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Originally Posted by charlene
Almost all of the Canadian medals have come from the female athletes...
nuff said.
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i missed this (and i never actually noticed that before, interesting)...but ok, not quite enough said
this from Clara Hughes:
"I hate to say this as a female, but there is a lot more depth in men's sport.
"It takes a lot more resources to be able to develop men. In my sport, speedskating and also in cycling, when you get a top-10 result as a male, it's something out of this world coming from North America," Hughes said.
She said she studied the amazing results of Canada's male cross-country ski team, which is clearly building momentum and will be a force in Sochi in 2014. They had a handful of top-10 results, making a serious though unheralded dent in the Scandinavian stronghold.
"Those are phenomenal results and they unfortunately won't be appreciated as much because they weren't a medal," said Hughes.
"There is so much depth, especially in the endurance sports. It takes more time. It takes more resources. I'm not saying it's easier to win as a female but, in terms of depth, it's different.
"I do think it takes more time and more resources for the men and the guys have shown that it is possible.
"I'm not saying it's easy (for women), so don't get me wrong, because it's so hard. Sport at this level is unfathomably hard. But it's different."
i guess north american men and women are fortunate to have left over Olympic facilities such as luge runs, skating ovals, etc to train on...and if especially if you live in BC or Alberta, you're all set, take your pick...where is our closest luge run or oval, i wonder?
anyhow, I'd really like to see Russian women get the opportunity to pursue hockey the way north american gals have...two years ago there was a vacant field about 15 minutes from me....now there are 2 rinks there...this summer they are adding 2 more at that facility...there are already 2 other rinks in town...many adopted Canucks are getting into the action...and they seem to dig up money for all the required gear... weeknights and weekend mornings are total madness in those parking lots