[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn]i thought that was because he was a millionaire who didn't want to train as much as the canadian team told him to...

canadian governments put lots of money into sports, but only hockey and curling.
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If you look at the amount of money each gov't puts directly into sport it isn't even close. The 2 countries have similar populations. For the years preceding the Sydney olympics the Australian Government starting putting much bigger dollars into sport federations. The result....Australians are kicking ass all over the place.... not just in Kangaroo riding and Koala Bear chucking.