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Xen said: These Winter Olympics are the first ones I even followed, I expected Russia to erase everyone being both the host and a wintery country, but to see a ~4m country like Norway do so well surprised the hell out of me. They have wonderful conditions for being that good, and I bet lots of desire to be so good, too... but still. I can understand where the joke comes from |
Well, then you don't know Winter Olympics very well. Norway always do well, skiing, biathlon -- it's their thing. They were only one medal behind us in Lillehammer, at home. Leaders are pretty much always the same: Russia, States, Norway, Germany and Canada with their ups and downs and some casual top-5 leaders like Italy or Netherlands.
But yes it could have been a lot better if not biathlon and skiing -- that fault is entirely on coach -- athletes are month or two behind their peak form.
//And no worries, Norway will be eaten soon. If not by us, Canada or the US will take the lead. Mwa-ha-ha.
