In away yes. The Canadian government put out its money to train its (was soon to be) gold medalists.
The USA does not. Tell you a lot about national pride and what economy does to a team.
Winning
Nothing
No it isn't it is about partisipating for it
they get it as a prize for winning the olympics.
by winning
she was an ancient Greece Olympics winner. She proved that women are capable of winning the Olympics, too.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece the winning time in the women's marathon was 2:26:20 by Mizuki Noguchi of Japan.
Her father was in the olympics but lost. He said that her winning "fixed his mistake"
USA with 36 medals
olive tree
It iz currently unknown.
He became a hero by winning the olympics