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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Guilty as charged. I'm fine with putting more money into social programs than the summer games. Sports is less important than the social welfare of Canadian society. Just my opinion.
Back to these Olympics - I take it you agree with Jungle Jim then, and are disappointed with our medal count?
So to echo getbak - where are the other 12 medals supposed to have come from?
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We should have had another gold in the mens sno-cross. I was extremely upset that Robertson crapped the bed in the final. Upset, but not suprised.
Half of the interviews afterwards are athletes saying how they were just happy to be there, that is such a loser attitude, but often one that is supported by the public.
Last summer games, Karine Sergerie, World champion gold medallist, only got Silver in the Summer Games. She was the favourite to win gold. In her interview with CBC after the games, she stated how she was very dissapointed that she didn't win gold and that silver was just not good enough.
The media and commentators acted extremely suprised and were dismayed that she would be upset over a silver medal. But this is the exact attitude that every athlete in Canadian sport needs to adopt. "Just being there" is NOT good enough. Gold should be the goal, not just competing.