I didn't find my recent thread about the decline of Ladies skating in Europe (it is because of the forum change) so I open a new one. Comparing the nationality of the top 24 Ladies skaters in the last 3 Olympics, we see that Asia is on the rise, North America is stable, Europe is declining. And Europe is going worse in every Olympics
2010
-ASIA = 7 (South Korea = 2; Japan = 3; China = 1; Australia = 1)
-AMERICA = 4 (Canada = 2; United States = 2)
-NON EUROPE = 11
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 13 (Finland = 2; Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Switzerland = 1; Italy = 1; Hungary = 1; Germany = 1; Estonia = 1; Spain = 1; Uzbekistan = 1; Turkey = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 5 (Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Estonia = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 7 (Finland = 2; Italy = 1; Hungary = 1; Germany = 1; Spain = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 3; without ex Soviet = 1 (Lepisto 6th; Leonova 9th; Makarova 10th)
2006
-ASIA = 4 (Japan = 3; China = 1)
-AMERICA = 5 (United States = 3; Canada = 2)
-NON EUROPE = 9
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 15 (Russia = 2; Switzerland = 1; Italy = 2; Georgia = 1; Finland = 2; Ukraine = 2; Hungary = 2; Croatia = 1; Turkey = 1; Luxembourg = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 5 (Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Ukraine = 2)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 9 (Switzerland = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 2; Hungary = 2; Croatia = 1; Luxembourg = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 4; without ex Soviet = 2 (Slutskaya 3rd; Meier 8th; Kostner 9th; Gedevanishvili 10th)
2002
-ASIA = 2 (Japan = 2)
-AMERICA = 4 (United States = 3; Canada = 1)
-NON EUROPE = 6
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 18 (Russia = 3; Hungary = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 1; Ukraine = 2; Switzerland = 1; France = 2; Belarus = 1; Croatia = 1; Slovakia = 1; Slovenia = 1; Romania = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 7 (Russia = 3; Ukraine = 2; Belarus = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 11 (Hungary = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 1; Switzerland = 1; France = 2; Croatia = 1; Slovakia = 1; Slovenia = 1; Romania = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 5; without ex Soviet = 2 (Slutskaya 2nd; Butyrskaya 6th; Sebestyen 8th; Volchkova 9th; Fontana 1oth)
Interesting, huh
2010
-ASIA = 7 (South Korea = 2; Japan = 3; China = 1; Australia = 1)
-AMERICA = 4 (Canada = 2; United States = 2)
-NON EUROPE = 11
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 13 (Finland = 2; Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Switzerland = 1; Italy = 1; Hungary = 1; Germany = 1; Estonia = 1; Spain = 1; Uzbekistan = 1; Turkey = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 5 (Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Estonia = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 7 (Finland = 2; Italy = 1; Hungary = 1; Germany = 1; Spain = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 3; without ex Soviet = 1 (Lepisto 6th; Leonova 9th; Makarova 10th)
2006
-ASIA = 4 (Japan = 3; China = 1)
-AMERICA = 5 (United States = 3; Canada = 2)
-NON EUROPE = 9
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 15 (Russia = 2; Switzerland = 1; Italy = 2; Georgia = 1; Finland = 2; Ukraine = 2; Hungary = 2; Croatia = 1; Turkey = 1; Luxembourg = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 5 (Russia = 2; Georgia = 1; Ukraine = 2)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 9 (Switzerland = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 2; Hungary = 2; Croatia = 1; Luxembourg = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 4; without ex Soviet = 2 (Slutskaya 3rd; Meier 8th; Kostner 9th; Gedevanishvili 10th)
2002
-ASIA = 2 (Japan = 2)
-AMERICA = 4 (United States = 3; Canada = 1)
-NON EUROPE = 6
-EUROPE WITH EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST = 18 (Russia = 3; Hungary = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 1; Ukraine = 2; Switzerland = 1; France = 2; Belarus = 1; Croatia = 1; Slovakia = 1; Slovenia = 1; Romania = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EX SOVIET = 7 (Russia = 3; Ukraine = 2; Belarus = 1; Uzbekistan = 1)
-EUROPE WITHOUT EX SOVIET AND MIDDLE EAST= 11 (Hungary = 1; Italy = 2; Finland = 1; Switzerland = 1; France = 2; Croatia = 1; Slovakia = 1; Slovenia = 1; Romania = 1)
Europeans in top 10 = 5; without ex Soviet = 2 (Slutskaya 2nd; Butyrskaya 6th; Sebestyen 8th; Volchkova 9th; Fontana 1oth)
Interesting, huh
