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Old 08-13-2008, 11:49 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame View Post
Actually here's something to make the frustration hurt a little less.

In the 1988 Winter Olympics here in Calgary, we were only the second country EVER to not win a single gold medal in any events as the host nation (Yugoslavia being the other). And the Winter Olympics is Canada's niche, too.

Thinking about that, it doesn't sting now as much as it must have stung back then.
We've done that twice! We never won a gold medal in Montreal either.
Of course it's not a really fair stat when you're hosting an Olympics games that has the Soviet Union and East Germany in it.
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