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Originally Posted by troutman
Australia managed to do all that, with a smaller population.
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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Yes, but Australia is helped with a year round Summer climate which allows for their athletes to train year round. It's a lot more difficult for Canadian athletes who need to either find indoor training facilities or move down south to find proper training.
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Yeah, Australia is still reaping the rewards of pouring money into their programs and infrastructure for their 2000 games in Sydney. Canada did the same for our Winter Athletes two years ago for Vancouver, and we'll see those benefits for years to come as well.
Canada always lags behind the first week at the Summer games. I think it was on day 5 or 6 when that female wrestler got our first Medal four years ago.