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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)

- - Canadian Olympic 'athletes'. (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/canadian-olympic-athletes-766644/)

bats	Aug 16th 2012 2:33 pm

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

Someone on the radio was saying that the olympics should only have events where a world record exists. Raises all kinds of possibilities - Fastest mobility scooter, pogo stick jumping, wing eating.

ultrarunner

Aug 17th 2012 4:54 am

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

Whatever happened to "owning the podium"?

So much for that

iaink

Aug 17th 2012 4:56 am

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

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Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 10232559)

Whatever happened to "owning the podium"?

So much for that

Different podium wasnt it... snowier.

Eabie

Aug 17th 2012 11:40 pm

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10215790)

I expect the concentration on their athletes, fair enough, but its just they keep banging on about them when they're not even competing in that particular event, round or even in remote contention.

Yeah... it's just to generate interest. The assumption is that Canadians will be more interested if they "bang on about" Canadian athletes. I think the media overdid it, especially as Canada doesn't even compete very well in the summer sports overall. But I don't think it's a "celebration of mediocrity" as you so condescendingly put it in your original post so much as a simple attempt to generate interest for ratings.

cinelight

Aug 18th 2012 3:46 am

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

[QUOTE=Oink;10200374]Could you cheer for them?
their celebration of mediocrity, which I think is endemic to their wider culture.

Still crying with laughter same thing when you hear things like:

'Toronto is a world class city'

'Canadian and creative in the same sentence'

'snow & slow'

ultrarunner

Aug 20th 2012 4:11 am

Re: Canadian Olympic 'athletes'.

[QUOTE=cinelight;10233944]

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10200374)

Still crying with laughter same thing when you hear things like:

'Toronto is a world class city'

'Canadian and creative in the same sentence'

'snow & slow'

Yeah what is wrong that? The blackberry came out of Waterloo ON didn't it?

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