It is hardly surprising that I am not watching the Olympics. I like to see the results, but I can’t be bothered to actually watch the events. I’m wondering which I want more, Canada to win everything, or just be better than the US. Petty, I know.
But what I am really thinking about is curling. For me, curling is the ultimate winter Olympic sport. To be good in this sport, to even have a hope of contending, you must be a winter nation. Every other sport looks cool and exciting; non-winter nations want to be part of it and will field a hockey team or pretend they know how to bobsled (I’m looking at you Jamaica!) But curling isn’t cool. You have to really understand winter to play it. You can’t fake it. It is a “sport” that need special facilities to play, and you have to be really focussed to want to build one of those.
All the other countries are just winter posers.