Hahaha, that would be priceless. I hope he tries for the citizenship of whatever country to host the 2022 Olympics.
Does South Korea allow dual-citizenship?
In some situation, but not in this case. Ahn Hyun-soo is no longer a Korean citizen.
Hahaha, that would be priceless. I hope he tries for the citizenship of whatever country to host the 2022 Olympics.
Does South Korea allow dual-citizenship?
Worry not! We've made both curling finals, so guaranteed silvers, if not golds (especially by the women). We also won a gold in bobsled. Women's hockey should yield gold (or silver at worst). Men's hockey is a question mark, lol.
Charles Hamelin was an absolute disaster since winning his 1500m... neither of his falls were due to competitors either... that was all on him. I'm sure Francois feels terrible too. But 1 gold is still awesome!
Just a temporary lull. Based on the IOC rankings, Canada just leap-frogged into second position from 7th. Still potential Gold in Mens Hockey and Curling. Perhaps speed skating also. At Vancouver, Canada didn't win any Gold until the last half of the Olympics, then accumulated 14.Canada's week of futility continues. No gold medal since Dara Howell won the women's ski slopestyle. I guess the (literal) silver lining is that we have more silver medals than any other country but, well, that's not much of a prize.
According to Bobsleigh commentators, every track is different. Host countries tend to have the advantage, since they have more practice time on the course leading up to the Olympics. It is not surprising Russia would do well in this event.Host country Russia came through in the end, despite the controversies: they will probably leave Sochi with the most gold medals AND the most total medals, as they will probably get another gold for bobsleigh tomorrow.
All of the Netherland's Gold came from Speed skating, including some of the other medals. Speed skating has the opportunity for multiple medals. eg. men and women for the various different distances, plus team relay. If your plan is to maximize Gold and medal count, it would make sense to focus on this one event category. Which may have been what the Netherland did.Host country Russia came through in the end, despite the controversies: they will probably leave Sochi with the most gold mFinally, I don't think the Netherlands will get any more medals since there are no more speed skating events. But wow! Did the Dutch really rule the ice these past two weeks!
One short track medal, the rest in speed skating.All of the Netherland's Gold came from Speed skating, including some of the other medals. Speed skating has the opportunity for multiple medals. eg. men and women for the various different distances, plus team relay. If your plan is to maximize Gold and medal count, it would make sense to focus on this one event category. Which may have been what the Netherland did.
Host country Russia came through in the end, despite the controversies: they will probably leave Sochi with the most gold medals AND the most total medals, as they will probably get another gold for bobsleigh tomorrow.
The much-talked-about matrix seems to have paid off. *shrug* That said, it isn't so much that they focused on speed skating to maximize the medal count, but that they *already* focused on speed skating, and then focused on how to max the medal count. There is just no point in focusing on alpine sports when you're a country without mountains and little to no snow.