In Men's Moguls, Canada had only won one medal (1994) until Bilodeau's gold in Vancouver, the 6th time it was in the Olympics. The sport was dominated by France, Nordic countries, and the USA.
In Men's Aerials, Canada dominated in its' inaugural run in 1994 but has struggled since.
In Men's Ski-Cross in 2010, we didn't medal.
In Women's Moguls, we didn't win a medal until 2006 with Jennifer Heil, the 5th time it was in the Olympics.
In Women's Aerials, the only year we won medals was 2002.
We did win Gold in the inaugural Women's Ski Cross, and two medals this year in Women's Ski-Cross.
We have never won a medal in Men or Women's snowboard half-pipe.
We have medaled in two of four Snowboard giant slaloms.
We have a silver in one of the two snowboard cross events.
Our only women's medals in snowboard are in snowboard cross.
So let's look at total medals before this year:
Snowboarding - USA 19, SUI 9, FRA 8, CAN 5
Freestyle Skiing - USA 14, CAN 9, NOR 8, FRA 7
I'm really not concerned. By these metrics, it has helped USA significantly more than anyone, and sports that Canada have been better in recently, such as moguls, were not sports where we started out being dominant.
The only real disappointment to me is that the long-track speed-skating program does seem to be getting worse, but we've also had such amazing talents in the past.
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