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In response to "I just looked at the medal count. how does the US win so much? do our athletes have better training facilities?" by sluttella

You have to factor in that our biggest competition is like Canada, which is like the AA version of America. -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 14 '10, 16:54

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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

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