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Originally Posted by Kelekin

Firstly, I definitely am not saying I am -happy- with their performance. I am saying I am glad they did better than they were expected to. Glad doesn't denote that I am running down the street with sparklers shouting their names.

As far as "they were in a position to medal" goes, yes, they were. They were .15 behind the team #1 in the world. Gaining .15 on the world #1 in the 4th run is actually a worse position to be than .30 behind after 1 run. So to me, having to chase the World's #1 for a medal, and having only been higher than 8th position twice in the entire season, I am allowed to feel proud of the fact that they were the best showing.

Where the real disappointment is, is in the teams expected to be better than Canada 3, such as Canada 1 and 2, who continually put up poor runs. The athletes that should do the best, doing the worst, is hugely disappointing, especially after what happened to Rush/Brown in 2010.

To me, disappointment is Charles Hamelin falling in his best distance. Disappointment in the Men's relay team falling in an event that we always medal in. Disappointment is winning a single medal in Men's Slopestyle. Disappointment is Patrick Chan winning a silver with an extremely poor performance.

To me, that's disappointment. But for me to be disappointed by Canada 3 putting up their 2nd best performance -ever-? Not the same emotional level of disappointment.

Maybe we define disappointment differently in this context. It's not an emotional disappointment for me. It's a 'great but we can do better' disappointment.