29 Golds so far - how many more?
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has Idowu turned up , thought he was MIA0
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Yep he's now arrived at the olympic village. Also reckons he never went in to hiding and it was always known where he was due to the surprise doping tests, he has to let the relevant bodies know where he is.0
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He is definstely not MIA.0
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that was before professional sports though. The olympics is more of an amateur competition and boxing fits in with that. Golf, tennis and football will dominate the olympics because of the big names in it.SheffieldRed said:
Regarding tennis, it was at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and then at every Olympics until 1924. Certainly some tradition.cafcfan1990 said:I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
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On that basis the tug-of-war should be included as that was a staple of the first few modern Olympics.SheffieldRed said:
Regarding tennis, it was at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and then at every Olympics until 1924. Certainly some tradition.cafcfan1990 said:I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
I believe Britain are still the reigning Olympic Tug-of-War champions.0 -
I would love to watch tug of war! We'd get destroyed by Fiji or someone like that!BlackForestReds said:
On that basis the tug-of-war should be included as that was a staple of the first few modern Olympics.SheffieldRed said:
Regarding tennis, it was at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and then at every Olympics until 1924. Certainly some tradition.cafcfan1990 said:I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
I believe Britain are still the reigning Olympic Tug-of-War champions.
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18 now.
Underwhelmed.0 -
Team GB out0
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Sack Lord Coe.0
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Boxing is the ONLY amatuer sport at the Olympics.
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Hopefully another 14 golds to come as i predicted 32.0
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Football has been in all Olympics bar two. Surely that fits in with tradition? It's also arguably the World's number one sport. I've enjoyed every game I have watched at the Olympics.cafcfan1990 said:I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
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Does anyone know if there are any financial incentives for gold medals from the BOA. I don't know the answer, just interested to find out??0
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Not sure about BOA , but heard each gold medallist gets a stamp printed of them and 15k from the post office , as well as their local post box being painted gold.0
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Perhaps not directly from the BOA, but no doubt from sponsors. I would imagine an increase in lottery funding may also be on the cards.Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:Does anyone know if there are any financial incentives for gold medals from the BOA. I don't know the answer, just interested to find out??
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Here are the figures for funding of every GB sport at these Olympics and Paralympics.
Makes interesting reading, surprised at the level of canoeing.
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/sport/summer/
Found out last night that Eton Dorney was built and funded (long before the Olympics) to the tune of £17 million by Eton College
Olympic Sport
Funding award (£)
Archery £4,408,000
Athletics £25,148,000
Badminton £7,434,900
Basketball £8,599,000
Boxing (Amateur) £9,551,400
Canoeing £16,176,700
Cycling £26,032,000
Diving £6,535,700
Equestrian £13,395,100
Fencing £2,529,335
Gymnastics £10,770,600
Handball £2,924,721
Hockey £15,013,200
Judo £7,498,000
Modern Pentathlon £6,288,800
Rowing £27,287,600
Sailing £22,942,700
Shooting £2,461,866
Swimming £25,144,600
Synchronised Swimming £3,398,300
Table Tennis £1,213,848
Taekwondo £4,833,600
Triathlon £5,291,300
Volleyball £3,536,077
Water Polo £2,928,039
Weightlifting £1,365,157
Wrestling £1,435,210
Total £264,143,753
Paralympic Sport
Funding award (£)
Adaptive Rowing £2,332,300
Boccia £2,333,300
Disability Archery £2,147,700
Disability Athletics £6,730,000
Disability Sailing £1,748,900
Disability Shooting £2,085,000
Disability Swimming £10,468,750
Disability Table Tennis £1,699,400
Goalball £513,453
Judo (Visually Impaired) £1,294,400
Para-Cycling £4,198,000
Para-Equestrian Dressage £3,605,500
Powerlifting £1,092,700
Sitting Volleyball £786,961
Wheelchair Basketball £4,493,930
Wheelchair Fencing £552,892
Wheelchair Rugby £2,361,600
Wheelchair Tennis £809,600
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I'm going for 250
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good luck with that Red.Redhenry said:I'm going for 25
If you succeed, you may well beat team GB ;-)
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They have already painted the post box gold for Jess EnnisMendonca In Asdas said:heard each gold medallist gets a stamp printed of them and 15k from the post office , as well as their local post box being painted gold.
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Winners from Sunday already had their stamps out on Monday evening, too!SheffieldRed said:
They have already painted the post box gold for Jess EnnisMendonca In Asdas said:heard each gold medallist gets a stamp printed of them and 15k from the post office , as well as their local post box being painted gold.
From BBC
The GB gold rush has created a marathon task for Royal Mail, which is rushing out stamps in honour of each winner.
Royal Mail has promised to issue a stamp bearing the medallist's picture within 24 hours of the victory being secured.
A team of more than 100 people works against the clock to rush out the stamps, which are printed at six locations around the UK.
That means they can reach 500 post offices by lunchtime the day after a gold medal win - even on Sundays.0 -
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I wonder wether they will keep that level of funding up for Rio?0
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They painted a post box in the wrong town for Liz Trott. She had to tell them her home town was Cheshunt!
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TBF that was the town listed on her Olympic recordsOllywozere said:They painted a post box in the wrong town for Liz Trott. She had to tell them her home town was Cheshunt!
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22 now!0
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Yorkshire has more goals then Germany and Australia lol0
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And London has more than Yorkshire. What's your point?0
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Beat me to it, sorry 1990, but as Offy says, you really need to do more research before you post mate. And I mean that in a kind way, not patronising.Man_About_Town said:
Football has been in all Olympics bar two. Surely that fits in with tradition? It's also arguably the World's number one sport. I've enjoyed every game I have watched at the Olympics.cafcfan1990 said:I think sports like Football and Cricket get crowds in but I do agree they do not fit with tradition, neither does tennis or golf. If the IOC don't want to add too many more than fair enough, I do believe the Olympics has to stay with tradition to a certain extent, athletics,swimming etc are the main focus.
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My point is Yorkshire has now got Gold boxes all over, the red ones are disappearing !Off_it said:And London has more than Yorkshire. What's your point?
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Surprised you have any post boxes at all. Thought your pigeons delivered all your post still.
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