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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
To my mind it's basically like suggesting Canada spend the same amount on our military as the US. Not a possibility.
My interpretation is that if both countries spend roughly the same amount per athlete, you should have similar results. I'm assuming we spend about 1/10th as much as the US (given our population being 1/10th of theirs).
Anyone have numbers on that? How much does the US spend on it's Winter Olympic program, and how much do we spend?
Which means so long as we have 1/10th the medals, we are basically accomplishing what we should be. And I haven't looked at the medal count today, but I believe we are well above that rate.
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To be fair, the population of the US that lives in areas where winter sport is possible, would be much lower. So the ratio should be higher. maybe around 1/5?