BANG FOR THE BUCKS

Own the Podium funding for the Pyeongchang quadrennial and medal production, and medals won:

$5.4M

Alpine skiing: 0 medals*

$1.25M

Biathlon: 0 medals

$5.3M

Bobsled: 2 medals*

$3M

Cross-country skiing: 0 medals*

$5.8M

Curling: 1 medal

$4.6M

Figure skating: 4 medals

$15.1M

Freestyle skiing: 4 medals

$5.2M

Ski Cross: 3 medals

$4.6M

Women’s hockey: 1 medal

$1.4M

Men’s hockey: 0 medals*

$3.8M

Luge: 2 medals

$6.4M

Short track: 5 medals

$736,000

Skeleton: 0 medals

$50,000

Ski jumping: 0 medals

$6.4M

Snowboard: 4 medals

$6.3M

Speedskating 2 medals* of the foundational sports of the Winter Olympics.”

Alpine skiing is another, and Canada’s team didn’t have a banner Games. Erik Guay had to withdraw because of back pain. The squad that did show up posted just two top 10s. Not good — certainly not when thrust up against $5.4 million in OTP funding this quadrennial.

Speaking of under-achievement, curling managed just one medal, in the mixed doubles.

The Rachel Homan and Kevin Koe foursomes came up short. Is there a navel-gazing curling summit in the works? Probably not. It was probably just an aberration.

Nor should there be too much hand-wringing on the women’s hockey side. They had to facilitate a major rebuild long before they got here, and they take time. They lost their one-goal edge on the U.S. when it comes to the big game, but they haven’t lost their way.