I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
Originally posted by cinc310
Now, I have been aware of who she was for sometime and she has two world silver medals but when it was silver medal in the olympics, some appearances on national TV. A swimmer has to win a gold medal in the oympics to do this.
On the other hand, in figure skating there is exactly one gold medal awarded every four years for ladies singles. In swimming there are 25 Olympic golds by my count, including relays. Yeah, if you count pairs and ice dancing there are a total of 3 golds available to women in figure skating, but that's still a lot fewer than 25.
Originally posted by cinc310
Now, I have been aware of who she was for sometime and she has two world silver medals but when it was silver medal in the olympics, some appearances on national TV. A swimmer has to win a gold medal in the oympics to do this.
On the other hand, in figure skating there is exactly one gold medal awarded every four years for ladies singles. In swimming there are 25 Olympic golds by my count, including relays. Yeah, if you count pairs and ice dancing there are a total of 3 golds available to women in figure skating, but that's still a lot fewer than 25.
