Anyone watching the olympics... go Canada

[Dallas Starr]

Wow... go canada go, we are third in the medal standings, one behind the US, we lead the olympics in 4th place finishes and we have one tenth the population and about a quarter of the funding then that of the US. I have to say I am pretty impressed. Not that I am bashing the US, Im saying I am mighty impressed iwth the output of the canadian athletes. Now if we could only come even close to this in the summer games... hahaha



Dallas

 

[Rick Kent]

Canada is more suited to the winter olympics because of the northern climate. Most of the cold weather countries excel in winter sports (no real surprise). Canada typically does well in track and field during the summer games.



I think the US has too many other sports that dilute our atheletes. That is why we are not crazed about hockey (best sport ever, love to watch and still play in the old man's league). We also do not really have large interest in some of the more obscure sports like curling, biathalon, cross country skiing, bobsled, skeleton, luge....



I am surprised we did ok in curling though. We must have a pocket or two in Minnesota that takes curling very seriously.



You wont see Austria, Norway, Sweden or Finland winning many summer olymic medals in 2008.



I know Canada is just as disappointed about men's hockey as I am over the US debacle. But I am not surprised in the least. Throwing together a "team" with no time to practice in a short tournament is not a way to win.



NHL back next week.....

 

[Greg A]

We probably should have used our Canadian women`s team to play instead

of the men, they would have gone further....lol

 

[Terry Sharp]

What about us Brits then......



I remember many times after falling out the pub at 11.30 pm on a Friday night with a belly full of lager and saying "come on lads, lets go practice our Skeleton" so off we trot to the nearest slope, our trusty high tech dustbin lid in hand, "you never now, we might win a Silver medal in the Olympics one day" even the EMS crew said we have potential!!

You just wait until Warm beer drinking and Steak n Kidney pie eating are Olympics sports then we will be hot on your heels!!

Go Brits



Englander