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Challenge #277: 2016 Summer Olympics

lkim524
8 - Asteroid

Improved upon solution set by replacing athlete count null values with 0 so the total counts work (i.e. look at Vanuatu in the output).  I also get slightly different average age values if I find the datediff by "days" instead of "years" and dividing by 365 (which I think is actually more accurate).  I ended up just going back to "years" to match the output average ages.  I also threw out the 1 Russian athlete without a DOB...

ARussell34
8 - Asteroid

I used the closing date for the 2016 Olympics for determining the average age of athletes participating for each country.

JennyMartin
9 - Comet
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Video solution here: https://youtu.be/_0dTdZgBNl4

MilindG
12 - Quasar
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simi22
8 - Asteroid

solved

acarter881
12 - Quasar

Here's my solution.

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Ruban
8 - Asteroid

😊

ahsanaali
11 - Bolide

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martinding
13 - Pulsar
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daiphuongngo
9 - Comet

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