for sure that has been disappointing
hopefully we get something...van koeverden is still to go in the K1-500 kayaking event.

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Originally posted by samhouse for sure that has been disappointing hopefully we get something...van koeverden is still to go in the K1-500 kayaking event.

to me its more then just disappointing...it shows how bad the canadian athletics program is....I don't expect that we should be up there in the medals with China, Russia, USA, etc. but we should be competitive...and right now it doesn't appear we are competitive in most events that we have athletes in.

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Umm please take Russia out of that list. We've gone down the shitter also.

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Originally posted by samhouse very silly the over-glorification of american athletes. Well we won't get into that anyways heres a good story from last night. During the women's team gymnastics competition, the American women lost out to fantastic Chinese team in a great contest. The Chinese were truly brilliant and really put on a show for their home crowd. What I really loved seeing is the comaraderie shown between the American girls at the end of the contest. One of them was obviously upset after falling in one of the rotations (the floor i think) and one of her younger team-mates (the talented Shawn Johnson) consoled her. I thought it was a touching moment captured on television as the older girl smiled and teared up. These athletes put their life into preparing for the olympics and for it all to go out the window in one 2 minute routine is sad. Thats how it works though and moments like that are especially why I love the world of sports. The Chinese came up to the Americans after the gold was secure and took a moment to hug and congratulate the 2nd place Americans. Very nice

actually that girl fell on her last TWO routines....floor AND beam, which clearly lost the 1st place and shook her team up to the core. Poor girl has to think about that the rest of her life, while the other girls will have to ponder how they stick everything and still lost it because of one chick. I almost feel bad for her but she messed up on something so silly.

Love the interactions between the teams though. The chinese KNEW that the one girl lost it for the americans, and clearly understood her pain. The coach went directly to the american girl and gave her a hug after it was over.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced its good to see some of these feel good stories surrounding the olympics....just wish there was a feel good story for our Canadian Athletes. Its great to see that we have set 17 new Canadian Records in the pool but it also shows just how far behind the rest of the world we are. Maybe the Canadian Media over hypes the possible success of the athletes. So far I have heard of at least 4-5 events where CBC is saying we have a good shot at a medal and the athletes fail...our world champion 100m freestyler couldn't even make the finals.

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

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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??)

if i recall correctly the US has actually tied or beat Canada in total medal count at every winter Olympic games ever staged!

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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

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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.

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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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