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I just looked at the medal count. how does the US win so much? do our athletes have better training facilities?

Posted by sluttella (aka amanda) Feb 14 '10, 16:31

or do their endorsements mean not having to work which means more time to train?

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CHEATERS! -- nm - Beaker Feb 14, 16:56
You have to factor in that our biggest competition is like Canada, which is like the AA version of America. -- nm - David Feb 14, 16:54 5
- With a ~10th of the population. Hard to win with those odds! Dammit... -- nm - Shaun Feb 14, 16:57
- Although, you'd think with all the practice they get in some of these sports just in their daily commutes, they would completely slay us. -- nm - TFox Feb 14, 16:56 3
  - Our rush hour is just practice for speed skating. That's why we're awesome at that. -- nm - Shaun Feb 14, 17:02 1
    - many years ago I was skating on the Anneau at Ste-Foy, and the Canadian team came out to practice. Holy shit they skate fast. it was awesome to watch. -- nm - loosilu Feb 14, 17:04
  - Let this be a lesson to Canadians: Canadians never learn. -- nm - David Feb 14, 17:01
United States doesn't have the most Winter Games medals all time... who does? -- nm - stewie Feb 14, 16:52 1
- (spoiler speculation) - ReluctantCynic Feb 14, 17:05
Off-topic: What is the story behind your current handle? - Fuzzy Feb 14, 16:41 1
- And more important, slutty behaviour? -- nm - celedhring Feb 14, 16:44
Several things, imho, which are interrelated - celedhring Feb 14, 16:36
moola. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 14, 16:34
Because we are the greatest nation on earth! - Spawn Feb 14, 16:33
Better training facilities, larger population to find the 1 in a million talent, larger economic freedom to cultivate that talent - Will Hunting Feb 14, 16:32 3
- for all of these reasons, I hate medal counts. It's not a fair fight. re your IM - loosilu Feb 14, 16:56
- yeah, other countries with first rate facilites don't come close to your population. works out well for you guys! :) -- nm - Andie Feb 14, 16:36
- I really really want skicross to start, damnit. -- nm - TFox Feb 14, 16:34

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