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Originally Posted by trackercowe
I wonder how many people would change their tone regarding swimming if Canada was any good at it. We have won zero gold medals in the last 5 Olympics combined. And if you were to count out boycotted games Canada has won one gold medal EVER in swimming (that being Tewksbury in 1992).
Heck Phelps has more medals in his career than our entire country has all-time in those same non-boycotted games.
If Missy Franklin was swimming for Canada we surely would have a different tone regarding the greatness of swimmers.
So for those who say it's easy to rack up medals in swimming you should probably look in our backyard first, because it's a lot more difficult than you think.
It's just a fact that the Americans are damn good at developing swimmers, which is why they are usually the favorite in every swimming event. I would wager that if Franklin did end up swimming for Canada her results would have been far worse.
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Agreed. Though I wouldn't be so quick to discount some of the golds won at boycotted games - Alex Baumann and Victor Davis were winning golds in Los Angeles with WR times so it's tough to say they wouldn't have won even if all countries had been there.