Canada finally won a gold medal !!!!!
 

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Man ....

GYMNASTIC

on the ground ... what the fuck ?

Canada didn't win anything, Kyle Shewfelt did.

Why must entire countries take credit for the accomplishments of one person?

Gee.. maybe because they're there to represent their country maybe?

What the fuck do you think the Olympics are ???

The biggest representation of peace between countries . AND a competition between them ...

pfffft

Its pretty sad, the country my parents are from which is a fairly new country has three medals, and Canada now has four - the same as thailand.


I actually read an article in the newspaper that indicated that Romania gives its gold medal winners and additional 50k, I believe the US gives its winner 25 (I could be wrong) and even Kenya gives its gold winners a flat screen tv washer and a dryer. Canadian gold medal winners receive nothing.


BG

FINALLY....

i didnt know people competed for big screen tvs and cash. maybe they should just give that out for winning instead of the medals.

If it wasn't of the taxes you pay to bring thoses atheltes there, there would be no olympic games

Agreed ... but they get a lot of media hype thought ... well a lot in quebec at least .

Well interestingly enough, a lot of the Canadian olympians do live below the poverty line. Why is it that Hockey players are paid millions of dollars, where as these athletes receive next to nothing - though they train just as hard, if not harder.


BG

I would definitly say ... harder

finally....its take a long a time

They were having a debate on CBC newsworld today saying the athletes are underfunded...but one guy said rewarding athletes who do well just increases the incentive to cheat and use illegal substances

Hype doesn't pay the bills :)

Unless the land a commercial deal promoting kelloggs or something.


BG

I disagree

haha you guys are so owned!! :1orglaugh

they train to win, not to get rich. if they want to make money they should get a real job or play in a sport that people will pay money to watch.

bah olympics sholympics grolympics.

the men should have won the rowing fucking faggot judges.

i wanted to jerk all over their faces. the rowing team was my fav. thats all i cared about.

now i cry.

bye

I haven't seen any Canadian athletes with commercial deals except for Patrica Felecien (sp?).

I was watching a documentary awhile ago on Daniel Igali, gold medal winner for Canada in Sydney. Even after he won gold, he didn't receive any sponsorship deals, he had to ask Cheerios to sponsor him after meeting one of the execs at an award ceremony.

Which rowing event? The eights? They came fifth...what does that have to do with the judges?

Well everyone knows drugging runs rampant in the Olympics regardless if there is a payout or not - look at Ben Johnson.

I am glad in the advent of new drug testing these athletes will lose their medals should they be caught.

As a side note, look at Germany in the 80's, their athletes were apparently given steroids without even knowing it (apparently - but you explain how one day yu have tits, the next they disapear and you have two testicles). I am not sure as to whether or not they reaped any financial benefits - but I feel it was more about national pride more so than anything.

BG

Actually a lot of them do have jobs - how long do you think their training takes? I would think more than a few hours. All I am saying is that the Government should assist them. Hell we illegal aliens - why not our athletes?


BG

It cuz Hockey RULES! and these sports suck ass... who cares about those gay sports... We win gold in Hockey and that is all that I care about!

Please crawl back into the hole you came from.

BG

im all for supporting their training, but i dont think they should be given millions with taxpayer dollars because they want to compete in the olympics.

They don't automatically qualify for funding, it's only the top athletes that do. They even increased the standards over the past few years.

whats wrong with mens gymnastics floor exercise?
thats one of the most popular and hardest events in the olympics

I don't know.. it's pretty sad. I have been watching the Olympics mostly to check out the hot ladies. :Graucho

a statement about the country itself ? :1orglaugh

lol that's not too honorable right?:1orglaugh

Canada does better in the Winter Olympics:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2002/medaltracker/

In 2002:

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

Germany 12 16 7 35
USA 10 13 11 34
Norway 11 7 6 24
Canada 6 3 8 17
Russia 6 6 4 16

The Canadian government has more delegates in Greece than we have atheletes there. In the news the other day, they had featured a member of the female weightlifting (I think it was weightlifting - too lazy to do a search) team.

They receive so little funding that she had to wear her Quebec uniform while representing Canada. She actually sewed a Canadian flag on her uniform so it at least looked like she represented this country.

Our tax dollars have more to do with supporting uncountable levels of fat, lazy, corrupt government than helping our atheletes. Or anyone else who's not a politician, for that matter.

dont they get a coupon for 3 doz donuts from Tim Hortons?
and i think a phone call from either the Prime Minister or Gordon Lightfoot.. ?

Of course we do.. we are more of a winter country. Hell where I live there is snow on the ground for 6+ months of the year.

dont worry! moose hunting and igloo building is on thursday!

Hell I would join the olympic team for free timmies.

BG

medals 2000 summer
canada: 14 usa: 97
2002 winter:
canada: 17 usa: 34

total:
31 to 131

and canadas population is 10x smaller, if it was 10x bigger (size of americas).. it would be 331 to 131.

We still get free healtcare ... :P

Is there even 331 ?

And compare the athletes from Quebec vs rest of canada . I'm sure the ratio is higher from here.

They choose to do this. What the fuck. Damn socialists.

now thats funny :1orglaugh

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