American Olympic Success (So Far)

Just a little Vancouver update:

Perhaps most impressive is that America is winning medals in traditional sports often dominated by Europeans, such as alpine skiing, figure skating and long-course speedskating. Noting that the number of Winter Olympics events has risen to 86 from 46 in Calgary, Olympic historian David Wallechinsky said, “We’re expected to do well in new events like freestyle skiing and snowboarding. But this week is not just a new-event phenomenon for the U.S.”

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Not too jinx things, since there are still a lot of medals yet to be one, but I think we can all be proud of the athletes representing America in this year’s Winter Olympics. Let’s hope the leadership in both overall medals and gold medals continues this week!

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