Looking over the medals table at the World Aqutics Championships in China, something stood out to me.
Canada has five medals and no gold medals.
No big deal. It's a tough competitive field.
Until we consider how many athletes we sent. 89 in total according to the link to wiki. That's more than the United States who are a megapower in the pool! The U.S. has 17 medals; seven gold to this point.
In fact, Canada sent more athletes than any country in the world except for China (117)!
Yet we languish in 17th?
I can only speculate on the performance thus far but how is this efficient use of talent? God bless our dedicated athletes but is it fair to them to send them into a position where they may not succeed?
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Although historically Canada's record isn't that bad.
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