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Old 08-19-2008, 04:34 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by troutman View Post
I think you can. Phelps is a freak - a once in a generation type of athlete. You can seperate what he did from how the rest of the US Olympic team is performing. And don't get me started on the stupid number of medals awarded in swimming - US and Australia win lots of swimming medals. How are they doing in other events?
Exactly, I had this same conversation with an Australian last week. He was saying Australia "cleans up" at the summer olympics while Canada struggles, and if you average out the medal counts between Canada and Australia for both summer and winter games Australia would kick Canada's ass. The stupid amount of swimming event pads Australia's medal counts.
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