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Who's your second team in the Olympics.
man_at_milletts
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Apart from Team GB of course.
I've been tasked (don't ask) to support a second team in the Olympics, so I'm going for Malawi.
4 competitors, 1 in the marathon, 1 in the 400 metres, and 2 in the 50metres Freestyle. One of the competitors bearing the first name of Charlton.
As they don't have any 50 metre pools to train in, in Malawi, let alone heated ones, I figure the 2 swimmers need some support.
[Miserable buggers need not apply :-)]
I've been tasked (don't ask) to support a second team in the Olympics, so I'm going for Malawi.
4 competitors, 1 in the marathon, 1 in the 400 metres, and 2 in the 50metres Freestyle. One of the competitors bearing the first name of Charlton.
As they don't have any 50 metre pools to train in, in Malawi, let alone heated ones, I figure the 2 swimmers need some support.
[Miserable buggers need not apply :-)]
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Would you believe it MAM, but I met them all yesterday.
Doing a course at Glouc Uni in Chletenham and there they were there, meeting local school atheletes who had come over as part of their end of year sports day. Brilliant and very grateful for the heated pool.0 -
Saw the piece on the news last night, they all seemed very pleased with the facilities there.0
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I'm supporting Guyana as my second country . My boss Is from Guyana and they have only won one medal ever ( a bronze in 1980 ) . They have 5 competitors this year . Three runners , one swimmer and one in the Judo.0
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Has to be Canada, as my dad was Canadian.0
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Saw the piece on the news last night, they all seemed very pleased with the facilities there.
Bit of a mickey mouse 'University' if truth be told.
Went to the Cotswolds Tango Annual Dinner Dance a couple of weeks ago there. Very strange.0 -
Any of the womens beach volleyball teams0
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I'm really not sure yet , i'm sure i will be fickle though!0
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AnyALL of the womens beach volleyball teams0 -
Malawi for me too then. Spent a fair bit of time there on a couple of occasions and loved it.
They may not have any 50m pools, but they've got a ruddy great lake. No crocodiles in a 50m pool though,I'd imagine.0 -
Has to be New Zealand 4 me...0
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I'm a big fan of the Swedish women0
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Malawi for me too then. Spent a fair bit of time there on a couple of occasions and loved it.
that explains why they are good at the 50m freestyle tho
They may not have any 50m pools, but they've got a ruddy great lake. No crocodiles in a 50m pool though,I'd imagine.
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Well, 2 of them anyway! Not so sure about the others.0
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Bermuda. They have 10 athletes coming, best chance of a finalist is in the sailing.0
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Tanzania, 6 athletes in total, a boxer, swimmer, 3 marathon runners and a middle distance runner
St Lucia, 4 athletes in total, 2 high jumpers a sailor and a swimmer0 -
Any of the womens beach volleyball teams
Nope, they are saying if it stays this cold and wet they will all play in leggings and long sleeve tops0 -
Any of the smaller countries that have very few contestants but the men and women put their heart and soul into performing to the best of their ability.
They need some support.
Let's hear it for the little guys !!!!0 -
Colombia, on account of the boyfriend.0
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Canada for me. Lived there from a year old til six and some of my earlier memories include pledging allegiance to the Canadian flag every morning at school.0
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China for me... the country of my ancestors. And they'll compete for a fair few medals as well!0
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I usually support the Brit if there is one and like Charlton villager I like to support an underdog.
Generally speaking though I think all of those individual sports should be open to the best in the World (that is after all the Olympic ideal) not the best from each country which is limiting. If the best four sprinters in the world are Jamaican they should all be running. We should't have to put up with 2nd best (or 4th best) just to squeeze people in from different countries. We should truly make the event a festival of sport unconstrained by national issues (for obvious reasons this doesn't apply to team sports though).0 -
Poxy weatherAny of the womens beach volleyball teams
Nope, they are saying if it stays this cold and wet they will all play in leggings and long sleeve tops0 -
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I think you're clutching at straws here hoping it turns into a mud wrestle.Any of the womens beach volleyball teams
Nope, they are saying if it stays this cold and wet they will all play in leggings and long sleeve tops
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Anyone but America !0
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Team GB
Go Canada Go!!
Only kidding in case the Patriot Police are reading this
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USA0
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Somalia.
Not just because my daughter-in-law is Somali and therefore my grandson is half-Somali.
But because there is no team at the Olympics that has suffered more adversity and tragedy.
There are only two of them - Mohamed Hassan Mohamed in the men's 1500 metres and Zamzam Mohamud Farah in the women's 400 metres.
There is not a single athletics track in the whole country," Zamzam says. ""Some have been used as army bases. Some have been destroyed. The talent is there but not the facilities.''
Actually, I think they are probably my first team. Soomaaliyeey toosoo !0 -
Malta - my second international team for all sports - football, rugby, cricket any sport you care to name, they are my second team. I'm no glory hunter.
To date no Malteser has ever won a medal of any description at the Olympics.
This year Malta will have four representatives at the Olympics - a male 100 m sprinter, a female 200 m sprinter, one swimmer and a contestant in the double trap shooting.0 -
Saudi Arabian women, its the 1st time they've been allowed to compete in the Olympics.0
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U.S.A
Im a plastic!!!0
