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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
It's already been said, but I'd support the two part theory that
1) Hockey is the dominant sport, so the best male athletes go there, leaving a smaller pool of elite athletes for other sports
2) I'd be willing to bet that Canada is well above average for the level of support given to female athletes vs male athletes. In amateur sports like speed skating, I'd be willing to bet that it's at least equal to the money/support the men get, which is probably well ahead of the support female athletes get in other countries.
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So are basically saying that our women perform the way they do because they get more money than women of other countries.
It would follow that once other countries increase their spending, or we decrease our spending towards women, the Canadian women's medal count will go down towards the men's totals?
Somehow I just don't believe that.
We have plenty of men in winter Olympic sports who are ranked in the top of their disciplines (particularly if its a sport they can make $$$ at), but when it comes to performing in the BIG SHOW, our men tend to crash and burn when the chips are down. I think its a psychological problem myself.
Frankly, I think our women are just tougher mentally than our men.