It is always the Home Teams opportunity to Win and
although the UAE won the Individual Gold
and Bronze, the Team only finished 1 and therefore did not Finish a Team, and
they Lost on their home turf.
Looking at the #'s of completion and throwing out
time of placing of the Teams...To Finish is to Win,
Remember???
Italy finished a Team in #'s 5, 14, and 29 for a
combined average of 16.
Australia finished in 12, 19 and 45 for a combined
average of 25.
Belguims data was incomplete in the Start/Finish
for the Team for this analogy as the 4th Team Member was not listed (or i missed
it)..
Now a little History. The last/first/only USA
Team to win Gold abroad was in 87 at the European Championships and i have the
data and a little experience there.
The Team Gold was won with #'s 8, 9, 28 for an
average placing of 15. While the Time has gotten faster, the placings have
gone down. Do i see something important here? Yes, i
do.
By the way, in 87 Belguim was the sleeper then
too.
