Actually, that chart is outdated.
It used to be about competition,, now it’s smash your opponents and grab the medals and endorsements.
Pardon me for being so cynical but it is a hollow pre-packaged commercial rip-off.
I’ve watched some events .. but haven’t been able to catch a bad case of gas much less get my Olympic flame fired.
We are now tied for first.
Short answer: Yes. Always. We are Americans. At one time we WERE the best of the best and no one could touch us. We must crush all who stand in our path. Ask anyone around FR and that's going to be the prevailing attitude
What's the problem this time? Mediocrity. All those who were supposed to stand out....didn't. We have but a week left in these Olympics to prove ourselves....and, frankly, I don't hold out much hope.
Granted, there are some disciplines that we have never been a power in (Nordic disciplines, biathlon, ski jumping). There are some sports, however, that we have been dominant in past Olympics. It just seems that we've fielded some people who are great human interest stories, but not overwhelming competitors who should be winning their sports.
I'd love this to change, but we're getting to the point that sports should be something we'll need to take our focus off of in order to focus on more important things.
26 countries have won medals so far. Four of them have only won 1 medal. I don't know how many other countries are competing but haven't won any medals.
Obama said before his first election that he wanted to share the wealth around. Shouldn't we be striving to reduce medal inequality?
US traditionally doesn’t do all that great in the Winter Olympics.
US just needs to shut up and compete and stop the whining.