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And thats 7 for Canada!

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corona
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Sweetness... Canada just got it's seventh medal so this isn't so embarrassing anymore.
Aug 17 2008 12:31PM
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corona
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meh, at least we're doing better than Togo now.
Aug 17 2008 12:37PM
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dave44
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meh
Aug 17 2008 12:40PM
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corona
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haha but the Chinese are doing horrible compared to their population.

Canada has 7 medals, US has 65 (about 10 times) but they also have about to times the people.
the you look at China with 61 medals and 40 times the people as Canada. thats a horrible ratio.
Aug 17 2008 12:49PM
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dave44
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and what percentage of the chinese population have access to training facilities, decent nutrition, or even have a remote likelihood of being scouted? that number would be only a fraction of the canadian nubmer
Aug 17 2008 1:01PM
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corona
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good point... lets just settle with the fact that Australia is kicking ass. Definitely doing the best.
Aug 17 2008 1:05PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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a HELL of a lot of chinese people have access. Definitely not that high of a percentage like canada, but they interviewed this canadian female weightlifter, and she said how there are a million female chinese weightlifters alone. They still have a lot of people that get into the programs.

and though this wasn't technically a repost, i mentioned this in the canada got a medal thread already
Aug 17 2008 1:09PM
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J.D.
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Talent pool is nowhere near as important as government funding and cultural support. But I think we're missing the central question, which is, who gives a fuck about the olympics? When was the last time you watched pole vaulting or hammer throw or weightlifting? 4 years ago? That's what I thought.
Aug 17 2008 1:40PM
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Ryno
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I agree, who really fucking cares about any of this?
Aug 17 2008 1:43PM
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corona
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oh, only the billions of people who watch care. man, haven't you learned anything in history? Olympics are damned important for the world. I don't really feel like writing it all down, but here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

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and its incredibly important for a country's moral and all that crap. plus it's supposed to be a time of peace where countries get to have better relationships with each other etc

if you dont give a fuck about the olympics then you need to get cultured... who gives a fuck about T Hall winning pipe at the X-games?



Aug 17 2008 2:24PM
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Dirty-Jersey
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the summer olympics is the only time people watch those shitty sports, but they watch them because they are in the olympics and people care about the olympics in general.  the opening ceremony was viewed by 34.2 million viewers in the u.s. (thats more than the population of canada). in china, 819 million people viewed the opening ceremony.
Aug 17 2008 2:25PM
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dave44
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a) russia - georgia, n korea - s korea

b) i do
Aug 17 2008 2:27PM
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corona
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ya.. it's 'supposed' to be a time of peace. russia - georgia thing is just douch. but in the ancient Olympics they actually stopped wars for it.
Aug 17 2008 2:30PM
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corona
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and common, do I need to loose karma for saying the olympics are good? :P
Aug 17 2008 2:31PM
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k-rob
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The Olympics shouldn't have anything to do with the nations. It's all become a bunch of political bullshit that shouldn't even have a place in athletics. The fact that they're hosting them in China this year shows that the organizers have absolutely no respect for the athletes themselves, what with the terrible environmental issues there, that most of the athletes have said is affecting their abilities. What I really hate is when they talk about how many medals each country has, as if it was the country that won the medal. "Canada has 7 medals now," well they shouldn't even be looking at Canada, it's the athletes that are up there on the podium, not the politicians.
I fucking hate the Olympics.
Aug 17 2008 2:36PM
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corona
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then take Phelps... he wins his 8 golds and it's all about him (like it should be) and not at all about the US.
Aug 17 2008 2:40PM
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Mezmerize19
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when i was watching the gymnastics i heard the commentator saying that china picks out the girls when their like in pre k and makes them start training at 10. If this is true for the rest of the athletes, then well its not a matter of who has access to the training its more of who china picks to have access 
Aug 17 2008 2:41PM
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k-rob
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except for the fact that they keep adding up the "USA's medals" and adding his achievements to those of his country. i would flip shit if i won gold and people kept saying my medals belonged to the country, i guess it's a good thing i'm not an olympian.
Aug 17 2008 2:44PM
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corona
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But if it wasn't for the country lots of those Olympians might not have won the medals they did. If Phelps never lived in the US but he lived in Ethiopia or something then I doubt he would even be close to being where he is because it's thanks to his country that he had the proper training and the proper facilities.
Aug 17 2008 3:01PM
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dave44
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you think to much

Aug 17 2008 3:28PM
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C_Shred
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seven medals in two days? that must be a canadian record, just like everything else we've done at these games.
Aug 17 2008 5:00PM
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skiEER
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its not about the actual sports that are taking place that is important
Aug 18 2008 7:50PM
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Dylan_
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canada must feel special, i mean 1 american has more gold medals than the whole country combined. haha kidding, but not really
Aug 18 2008 7:53PM
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