Thursday, August 14, 2008

Canadian nationalists demand more medals

The nationalists at their National Post, that is:

[A] country as young, prosperous, healthy and intelligent as Canada should be doing better, now. We have heard for years that our athletes will shine at the next Summer Games or the one after. It’s time to stop putting off success until tomorrow while making excuses today.

If we need more training facilities, let’s build them. If we need better coaches, let’s hire them, no matter where in the world we must recruit them. Is our national attitude the problem, or our athletes’ attitude? Are we and they too content with their personal bests rather than world records and Olympic wins? Is it the fault of our national sports associations and executives?

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