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Olympic medals by country

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  • 89th8 Online
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    Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.

    What a shame.

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      Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.

      What a shame.

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      @89th said in Olympic medals by country:

      Wow had no idea he was American. So stupid…his dad is American, his mom moved to America as an adult. But he picked Sweden…probably because the US has a harder “olympic trials, do or die” approach to making the team but in Sweden you get on the team from cumulative points. Plus they pay a salary.

      What a shame.

      He's the #1 guy in the world. Has been a phenom since he was in high school.

      His dad is the Swedish pole vaulting coach. I think dad makes decent money coaching the lads.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
        You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
        You don’t want politics tainting sports.

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        • AxtremusA Axtremus

          The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
          You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
          You don’t want politics tainting sports.

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          @Axtremus said in Olympic medals by country:

          The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
          You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
          You don’t want politics tainting sports.

          As usual, the point has flown over your head...

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • AxtremusA Axtremus

            The coupling of athletes to nationalities is rather unnecessary.
            You don’t want athletes telling you how to run a country.
            You don’t want politics tainting sports.

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            @Axtremus said in Olympic medals by country:

            You don’t want politics tainting sports.

            Why?

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            • LuFins DadL Offline
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              Link to video

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                  Link to video

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                    Link to video

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                    @LuFins-Dad said in Olympic medals by country:

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                    I remember that one. Reception was horrible on the antenna and it was like watching them play in a snowstorm. Couldn't follow the puck. Wouldn't have made much difference, anyway. Dixie rednecks didn't know much about hockey, except yankees and furriners played it on ice.

                    Didn't matter. When our bunch of amateurs beat what was essentially one of the best professional teams in the world, we were all screaming and hollering at the top of our lungs.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      Yep. I was a kid in Florida watching it, same holds.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                        I was on call, at work at the U. Someone brought a TV into the office, and we watched.

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                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          No cable, no remote control, rabbit ears, in my unbelievably cheap 1-bedroom apartment in Alexandria, good times.

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