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Originally Posted by JayP
Why? Not everything in the world is about winning.
Either way, it's a pretty stupid argument. I mean, Canada has funded the athletes for their already. What possible benefit is there to saying "you're not the absolute best in the world so you can stay home while athletes from other countries who are worse than you can go"?
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Agree with this point, considering that 95% of the cost of funding athletics has nothing to do with the actual costs of physically sending them and putting them up in Beijing, we might as well send anyone who qualifies. Also many young athletes competing in their first olympics this year might turn out to be our medal favorites/hopefuls in 2012 and drawing upon/learning from their experiences in Beijing could help them perform better in London.