Regardless, there's no need for all this hate. The Olympics are almost half over and already the story has been nothing but "DISSAPOINTMENT~!!" from a number of sports writers. No encouragement, no noting who's leading in gold medals (love the condescendation for snowboarding guys; I guess now that Sweden beat Team USA in Women's Ice Hockey, it's more respectable??), no waiting until the games are close to over.
The meme has been decided on and that's what they're going to harp on. If an athlete makes something resembling an excuse, they'll run it; if not, you won't hear much about it.
Yeah, I'm not liking Olympic coverage outside of the live hockey games.
Good on Chandra Gunn for showing sportsmanship