Loki, I agree on both points. I guess if you train for one thing the first 20-ish years of your life, and you only get one shot at it, it would be hard to not fulfill your dreams. The worst is the 100m track race. I mean the runners are sub-10 seconds. There is no time to make up for a mistake. You either do it perfectly and hope to win, or you make a small mistake and you are SOL.
At least Canadians gave us Hockey, eh?