It's one thing to be an American reporter at the Olympics. There are stories everywhere. We're winning medals at most any event. With hundreds of athletes, with every event in play (except team handball -- want to make the Olympics, start a team handball team!), we can be the life of the party. We had 72 medals entering today.

What drove this idea home was sitting a ride on the media bus next to a Finnish reporter.

Me: "How's Finland doing?

Reporter: "Great. We have three medals."

Me: "Any golds?"

Reporter: "Trap shooting."

Me: "Is that big in Finland."

Reporter: "Today it is. We have to take what we're given, right?"

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