France put a fortune into ice skating a few years ago. The investment brought to them several top skaters. In the US, we forget that some contries don't have as large of a population as we do. There aren't many good pools in France either. also, despite what many people think, France isn't a very rich country.
I hope that swimmers don't get on the anti-French bandwagon. One set of my grandparents came to the US from France when they were children. It truly is a great success just that a woman would be a world class athelete. Many French women don't see atheletics as appropriate thing for women to do.
France put a fortune into ice skating a few years ago. The investment brought to them several top skaters. In the US, we forget that some contries don't have as large of a population as we do. There aren't many good pools in France either. also, despite what many people think, France isn't a very rich country.
I hope that swimmers don't get on the anti-French bandwagon. One set of my grandparents came to the US from France when they were children. It truly is a great success just that a woman would be a world class athelete. Many French women don't see atheletics as appropriate thing for women to do.
