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According to the article Asian Games 2018: After CWG Heroics, Paddler Manika Batra Eyes Good Show at Asiad:

What Manika Batra managed to achieve in the Commonwealth Games for Indian table tennis was something unprecedented. She left Gold Coast with four medals overall – the most by an Indian athlete at the games. If she were a country, she would be in the top 20.

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Looks like the sentence has its literal meaning: she won as many medals as some countries won, which ended up in the top 20 (of 71 participating countries) at the games.

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  • Yes, the formulation is functionally the same as the one here: "If California were an independent country instead of a state, its economy would rank in the top 10 in the world." It's simply a lively way to indicate that the number at the core of the sentence is an impressive one
    – Sven Yargs
    Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 20:18

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