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Originally posted by icarus@Aug 28 2004, 09:44 PM
The Canadian contingent is smaller in Athens than it was in Sydney. If we get another medal I say we've already done better than Sydney. Not to mention three golds in Sydney, three (so far) in Athens.
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Well, part of the reason we had fewer athletes is that athletics Canada chose to use a stricter qualifying mark than the Olympic standard. We had lots of athletes that qualified to compete, but whom athletics Canada decided not to send because they weren't legitimate threats to make the finals in their events.