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[–]kwallio 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I guess they're only at the olympics for ~validation and not to win. Which seems odd to me.

[–]FlippyKing 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To make a chess analogy, they are playing for the end game. They already have the advantage out of the opening, but to try to force a checkmate now over this would be risky.