Why is the US sucking in these Olympics?

[smahala1991]

They have yet to win any gold, they usually win by now

[DaveJord]

Honestly I have a theory on this... my kid played in travel sports their entire life. And with the whole everyone deserves to play and deserves equal opportunities and minutes... its really lowered the level of competition and completive nature of sports. So I do not think kids are driven to excel or achieve. In my day if you were a talented athlete you where pushed by coaches and your parents to be the best, and you where rewarded for it. But now days everything is supposed to be fun, and at some point when they reach a level that some one seriously challenges them for the first time, they tend to want to quit because its not fun any more.

Plus lets be honest, lots of these athletes are exploited by colleges and travel ball organizations and they put so much of their time into it with out any real finical gain. Travel Sports are for profit so it is less about the talent and more about how they can earn more money... so truly talented kids with natural ability either do not have the money or the desire to deal with the toxic pollical side of athletes. If you are not playing in travel sports by the age of 10 to 12 then your chances of making a highschool sport team is low, and honestly the quality of highschool sports has dropped drastically. Its all about catering to the athletes and parents and not about the talent.

[Miristheiss]

I'm not following it.
It is in China. Reason 1 not to watch.
So many athletes are sheeting on the country now and protesting during the events or metals rounds... etc. Those athletes shouldn't be allowed to represent the country if that is what they are going to do and that is reason number 2 not to what an ounce of the Olympics.

But, the USA doesn't do as well in the winter Olympics. They do better in the summer.
All of these countries that are up in the mountains with snow and ice all year round excel at the winter Olympics. The USA does ok but is not consistently the top metal earner.

[Nagahime]

The US is too worried about trans rights, forcing people to take dumb vaccines, and sticking their nose where it doesn't belong in other country's affairs to care about the Olympics.

[LindsayLesling]

Maybe they are a bit on edge considering they are in China, and the US does not have great relations with them right now

[GlassTop]

Because America has been too focused on politics, racism, homosexuality, diversity and equality than winning. Just like how we are choosing our next supreme court justice on race and gender rather than skills and merit. This is expected. I wouldn’t be surprised if China and Russia completely dominate the Olympics for the next few generations.

[demonics]

Feminist Karen shouts "Patriarchy" at the ever growing pack of wolves surrounding her... Its not working as her college professor claimed it would.

[BCA6010]

The US generally doesn't do as well in the winter Olympics compared to Summer, plus our athletes have been more concerned with being drama queens than competitors lately too.

Frankly it also wouldn't surprise me if some of them are throwing their performance for personal gains. Medals don't really mean much to most people anymore, and most of the country doesn't care about the Olympics either, for a combination of the reasons above as well as personal boycotts.

[Lionman95]

For a non-American perspective I think they are too much under-pressure at the moment. Plus they might not be used to the restrictions the Chinese made due to Covid.
Many other countries had harsh restrictions and their atheletes were already getting used to them during their preparation for the Olympic Games.
Also I´m not sure if the US was always as good in the Winter Olympics as in the summer Olympics.

[MrOracle]

There's already major problems with food (there's very little for the athletes to eat, and they're being fed the same things 3 meals a day), as well as the crazy COVID rules and Chinese police pulling people out of the village and put into isolation without clear reasons (this is happening with and without positive tests, and without verifying those tests), and the whole thing is just a mess. in my opinion, we shouldn't have been involved in these Olympics at all.

[genericname85]

cause they don't have training camps for chindren like china for example, where they litterally train 10.000ds of children with the sole purpose of being an olympian.

i mean considering that fact, it's surprising china doesn't win all the medals actually...

[ShadezMcgee]

Didn't they just get a gold in snowboarding for women? I also heard at least 2 winners were DQ'd because of violations, so there has been controversy over it.

[Jessica745855]

maybe because they are scared being in China LOLOL Nancy Pelosi maybe scared the shit out of everyone with her warnings to them.

[NathanDavis]

do they really suck as Olympic athletes?

or is it just that other athletes from different countries have just been much better?

[DaveToo]

When the Russian skater, at the age of 15, can perform 3 quad jumps one of them followed by a triple, we obviously aren't pushing our athletes to excel!

[MarkRet]

It’ll probably come out in a couple of years that he was doped up to win.

[DaveToo]

@MarkRet It was a she and she's performed one Quad in other competitions and tested negative for performance-enhancing drugs. At the age of 3, she said she wanted to skate in the Olympics one day. At age 5 she was performing at levels far beyond where she should have.

[MarkRet]

I’ve seen it all before. Russia is famous for doping, cheating, and getting away with it. Same thing for the US. Lance Armstrong was hailed as Mister Wonderful for years. He even got on the Wheaties box. Then it came out he was doping the whole time, denying all the way. ANY champion is probably a doper.

[RealMarek]

Maybe they know fewer Americans are watching than ever, probably because more Americans are alienated from their own country than ever.

[MarkRet]

I live in the US, and I don’t even care. Most athletes are on dope anyway.

[kellytheman]

I think they recently won a gold but the Olympics just started and usually in later events is when the US starts taking over and showing Americans are top athletes.

[Slartybartfast]

Is there an Olympics this year? I thought everyone boycotted it?

[exitseven]

I do not think anyone wants to be there, not even the athletes.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I think American athletes may not be conditioned enough and these things seem to happen

[NorthwestRider]

Maybe worldwide athletes are getting better and their countries are putting more resources into the Olympics

[call_me_scar]

Don't know but I won 10 bucks betting against them go Canada

[NYCQuestions1976]

I'm sure we'll be near the top of the list when all of the events are finished.

[Cringe]

Unfortunately, there's no activity that's gun related so their not gonna win

[MarkRet]

Even in biathlon, the US doesn’t win.

[Kiran_Yagami]

Because this Olympics is a train wreck. The goddamn ski jump is built next to a nuclear reactor.

[Chthou95]

Because they cared more about politics and virtue signaling than actually competing to win

[msc545]

Does this really matter?

[TwoToTooTutu2]

The Olympics are happening?

[888theGreat]

I am not supporting media or China by watching it

[888theGreat]

If you are watching Olympics you are unAmerican. You support China. You support racism. You support Communism. You support slavery. You support media. You support American Jobs going to China (no wonder you make $9 an hour). You support the mistreatment of Animals. You support Covid and the spreading of Covid. You must also hate freedom or take it for granted.

[ACR130]

We aren't as great as we thought 👍

[ragooo8]

Social justice

[FadoraTheExplorer]

I dont know

[AtTheTop]

dont knoww