The U.S., in most sports, has a pure system for its Olympic selection process. First across the line, you're on the team. This is another story. Any time a sport or a federation chooses to choose its team with people voting something other than a competition that opens a lot of problems.
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The day after the opening ceremony, when suddenly you have people competing for medals in every event. ... It's like real reality TV. We're not going to be talking about skeleton coaches the day after the opening ceremony.David Wallechinsky
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