Quote Originally Posted by Vincent Butler View Post
Pathetic that our men did not even get out of the quarterfinals. I mean, the Czech Republic? And we lost to Slovenia earlier? I can understand losing to Russia, but really, we did not do a good showing this year.

Then again, my Dutch half loves the speedskating.
It turns out in aggregate, the 2018 Olympics results are shaping up to look a lot like the 2014 results. Other than the Russia thing, No, the other Russia thing. The other other Russia thing.

I wouldn't be surprised if this were the stable equilibrium for recent history. Don't know if anyone has dominated like Norway this year.

2018

Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
Norway 13 14 10 37
Germany 13 7 6 26
Canada 10 8 9 27
United States of America 8 7 6 21
Netherlands 8 6 4 18


2014

Country Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
Russia 11 9 9 29
Norway 11 5 10 26
Canada 10 10 5 25
United States of America 9 7 12 28
Netherlands 8 7 9 24
Germany 8 6 5 19