WestLdnShawty wrote:Monday - It definitely does.. As the US has a wider pool to choose from..
Plus there are advantages to being the host nation and having a larger than usual number of athletes competing for you is one of them.. Heck they didn't even have to qualify for certain sports such as football..
As hosts they were pretty much expected to enter competitors into every sport if not every single event.. They even had people competing in sports they would never normally consider like handball etc..
