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Originally Posted by Bob
How many Canadian males have finish 4th or 5th in their events? Seems like a bunch are just missing out on medal opportunities ...
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Exactly my point. Usually the difference between finishing 4th or 5th as compared to medaling... is in your head. Performing when the pressure is on or cracking and finishing out of the medals
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Take for example Kyle Nissen of Mens Freestyle aerials...
After the first jump he was in first place with 126.92 points (he had a 6.34 pt lead over the 2nd place guy who went on to win the gold). On his second jump he folded like a cheap suit and scored the second lowest of all the second jumps (112.39 pts) and ended up falling to 5th place. In order to win, all he had to do was score 121.5 points to win the gold, 120.3 pts to win the silver, or 115.62 pts to win the bronze.