Heading into Pyeongchang 2018, note that Team Canada is not just hoping for another good performance: it expects oneScott Russell remembers documenting the lean times. Evaluating Canada’s medal hopes going into those events, it looked like a collection ranging from long shots to even longer shots. Cross-country skiing was hardly the only discipline in which Canada, despite its reputation as a land of winter, was an Olympic afterthought. Canada won seven medals in the mountains of France. Note that Team Canada is not just hoping for another good performance: it expects one.

Source: National Post February 08, 2018 13:01 UTC