USA has never won the most gold medals except in 1932, and Norway is nearly always dominant.

just being in the Olympics is/was a privilege. I should not equate politics with sports.

won the only gold medal for the U.S. at the Olympics in Grenoble. That was almost at the end of the games. It's not over until it's over. As of right now the U.S. has won 5 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals.

Damn him.

I feel like a scenario I've seen many times in recent Olympics is the happy gold medal winner and the silver and bronze medalists struggling to keep the disappointment off their faces.

Is it because so much media coverage frames it as "So and so had to settle for the silver" or "So and so, rejected in their quest for the gold", etc.? Maybe it's because all the monetization opportunities go to the first-place finisher?

I don't know, but I absolutely love it when someone who wasn't expected to medal wins the bronze and they are THRILLED! Shun Sato was very emotional about winning the bronze in men's figure skating.

I mean, winning a silver medal or a bronze medal at the Olympics is amazing. Just making the Olympic team is amazing!

is how I see it too.

I mean, winning a silver medal or a bronze medal at the Olympics is amazing. Just making the Olympic team is amazing!

No doubt going to screech how "wOkE" caused them to be losers.

for their silver medal luge winners! For years, every time the athletes parade came to Latvia, the network would go to commercial. These little countries with not such big purses are almost always zoomed over quickly. That or mispronounced.

Since when did the US ever DOMINATE a Winter Olympics?

The grit, hard work it took to make the team, makes for an Olympian! Not the number of medals they win in a given sport. Does the United States as a whole need to do better? Of course. I cannot imagine the pressure one feels before a race, skate, etc.

They are all winners.