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Originally Posted by Ducay
Care to explain:
Norway (@ 13 medals, 4.8M pop)
Austria (@9 medals, 8.3M pop)
Switzerland (@7 medals, 7.7M pop)
Sweden (@7 medals, 9.3M pop)
Yes, Canada is not a top competitor due to our population 
And Russia wants a word with you |
Yes, national population is too simplistic.
A better way for me to put it is athletes participating in particular winter sports per country. Population/participation.
Probably, Norway has a significant number of athletes competing in nordic skiing, relative to most other countries on the planet.
If China and Russia started putting significant numbers into nordic skiing, so long Norway?
When other countries get heavily into moguls, short-track, skeleton etc, Canada's medal counts will go down.
BTW, the US will soon pass Canada in minor hockey registrations, and we may have to get used to being the underdog.