From: "Gregg N" 

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> That's true, but given the way we pick our team, unlikely.  We already
> field the "best of the best" (except in basketball and baseball) from
> the US.

If we were to send our top 25 athletes rather than only one we would surely
have twenty five chances of winning each medal rather than only one. There
is not necessarily a clear "best of the best". There can be
numerous equally capable top athletes, their relative abilities fluctuating
from day to day.

Gregg

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