[Kelekin]

I thought I'd start an open thread to discuss the Olympics for Canada as a whole and where we go from here. It's been a fun couple weeks posting daily threads on CP and we have had a ton of new discussions each day about a lot of unheralded sports. What sports were you impressed with? What athletes do you expect to improve in the future? How can we fund sport better? etc.

I must say, I love that Canada is great at some of the most thrilling sports in the games. The freestyle skiing events are fabulous, and while it's a personal preference, I like seeing stunts on skis more than snowboards. The Women's Hockey final was one of the best Olympic hockey games I had ever seen, which really brought life into a rivalry that was starting to get stale for me.

For disappointments, I have to say speed skating, both long and short track, is not looking as great for the next Olympics. I imagine Hamelin will retire, and our ladies definitely regressed this Olympics. In long track, Denny Morrison getting those medals was definitely a welcome surprise in what is likely his last Olympics, but most of our young skaters have not been impressing. As this is a field Canada has done so well in, it makes me question what we can do to get more people into these sports. Also, the fact that we are way less competitive in snowboard events is a disappointment for a country with so many snowboarders.

Looking ahead at 2018, I think we will continue to be strong in freestyle skiing. I could see the Dufour-Lapointe sisters (Chloe and Justine) returning as they are both young, and Mikael Kingsbury will absolutely be back to assert Moguls dominance.