Probably not.

^_^ I'm good and yourselves?

pretty good.

hey Kings.

what are we talking about?

Oh. I didn't even realize it but USA won another gold medal while the local programing was interrupting the broadcast of the Olympics.

what did we win it in?

Snowboarding.

-walks to and sits at Wings's feet listening to the convo-

I'm slightly sad. i wanted to watch snowboarding and i didn't really want seth westcott to win.

*smiles down at King* would you like a seat on my shoulder?

I wonder if the tv is free today. or is there an outlet for my computer charger by the couches.

USA has eight medals in total. We have twice as many as the next closest country.

I'm only saying that as an observation. I'm not saying the US is super awesome or that any of the other countries suck.

edit: Actually, I guess we're at nine now.

that's typically how it is. us gets most medals

USA is big, not that that should matter, but more people means more good athletes.

Maybe it's because we don't have the government sponsored programs like a lot of the other countries do. To get to the Olympics, our athletes have to prove themselves all on their own, so it motivates them harder than some of the other competitors.

Our athletes don't have government funding to back them.

yeah that might be part of it.

It's just a thought. I mean, when you've got the government programs, that is the pool of athletes they choose from. That can be kind of limiting.

Meanwhile, without the set pool of athletes, America theoretically has a greater number of athletes to choose from even before you take population into account. Besides, there are countries with larger populations than the US.

it's still a pretty good theory....

Yeah, but it's only a theory. Also, I'm sure there are merits to the government programs as well. I can think of one pretty easily, actually: money.

Becoming an Olympian isn't a cheap endearvor. That's part of why you see corproate sponsorship in the American broadcasts. The teams have to get their money to train, travel, and outfit their people somehow.

well, a lot of the bigger countries are good. I don't hear much about tiny contries I don't know where are. but you have a good theoy

well one thing bigger countries have an advantage in is that they have a larger amount of people and by having more people they have more shots at getting medals

Estonia won silver, and Switzerland's won a couple of medals so far. They're pretty small countries.

Then again... aren't a lot of countries small compared to ones like China, Russia, and the US?

yes the vast majority of countries are smalled compared to places like Russia, US, China, etc.

and india. are they even in the olympics?

i don't think they are in the winter olympics... at least not as a big delegation...

Um... I almost feel like I saw one athlete from India, but I might be mistaken. I don't think they're big participants in the Winter Games.

I just checked. India has three athletes in this Olympics.