Vancouver’s final medal count shows the unhappy Russians way down the list, with just 15 medals.   But there’s more to their grumbling than sour grapes — way more.  A little analysis shows an interesting picture of wins leveraged by political shifts.
The Russian government is unhappy because it is remembering the “good old days” of the Cold War, 1949-1989.  This was when the [...]

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It’s always fun for us to look at our stats and see what drove people to our site. Sometimes it’s very revealing. Over the last two weeks, the top search term that drove people to Outsports: ‘Scott Lago.’ He’s the American snowboarder who was sent home after some racy pics (right) surfaced of him, a [...]

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Whether you think Canada (14 golds) or the USA (37 total) gets the moral victory in the final medal count, there is one thing we can all agree on: Russia did not own the podium. And Russia’s president is pretty bitter about it.
A day after the Vancouver Games, and four years before the Winter Olympics are [...]

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After all the squawking Candians made us suffer through about how they would win the medal count, after Russia’s posturing about their goal of 40 medals in these Olympics, it’s the good guys who will win this Winter Olympics medal count. The United States of America will come away not only with its first Winter [...]

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Apolo Ohno’s 8th career medal last night gave the US delegation their 34th medal of these Games, tying the most ever won by the US. The previous US record was set on home soil in 2002. It appears the US will win the medal count for only the second time in a Winter Olympics (first time [...]

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If you want to know why the TV ratings have been solid gold for NBC this year, look no further than the medal count. After the first week, the United States already has 20 medals. While the Russians were yapping about aiming for 40 medals at these Games, it’s the Americans who have a seven-medal [...]

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Before the race for the medal count gets into high gear, I wanted to point out that after nine medals have been handed out, nine countries all have one apiece. Kind of a nice moment. Also, Slovakia has won its first gold medal ever, awarded to Anastazia Kuzmina for 7.5km biathlon. Could Ghana be next?
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