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Originally posted by yankeeBaby meh, you guys have the winter olympics the US clearly doesnt do as well in those (I mean seriously, who REALLY does curling??)

The US is strong in both winter and summer Olympics

2006 Winter

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Medal Count Country Total Germany 11 12 6 29 United States 9 9 7 25 Canada 7 10 7 24 Austria 9 7 7 23 Russia 8 6 8 22

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Umm please take Russia out of that list. We've gone down the shitter also.

so far Russia has 12 medals and tied for fourth....a lot better then Canada who is tied for 77th with 0 medals.

Hmm I didn't really see any of those 12 medal wins, so I retract my comment.

lol 77th.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced so far Russia has 12 medals and tied for fourth....a lot better then Canada who is tied for 77th with 0 medals.

some damage control coming from the COC ..

"Canadians shouldn't 'throw in the towel': COC head"

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/20...als-canada.html

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Hmm I didn't really see any of those 12 medal wins, so I retract my comment. lol 77th.

Having Been born and raised in Canada I can't even look to another country to lift my spirits.....my background is scottish so I could cheer for Great Britain but that's still a stretch.

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Originally posted by dEsidEL some damage control coming from the COC .. "Canadians shouldn't 'throw in the towel': COC head" http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/20...als-canada.html

wow....what a joke that article is....I think the COC needs to get its collective head out of its ass.

The only places where I can even see Canada getting any medals are in the Men's Diving (3meter is our best chance) and rowing/kayaking/canoeing events.

That again just shows how pathetic our athletics program is. If we can only be truly competitive in rowing events that is bad....considering how many events there are at the olympics. Just look at how many events the US and China are at least competitive in and have a chance for a medal.

comparing Canada to the US and China may be a stretch, but if we look at other nations with comparable populations and GDP such as Australia, we're so far behind.

btw. does anyone know of a good proxy to access some of the Olympic highlight vids on NBC? I tried using one but the video doesn't play. It's restricted to US residents only.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced The US is strong in both winter and summer Olympics 2006 Winter

whoa I didnt even realize that! Maybe I am spoiled by the fact that we rake 'em in in the summer...it just doesnt seem like we win a lot in the winter games! -----> clueless!

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby whoa I didnt even realize that! Maybe I am spoiled by the fact that we rake 'em in in the summer...it just doesnt seem like we win a lot in the winter games! -----> clueless!

the infrastructure of the US athletics program is one of the best, if not the best, in the world. right from the highschool/collegiate system through college, and so forth. Kids from around the world can get scholarships to US colleges for just about any sport, summer or winter.

You'd think Canada would do a lot better in the winter games, given its geography and climate, but even there we still lag behind countries like Norway with a far smaller population and GDP compared to ours. Sports funding is simply not a priority here so it really makes you wonder..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL comparing Canada to the US and China may be a stretch, but if we look at other nations with comparable populations and GDP such as Australia, we're so far behind.

Agreed....I can even accept that our Summer Olympics shouldn't be as strong as our Winter Olympics even though Geographical location cannot be an excuse in this day and age.

Canada sets itself up for dissappointment by sending to many athletes. There is no reason we should have over 300 athletes at the olympics....we should be sending closer to 100 - 150 athletes.

i cheer for Pakistan first and then Canada.....

lol...talk about being up the shitter

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Originally posted by samhouse very silly the over-glorification of american athletes. Well we won't get into that

I don't look at them as American athletes to be overglorified....I look at them as people who are going above and beyond their life's dreams and are heroes to many people

What awesome moments on the women's gymnastics team today. It's really great to see good sportsmanship is still alive and strong!

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced Agreed....I can even accept that our Summer Olympics shouldn't be as strong as our Winter Olympics even though Geographical location cannot be an excuse in this day and age. Canada sets itself up for dissappointment by sending to many athletes. There is no reason we should have over 300 athletes at the olympics....we should be sending closer to 100 - 150 athletes.

Canada: The jack of all trades but expert of none. Stirve for mediorcraty!!!!

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Originally posted by Time2Burn Stirve for mediorcraty!!!!

LOL

...one of our best chances for medals is on right now!

Brown in the Men's 200M Breastroke starting in 2 minutes!


EDIT: FUCK...lost the Bronze by 9/100ths of a second! So close ... AGAIN!