I am really surprised. Thanks for the correction.

>Mike,
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>Not true at all... based on the stat I'd heard this weekend that Canada did not win any medals in the last Winter Olympics they hosted...
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>Overall Canada summer atheletes are twice as medal prodigious as their winter atheletes:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_count
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>*Later update* of course this may be caused by having twice as many atheletes and/or twice as many games in summer vs winter... lies, damn lies, and statistics after all...
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>And the guys at NBC didn't lie (as if Costas ever says anything wrong *g*) about the 88 Calgary games:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics
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>>Statistically speaking as in based on a population ratio? It seems like a meaningless calculation if you don't include all the other factors. For sure Canada does a lot better in the Winter Olympics than the Summer ones.