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calf · 08-17-2004, 12:59 PM

I say take the improvements. With the brutal funding our athletes get there is just no way they can realistically be expected to compete against teams with budgets 4-5 times greater then their own. Seeing Canadians have the performance of a lifetime in the biggest competition of their lifetime given the circumstances should be comended from our country not complained and ridiculed.

What a Canadian thing to say! But I agree with you. Medals are nice, but self-improvement and being competitive, even if you don't win, is what the Olympics are about IMO. But octothorp's statement holds true as well.

We all swell with pride when a Canadian does well for him/herself, and are even prouder when the medal is around their neck. At least we're not American where only the winners get the attention.

08-17-2004, 12:59 PM	#4
calf broke the first rule Join Date: Jan 2004 Exp:	I say take the improvements. With the brutal funding our athletes get there is just no way they can realistically be expected to compete against teams with budgets 4-5 times greater then their own. Seeing Canadians have the performance of a lifetime in the biggest competition of their lifetime given the circumstances should be comended from our country not complained and ridiculed. What a Canadian thing to say! But I agree with you. Medals are nice, but self-improvement and being competitive, even if you don't win, is what the Olympics are about IMO. But octothorp's statement holds true as well. We all swell with pride when a Canadian does well for him/herself, and are even prouder when the medal is around their neck. At least we're not American where only the winners get the attention.