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Official 2026 Winter Olympics Thread

Betting odds:

Most Overall Medals
Norway (-250)
Germany (+500)
United States (+750)

Most Gold Medals
Norway (-170)
Germany (+470)
United States (+500)

When it comes to both overall medal count and gold medal count, Norway is the odds-on favorite at the Winter Olympics. The nation has 405 medals overall, 148 of them gold. Compare that to the United States, which sits in second position in the all-time medal table, with 330 total, 114 gold.

Norway's Olympic dominance comes in large part, of course, from its strength in Nordic sports, such as cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic Combined (which blends the two) and biathlon.

The United States excels in many different areas; the ones most people think of are speed skating and figure skating, alpine skiing and snowboarding. The NHL allowing its players to compete in the Milano Cortina 2026 Games for the first time since 2014 also gives the U.S. a strong chance to challenge Canada for ice hockey gold.

Though Germany is third on the medal table (267 total, 105 gold), this is largely because the nation has competed in 13 Winter Olympics to Norway and the United States' 24 appearances. Germany excels in luge, biathlon and bobsled.
 
Betting odds:

Most Overall Medals
Norway (-250)
Germany (+500)
United States (+750)

Most Gold Medals
Norway (-170)
Germany (+470)
United States (+500)

When it comes to both overall medal count and gold medal count, Norway is the odds-on favorite at the Winter Olympics. The nation has 405 medals overall, 148 of them gold. Compare that to the United States, which sits in second position in the all-time medal table, with 330 total, 114 gold.

Norway's Olympic dominance comes in large part, of course, from its strength in Nordic sports, such as cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic Combined (which blends the two) and biathlon.

The United States excels in many different areas; the ones most people think of are speed skating and figure skating, alpine skiing and snowboarding. The NHL allowing its players to compete in the Milano Cortina 2026 Games for the first time since 2014 also gives the U.S. a strong chance to challenge Canada for ice hockey gold.

Though Germany is third on the medal table (267 total, 105 gold), this is largely because the nation has competed in 13 Winter Olympics to Norway and the United States' 24 appearances. Germany excels in luge, biathlon and bobsled.

This is a really long way of saying that Norway medals in sports no one gives a shit about and the US medals in real sports...
 
This is a really long way of saying that Norway medals in sports no one gives a shit about and the US medals in real sports...
Just wait until black people learn how to ski. It will be over for the Norwegians
 
Winter Olympics are like 40% really cool sports, and 60% really gay sports. And then NBC's production is always gay & overly-focused on personal drama rather than sport.

Hockey could be fun though.
 
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