most medals doesnt necessarily mean most athletic person in the world. he's just the best at his sport.
would love to see stats swimming is more popular than football. HIGHLY doubt its even close.
nobody knows whats gonna happen with wow. if its anything like everquest they'll keep going and going. then release wow 2, then expansions again, etc. until people finally stop playing, or just enough where they start losing money. then they might condense servers or just pull the pulg.
i could honestly see it happening after this expac unless every time after this they totally redo the talent trees. b/c now these tress wont be good for lvl 90 or higher...i mean with 31 talents but levels getting higher eventually we'd all be hybrids (cept those pesky pure classes, but at least they could max dps from multiple trees!). but yea, wait till the blizzcon after the coming one, or the one after that. they'll start talking about the next xpac, game, closing etc.
i believe they might keep cap 85 but release content expansions. course they'd have to have a shit load of content to be worth money. if not they'll just do free updates for a long time introducing new raids, zones, quests, etc. but knowing bli- activision, i bet they'll be pay for content ones. in which case a lot of people would quit imo. but we'll have to wait how it pans out. totally off topic btw.
and even after wow lazy people will still be lazy and have a higher chance for health problems. xbox is still there, as is other computer games, ps3, n64, dreamcast, tv. hell anything. just practice moderation if you are concerned, dont go looking to sue everyone b/c your fat.
in conclusion: "Eat, Run, Stay Fit, and Die Anyway" from the late great george carlin. hell we're all gonna die someday, some factors you can control if you choose (i.e exercise) and some you cant (get hit by a bus, rare disease, etc). so just enjoy it. but dont bitch when you live in excess and get fat!