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Team GB and NI medal predictions

MrOneLung
MrOneLung Posts: 26,860
edited July 2012 in Other Football and Sports
In Beijing we won 19 golds and 47 medals in total.
What do you think this year - a surge of medals in front of the home crowd, or a disappointing array of medals as the weight of expectation crushes our team.

I think probably less golds but more medals in total. Will plump for:

16 golds and 58 medals.

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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,274
    22 gold, 61 medals
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,815
    17 gold 65 medals in total
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    I going 19 golds 68 medals in total.
  • jdsd42
    jdsd42 Posts: 1,498
    track golds 0 or maybe 1 ---with all the excuses under the sun....total 20 gold and 70 plus medals --looking forward to the boxing
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    16 Gold, 49 medals, 4th place.
    Which would be a massive achievement for a country with the 22nd largest population.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Goldman Sachs produced this http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/topics/global-economic-outlook/olympics-and-economics-.pdf

    They predict 30 golds and a total of 65 medals, that would be very impressive
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    33 golds , 67 medals.
  • cafc_joe
    cafc_joe Posts: 214
    You can get 5/6 for under 62.5 medals.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,570
    should we not predict our medal haul split into those that are actually British and those that are foreign? (51% of the British squad are actually foreign).
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,827
    51% ???

    where did you read that large ?
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  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,555
    72% of stats are made up
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    23 golds and 63 medals
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    19 golds, 58 medals and one disgraced drugs cheat.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    22 gold with 83 in total
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    LargeAddick said:

    should we not predict our medal haul split into those that are actually British and those that are foreign? (51% of the British squad are actually foreign).

    Thats OK Large as 13.67% of all foreign participants are actually British.
    Swings and roundabouts, mate.

  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    20 gold, 69 in total.
  • True_Addick
    True_Addick Posts: 41
    23 gold, 67 in total
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Who are the NI athletes batting for then? Presumably not team GB or it would be team UK.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,860
    It is the media and fans who have coined the phrase Team GB.
    We are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as Great Britain with the international country identifier GBR. Northern Ireland are batting for you and me.
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    If I was from NI I guess I would rather it was Team UK ...but it's complicated over there. In rugby they bat for Ireland.
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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    edited July 2012
    The road cycling team is going to seriously f**k up the minds of some of the little englanders on here. One Belgium born who's half Australian, one Kenyan Born, one born in Malta, and someone from the Isle of Mann
  • superjonniejackson
    superjonniejackson Posts: 304
    20/70
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,631
    14 Gold
    66 medals
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,570
    AFKABartram said:

    51% ???

    where did you read that large ?


    Heard it on the radio. Doesn't really bother me just surprised me that's all.
    Rothko said:

    The road cycling team is going to seriously f**k up the minds of some of the little englanders on here. One Belgium born who's half Australian, one Kenyan Born, one born in Malta, and someone from the Isle of Mann

    As said above doesn't bother me one iota just more than a little surprising.

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