I've haven't seen Gushue struggle like this forever. They're not my favourite team, but only seem to struggle when I'm cheering for them. I also do not think either the men or women had enough time in China pre event to get over the jet lag, time change, atmosphere etc... Also having spent so much time in quarantine prior to to Olympics definitely adds to the fatigue. I wouldn't put too much in their Olympic performances based on all that has gone on over the last two years; bubbles, lack of practice, lack of events etc...
The rest of the world has also caught up, kinda. We still have by far the deepest talent in the world but no longer the "best" talent. We could send any one of 5 different teams to the Olympic games and each would have the same odds to win it all, no other country could do this.
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