There are a couple areas where we thought we'd perform better but we didn't. We just have to go back and work a little harder for Vancouver.
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Prior to Salt Lake, we were an afterthought as a winter sport nation. We had won a few medals, the highest being 13. But we really weren't considered one of the powers in the Winter Olympic Games.
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