Sochi Olympics: Anyone watching? Has your country met your expectations this year?

[S.Peelman]

To answer the thread title, as a Dutchman I couldn't really be any happier.

We won a record amount of medals, even almost matching our Summer Games record. Sadly though, being a country with no mountains whatsoever, we can't really compete in three-quarters of the events and the only sport we as a country truly take an effort in at the Winter Games is speed-skating.

Also, in case anyone actually believed that, not because of that reason the NYTimes or whatever in the US mentioned in some article that all of us are skating the canals from "village to village" visiting family. Don't know who came up with that idea. For one, there isn't even ice in the canals and we just use cars for that even if there was, personally I've never even put on ice-skates in my entire life .

Anyway maybe that makes it even more impressive though, to be able to nearly match those countries that sent armies of athletes to every sport under the sun in total medal-count by just dominating at one sport. I'm a bit disappointed by so many outlets, mostly in North America putting down this achievement and the whole sport all of a sudden, I guess they're just jealous. Better yet, we could even realistically say we missed out on some medals. Notably in short-track skating, but also one in bobsleigh if the gods would have favored us. I hope for future games the sports-federations here put more effort in other sports as well, because we don't need mountains for everything.

I've also watched a lot of the other events with great interest, seen some impressive stuff and intense matches and it's always fun that the Olympics are always so unpredictable!