Milano Cortina 2026 vs Torino 2006

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Milano Cortina 2026 vs Torino 2006

[rafalgorka 1,808]

2006 medal table

 

1	Germany	11	12	6	29
2	United States	9	9	7	25
3	Austria	9	7	7	23
4	Russia	8	6	8	22
5	Canada	7	10	7	24
6	Sweden	7	2	5	14
7	South Korea	6	3	2	11
8	Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9	Italy*	5	0	6	11
10	France	3	2	4	9
	Netherlands	3	2	4	9
12	Estonia	3	0	0	3
13	Norway	2	8	9	19
14	China	2	4	5	11
15	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
16	Croatia	1	2	0	3
17	Australia	1	0	1	2
18	Japan	1	0	0	1
19	Finland	0	6	3	9
20	Poland	0	1	1	2
21	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
25	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
26	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		84	84	84	252

[Ted 143]

Hope so (for my adopted country, Norway, that is). Torino 2006 was the first Winter Olympics I followed closely and it was nothing short of a disaster for Norway. Strangely enough, that was actually the reason I became an avid fan of Norwegian winter sports and have been ever since. As for my actual home country, Greece, a medal for Ginnis in slalom (alpine skiing) would be a miracle.

[phelps 8,278]

yes...not that it would take a big effort to be better than 2006 (in every aspect, from the organization of the Games to the Italian medal table) 

[Gianlu33 5,276]

Yes. Minus than Torino could become a total disaster for our sport

Edited November 23, 2024 by Gianlu33

[Ted 143]

5 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Yes. Minus than Torino could become a total disaster for our sport

How could Torino become a disaster for Italian sport? It was 18 years ago.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

5 minutes ago, Ted said:

How could Torino become a disaster for Italian sport? It was 18 years ago.

My English must have definitely improved . I meant that any result worse than Torino2006 would be a bad result 

[Ted 143]

13 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

My English must have definitely improved . I meant that any result worse than Torino2006 would be a bad result 

Haha. OK, I see. You are bound to do much better this time around although -as I recall- you won 5 golds back then, which is pretty good. In terms of total number of medals at least, you'll easily exceed the 11 you won in Torino 2006.

[Gianlu33 5,276]

24 minutes ago, Ted said:

Haha. OK, I see. You are bound to do much better this time around although -as I recall- you won 5 golds back then, which is pretty good. In terms of total number of medals at least, you'll easily exceed the 11 you won in Torino 2006.

On the Olympics I don't like to count golds to analyse the performance, I think the best data are the top8 and medals. In both fields I expect a big improvement (obviously not on the 'pure' number, but on the percentage of medal or top8 events)

[Josh 11,492]

In terms of total medals, yes. In terms of golds, I’d be fine with anywhere from 6-8.

 

@intoronto you don’t think we’ll do better or at least the same? Bit surprising.