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29 Golds so far - how many more?
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Good luck to him.What was that last set all about today?BlackForestReds said:Murray has two finals and potentially 8 sets of tennis to play tomorrow - and you just know some here are willing for him to lose.
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Really think it's a golden chance for Murray tomorrow afternoon (in more ways than one).
There is a lot less pressure on him to win, however it is all but a Grand Slam final. The momentum of a win could really propel him to the very top level with the other three.0 -
Such a change since this final Olympic medal table...anyone want to guess the year?
1 United States 44 32 25 101
2 Russia (RUS) 26 21 16 63
3 Germany (GER) 20 18 27 65
4 China (CHN) 16 22 12 50
5 France (FRA) 15 7 15 37
6 Italy (ITA) 13 10 12 35
7 Australia (AUS) 9 9 23 41
8 Cuba (CUB) 9 8 8 25
9 Ukraine (UKR) 9 2 12 23
10 South Korea 7 15 5 27
11 Poland (POL) 7 5 5 17
12 Hungary (HUN) 7 4 10 21
13 Spain (ESP) 5 6 6 17
14 Romania (ROU) 4 7 9 20
15 Netherlands 4 5 10 19
16 Greece (GRE) 4 4 0 8
17 Czech Republic 4 3 4 11
18 Switzerland 4 3 0 7
19 Denmark (DEN) 4 1 1 6
19 Turkey (TUR) 4 1 1 6
21 Canada (CAN) 3 11 8 22
22 Bulgaria (BUL) 3 7 5 15
23 Japan (JPN) 3 6 5 14
24 Kazakhstan 3 4 4 11
25 Brazil (BRA) 3 3 9 15
26 New Zealand 3 2 1 6
27 South Africa 3 1 1 5
28 Ireland (IRL) 3 0 1 4
29 Sweden (SWE) 2 4 2 8
30 Norway (NOR) 2 2 3 7
31 Belgium (BEL) 2 2 2 6
32 Nigeria (NGR) 2 1 3 6
33 North Korea 2 1 2 5
34 Algeria (ALG) 2 0 1 3
34 Ethiopia (ETH) 2 0 1 3
36 Great Britain 1 8 6 150 -
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indeed - amazing turnaround in a relatively short time, isn't it?0
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Thats where you lottery pound goes, worth it insn't itFloyd Montana said:indeed - amazing turnaround in a relatively short time, isn't it?
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Worth every penny, I'd say.
you have to ask what caused the decline in other nations, though.
Germany France Cuba?0 -
Make the most of it because you can almost guarantee the thieving politicians will cut every sporting budget going for Brazil 2016 . Fact .0
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Germany were still benefiting from the merger of the drugs cheats from East Germany, France are doing ok in this games, Cuba cannot afford to fund "proffessional" sportsman without Soviet moneyFloyd Montana said:Worth every penny, I'd say.
you have to ask what caused the decline in other nations, though.
Germany France Cuba?
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Possibly we could get more medals in the Taekwondo - Sarah Stevenson is World champion and Lutato Mohammed goes in the men's class. The latter had better win if only for the sake of his governing body...0
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On the contrary bread and circuses always distract the peasants...Bedsaddick said:Make the most of it because you can almost guarantee the thieving politicians will cut every sporting budget going for Brazil 2016 . Fact .
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also Tom Daley in the individual 10m Platform diving0
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Typical that the footy players let the team down today... Not to worry though I'm sure they will feel fine picking up their 10k a week0
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Football shouldn't be in it so I think people should look away from that
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Where did the corinthian amateur spirit go eh?(Sucking corporate dick ?).0
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Exactly.funding has been poured into sports that will not have anywhere near the same level as support come brazil.Bedsaddick said:Make the most of it because you can almost guarantee the thieving politicians will cut every sporting budget going for Brazil 2016 . Fact .
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cheerful0
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Cheerfull no but sadly it will be the case . Hopefully with millions watching tonight it will inspire enough youngsters to compete and to overcome the inevitable political cuts.0
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Hopefully all the gold medal winners sung the national anthem ......unlike those overpaid footballers who prolly don't pay any tax or are welsh/scottish
Great effort after the early stutter Team GB(that sounds so gay) have done us proud , keep going for GOLD !0 -
The "gold" medals aren't even gold! They are 92% silve!0
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still some more equestrian too isn't there, or did that finish yesterday?0
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Doesn't a lot of the funding come from the Lottery.
And Bexley Dan, is Farah British now?0 -
Don't forget the Triathlon where we have the TWO Favourites! Huge chance for Gold...0
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I now genuinely believe we can get 25+ golds, we still have at least 10 genuine gold medal hopes:
cycling - Hoy in Keiren, VP in Sprint, Kenny in sprint and Trott in Omnium, plus Clancy is currently joint second in omnium and Reade in BMX
sailing - Ainslie and Percy today, 1/2 other good contenders
athletics - farah in the 5000, good other medal shouts (ohorougu, greene, aldama, two pole vaulters, shakes-drayton, relays), but any more than 1 gold would be big shock.
boxing - women start today and 4 men through to quarters - should be about 2 golds
brownlee brothers in triathlon
gymnastics - outside bets - smith in pommels
diving - daley - outside bet for gold, maybe a bronze or something
equestrian - good opportunites for a couple of golds, especially in the dressage
I think we can reach 25 golds and a total of 70 medals. Would be exceptional performance.0 -
I've really enjoyed this olympics and believe so have most of the majority of this country. I don't think I've heard a home nation support their team so well ever!
The lottery has done wonders for our athletes in funding infrastructure and allowing them to be full time sports people, rather than being skint or working part time, BUT! does anyone else agree with me that if an athlete receives funding which helps them achieve success, then they should agree to pay back a percentage of future earnings from the sport, in order to help others coming through?0 -
Not really church lane. Theoretically, the more they earn, the more tax they pay back (yeah I know), so they are contributing through their success in that sense.
In reality, look at what people like Kelly Holmes, Redgrave, Christie, Pinsent etc put back in their sport through fundraising, coaching, mentoring, ambassador work,.and they are more than putting back.0 -
agree, they work very hard in putting things back into sport, as I believe they should. They shouldn't just become commentators, it is nice if they can pass on their knowledge and experience to those coming throughAFKABartram said:Not really church lane. Theoretically, the more they earn, the more tax they pay back (yeah I know), so they are contributing through their success in that sense.
In reality, look at what people like Kelly Holmes, Redgrave, Christie, Pinsent etc put back in their sport through fundraising, coaching, mentoring, ambassador work,.and they are more than putting back.
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Funding of UK Sport is detailed here - check individual federations for more details, I guess
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/how-the-funding-works/0 -
With the shooting being held in South London, if there was a drive-by category that would be one more for us ....0
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