We Canucks are kickin' ass at the Olympics!

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Posted by Fir3start3r on Feb-18-2006 01:35:

We Canucks are kickin' ass at the Olympics!

Just wanted to express my excitement!

Oh...and the coolest pic so far...

Posted by Misanthrope on Feb-18-2006 02:08:

can you imagine doing that dude with that mask on?

Posted by dEsidEL on Feb-18-2006 02:29:

i honestly hope we finish in the top 3 .. more golds would be nice tho..

Canadians always seems to hav a less-than-agressive psyche when it comes to international competition .. we need to hav the kinda swaggar the Americans exude and really excel at Winter sports which is our speciality.. nonetheless a decent job thus far, let's hope it can carry thru ..

Posted by all-nite-freak on Feb-18-2006 02:32:

imagine what we could do if our atheletes didnt have to work and received proper funding like most of the top nordic countries.
Everytime i hear that anthem and our flag raised it gives me shivers...
I hope the government supports our athletes more to make Vancouver 2010 the best ever for us/

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Feb-18-2006 02:33:

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Originally posted by dEsidEL

i honestly hope we finish in the top 3 .. more golds would be nice tho..

Canadians always seems to hav a less-than-agressive psyche when it comes to international competition .. we need to hav the kinda swaggar the Americans exude and really excel at Winter sports which is our speciality.. nonetheless a decent job thus far, let's hope it can carry thru ..

I agree...it seems that Canadians have always had the additude that "well I tried my best". The one things I will give the Americans credit for....they beat their own chests and more often then not...in sport....back it up.

Posted by Dj Smitty20 on Feb-18-2006 03:04:

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I agree...it seems that Canadians have always had the additude that "well I tried my best". The one things I will give the Americans credit for....they beat their own chests and more often then not...in sport....back it up.

yeah I agree with that. Yesterday, a female athlete (I forget her name and her sport, but she's from London, Ont) said that "we don't need a medal to show the world that we're the greatest athletes."

Ummm.....YES YOU DO! The whole point of the Olympics is to win a medal! What a moron. I hope she was misquoted or something....

Still though, this could be our best games yet. We're guaranteed at least a silver in the Women's Hockey and I"m sure the Men won't come home empty handed either. Curling and Bobsled still up too.

Posted by evil_cookie on Feb-18-2006 03:08:

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
I"m sure the Men won't come home empty handed either.

lol

Posted by djbruuen on Feb-18-2006 07:55:

just crossed my mind, what happened to Belarus in Men's Hockey? lol

Posted by Dj Smitty20 on Feb-18-2006 13:26:

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Originally posted by djbruuen
just crossed my mind, what happened to Belarus in Men's Hockey? lol

they didn't qualify, which is kinda isn't fair since they finished 4th in 2002. But the IIHF uses the annual world hockey championships to gauge a country's elgibility, I think.

Posted by house_conXion on Feb-18-2006 17:17:

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20

Still though, this could be our best games yet. We're guaranteed at least a silver in the Women's Hockey and I"m sure the Men won't come home empty handed either. Curling and Bobsled still up too.

Curling may not be so clear cut anymore, theres a chance both the men and women may not even make it pass the preliminaries. The men are in 4th at 4-3 and the women's were upset last night by Japan.

Posted by Candeeman on Feb-18-2006 17:45:

Yea, we should defintely do better than we have in the past....

Posted by dEsidEL on Feb-18-2006 20:59:

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20
yeah I agree with that. Yesterday, a female athlete (I forget her name and her sport, but she's from London, Ont) said that "we don't need a medal to show the world that we're the greatest athletes."

Ummm.....YES YOU DO! The whole point of the Olympics is to win a medal! What a moron. I hope she was misquoted or something....

it's nuts, i was watching downhill alpine the other day and they were talking about the 4 Canadian skiers that all placed below 15th and about how young and inexperienced they were, etc. and the fact that they were only 17-21 years old..

personally i thought those years were like the prime of ur sports career.. and then i flip to NBC and see 17 year old American athletes goin in there ready to compete kicking ass with absolutely no fear whatsoever.. it's mind boggling sometimes..

Posted by yankeeBaby on Feb-18-2006 21:27:

Curling

Posted by infinity HiGH on Feb-18-2006 21:44:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

i honestly hope we finish in the top 3 .. more golds would be nice tho..

Canadians always seems to hav a less-than-agressive psyche when it comes to international competition .. we need to hav the kinda swaggar the Americans exude and really excel at Winter sports which is our speciality.. nonetheless a decent job thus far, let's hope it can carry thru ..

thats because in canada, its about doing your "personal best" and not winning. Winning is such an american thing, and anything thats remotely american is un-canadian. I was so glad to see all those athletes turn down holding the Canadian flag in the opening ceremony; and instead focus on their performance.

Posted by Euphorica on Feb-19-2006 02:04:

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH
thats because in canada, its about doing your "personal best" and not winning. Winning is such an american thing, and anything thats remotely american is un-canadian. I was so glad to see all those athletes turn down holding the Canadian flag in the opening ceremony; and instead focus on their performance.

the ONLY reason its that way is because of the lack of funds these sports receive. If we had more money into it we would be more about winning too.(we are slowly coming around). I too was completely on side with the flag decliners. being an athlete in an Olympic sport I completely understand.

Posted by dEsidEL on Feb-19-2006 04:00:

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Originally posted by Euphorica
the ONLY reason its that way is because of the lack of funds these sports receive. If we had more money into it we would be more about winning too.(we are slowly coming around). I too was completely on side with the flag decliners. being an athlete in an Olympic sport I completely understand.

are we really that underfunded tho ? i mean in Winter sports specifically? i always thought we had some world class training facilities when it came to winter sports.. summer games i suppose are more arguable..

Posted by all-nite-freak on Feb-19-2006 04:20:

its one thing to have world class training facilities,but if the atheletes have to work full time too to pay the bills they sacrifice much important training time.Sponsorship usually only covers the cost of competing in events but not the cost of living(there are exeptions but not that many)The funny thing is many American atheletes also use our facilities to train, but they dont have to work while doing it.The American speedskater who won in the mens 1000 is an example.(his name slips me but he is the first black male to win olympic gold).
All i know is we need to dominate as much as we can in Vancouver 2010 to show the rest of the world we mean business....

Porter in 4 hours FTW!

Posted by infinity HiGH on Feb-19-2006 05:19:

I don't think it's lack of funds....my home country, which I think got lost on the way over to Italy, is just as rabid about winning as the Americans. Failure is almost never accepted; and if you're a winner, then you're truly a national hero. Hell, a couple years ago when Andrew Malysz was the world champion in the ski jump, people who didn't even know such a sport existed would tune and watch it just to support the guy, whereas here, nobody cares.

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but I guess it could always be a combination of things that hold back our competitive spirit.

Posted by Porky on Feb-19-2006 13:19:

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH
I don't think it's lack of funds....my home country, which I think got lost on the way over to Italy, is just as rabid about winning as the Americans. Failure is almost never accepted; and if you're a winner, then you're truly a national hero. Hell, a couple years ago when Andrew Malysz was the world champion in the ski jump, people who didn't even know such a sport existed would tune and watch it just to support the guy, whereas here, nobody cares.

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but I guess it could always be a combination of things that hold back our competitive spirit.

it's the way our society is structured. with universal health care, almost free university, lax welfare.... canadians are a bit spoiled

america on the other hand is structured so that there is greater dichotomy of variance between the rich and the poor, where the poor are really poor (compare detroit to windsor) and the rich are really filthy rich. this gives way to greater adulation to winners

... case in point? compare the respect Steve Nash has gotten the past year... who's steve nash?!?!??!?!

Posted by infinity HiGH on Feb-19-2006 16:11:

i agree with everything except "almost free university"...I WISH!!!

Posted by dEsidEL on Feb-19-2006 18:54:

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Originally posted by all-nite-freak
its one thing to have world class training facilities,but if the atheletes have to work full time too to pay the bills they sacrifice much important training time.Sponsorship usually only covers the cost of competing in events but not the cost of living(there are exeptions but not that many)The funny thing is many American atheletes also use our facilities to train, but they dont have to work while doing it.The American speedskater who won in the mens 1000 is an example.(his name slips me but he is the first black male to win olympic gold).
All i know is we need to dominate as much as we can in Vancouver 2010 to show the rest of the world we mean business....

Porter in 4 hours FTW!

i don't have numbers to spit out, but i truly question whether this is the case.. albeit there are other athletes in the world with equal if not greater hardships as well but whether ours face this on a larger scale would be interesting to see..

Posted by Porky on Feb-19-2006 22:03:

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH
i agree with everything except "almost free university"...I WISH!!!

when i did my undergrad at UWO, tuition was $6k/year (should be similar now?)

but in the usa, most private schools cost $20-30k/year USD !!!

so in comparison it's almost free.