41.6% of Japanese households watched their first World Baseball Classic game. So swap out "can be" in that original statement for "is"

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Amazing athlete… don’t know why she doesn’t get more pub….she is best ever at her sport and is very gracious with her interviews….Needs to be on SI cover and athlete of the year…

>Canada and the us were settled at the same time. Jamestown and Quebec City were the first two permanent European settlements in North America. And settled within months of each other. The history of Europeans in Canada didn’t begin in 1867 just like the history of Europeans in the united states doesn’t begin in 1776.

Right, but everything until 1867 is generally shrugged off as "done by the French/British settlers, not us". Hell, that might as well have been the Canadian governments official slogan until the 21st century.

>There have been others, named above in previous comments where the unites states has pursued self interest to the detriment of human rights, democracy, and common decency. Can you name a single conflict in which Canada has done the same?

Yes. To use your examples above, Vietnam (through logistical support) and Afghanistan. After all, Canadian snipers didn't get a reputation as among the world's best in the modern age by staying in Canada and shooting paper targets.

Also, I'm very curious to hear why you have such a high opinion of the Korean War and not the Vietnam war, considering the many parallels between them.

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It's not for skiing and that Olympics especially was shit for skiing

That goes without saying, because it's so stupidly obvious only an idiot would feel the need to point that out.

It's called the worldcup because its a competition that takes place across the world. And because thats what FIS decided to call it, it's a points based competition that takes place across the entire year, whoever scores the most points wins the cup, so it's cumulative performance throughout the year.

You can't just be good at one event to win the world cup you need to perform in slalom, giant slalom, super g, downhill and kombi. That's why it's typically a bigger deal than just winning a single race.

What's crazier is you normally start competing in these races at the age of 16 and it costs upwards of 60k a year to participate.

There's the world championships which are held every 2 years and the winter Olympics that are held every 4. Which is more along the lines of what you're thinking

Or players from other countries….

Terrible idea, the Olympics are supposed to bring us all together.

You don’t really need brought together unless you’re having problems.

He’s still great at golf. Like world renowned….

Best to do it

Pretty sure she will be the first skier to 100 wins. And that mark may never be seen again, unless they add a lot more races.

I looked it up because I was confused. She's won 86 races in the World Cup Circuit since she started participating in it. The World Cup Circuit takes place over a number of events with points earned throughout the season. One person wins the World Cup at the end of the season. She has won 5 overall World Cup titles.

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It’s not. Winning the World Cup is the pinnacle. Olympic gold is nice, but it’s just one event.

Agreed

The Olympics are a single event. The World Cup requires you to win repeatedly. You don’t understand the sport at all. Probably never even skied.

Lindsay Vonn doesn’t have a high win rate at the Olympics either. Arguably she would still be GOAT if she hadn’t been injured so much.

Julia Mancuso won an Olympic gold. Heard of her? She never won a single World Cup race, medalled just 7 times. Good skier but not even close to GOAT.

Good point

Buh dum tsssss

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How many world cups are there in a year? 86 is quite a large amount. I guess it must be across multiple events?

Okay I'm starting to understand. Thank you.

Greatest alpine skier of all time.

It absolutely is the pinnacle of most (Olympic) sports. Only the big team sports aren't