprint events, respectively.
Michal Martikan of Slovakia took gold in the men's single canoe slalom , taking top spot on the podium 12 years after claiming victory in the Atlanta Games.
The conclusion of all this research could be seen during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, when American wrestler, Dan Gable, won the gold medal without giving up a single point!
She still has one more shot at gold in the women's kayak single final on Thursday.
There has been no single fundamental catalyst for the panic selling in the gold and silver markets the past two trading sessions.
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She said that with the involvement of the Electoral Commission, the Scottish independence referendum would meet the "gold-standard for fairness in every single regard".
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Alexander Grimm of Germany won the gold medal in the men's single kayak slalom , using a pair of clean, fast runs to secure victory.
Even with a gold medal you might not receive a single endorsement deal and you might have to do normal office work to make a living.
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