Canada needs a major rally to beat medal target

If an Olympic to lose hockey game at home was not bad enough to your rivals in the South, here is some more bad news for Canadians: their country is on pace for its worst medal haul since 1992.

But nobody is panicked only. At least not the brass. Canadian Olympic Committee President Michael Chambers said Sunday that while the United States dominated the first week of the games, the second week of the host nation, would go the prediction of more than 13 new medals for Canadian athletes.

Getty Images Patrick CHAN Canada responds to his routine in men's figure skating short program.

Is Mr. Chambers too optimistic? Not necessarily. The second week is back loaded with events that should dominate Canada. An aggregate score of predictions from five national publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Canadians had the this week in everything from women's bobsleigh run, men's curling 17 medals to win. But the prognosticators have not disabled Canada well so far. Had the country gain by Monday afternoon, and it only even worse than Canada 10.3% of the medals in the games in Turin, Salt Lake City, pace won Nagano and Lillehammer 5.7%—a. All five publications medals for which Canadians in men's downhill and the women expected skeleton and ended up with nothing. All five have men's hockey team medaling and loss in the United States is suddenly his path much harder after Sunday

Regardless, there is almost no chance of Canadians your original goal is 35 medals that at home would require 26.3% of remaining medals, "own the podium" match. Nobody won at that rate in the games in 75 years.

Here is how does Canada at these Olympic Games in comparison to previous games.

* By Monday afternoon (53 events)

Printed in the Wall Street Journal, page D10

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