# Give me someone to root for in the Olympics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684 "2004-08-20T06:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684/21 "2004-08-21T20:28:49Z")

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> [@duffer](#):
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> Nope, they are STILL making the most of beating the US in that little hockey tournament a few years back. If they never win another thing, they’ll always hold onto that.
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> Friggin Canadians. :mad:

Aw, that’s OK. We’ll just keep stealin’ the Stanley Cup from them! 😛

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684/22 "2004-08-21T21:03:46Z")

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Root for the Iraqi soccer team. They’re the consumate underdogs, have pummelled some of the soccer world powers, and AFAIK are still moving forward. It’s the feel good story of this Olympics!

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**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684/23 "2004-08-21T23:02:14Z")

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Well it’s too late to root for her, but you can congratulate Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry. Prior to this Olympics, no one from Zimbabwe had ever won an Olympic swimming medal. Coventry pulled a hat-trick, winning one each gold, silver and bronze.

She will also (ahem), return for her senior year of swimming at Auburn University, where both the men’s and women’s swimming teams will be going for their third consecutive National Collegiate (NCAA) Championships this coming season. 😃

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**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-someone-to-root-for-in-the-olympics/260684/24 "2004-08-22T03:59:01Z")

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Burkina Faso’s Judo team. Or Bhutan’s [archers](http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpYzI2cWw0BF9TAzk2NjczMDE1BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-insidetheringsarc&prov=ap&type=lgns).

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