Having looked at the sport in general, US dominance (more or less) and a host of other stuff yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 21, let’s look at the sport in this country to see why we have produced so consistently. This is actually where the true mindfreak is going to come in because the entire setup of the sport would seem to be all wrong. And yet we somehow produce. I also want to look at how the US appears to slipping and their current desperation move to try to fix it as this will also be illustrative for when I turn my eye to OL’ing on Monday.
So after you read this, on with the show.
US Speedskating (USS): Part 1
Unlike the other US sports I’ve discussed so far where there are usually pretty large numbers of folks involved, long-track speed skating is a stunningly niche sport. … Keep Reading