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...handful of Americans are upset the local guys didn’t win either ice hockey gold this year. Some go as far as to say that was the only disappointment of the Salt Lake City Olympics...
Though I was cheering for Harvard’s own Dan Weinstein ’03 in short track, I have never become “ra-ra” when American favorites try to follow through on expectations and win gold. While that doesn’t cause me many problems during the Winter Olympics, the Summer Olympics are horrible. We’re always huge favorites in track-and-field and men’s basketball. Many of our local athletes also happen to be extremely cocky. Do I root for Maurice Greene in the 100 meters...
...think it’s great to see Australia—a country that had never won a gold medal before—finally triumph in an event (actually two). I also like to see small countries, with populations one-tenth that of the United States, have their days in the sun for once. Many people in Croatia and Bulgaria do not have much to cheer about in their daily lives. Their countries are poverty-stricken. When a Croatian athlete can rise to the top of the world and compete at a level with Americans who have more money...
Female skier Janica Kostelic, who won four medals for Croatia, will return to her country as the toast of Zagreb. In America, we may appreciate all of our athletes, but we just have too many. One gold medal here or there only gains so much attention...
SALT LAKE CITY—A joint report released two days ago by USA Hockey and the Canadian Hockey Association debunked the flag-stomping rumors that marred the aftermath of the Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game on Thursday...