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Title: Olympic cycling team Post by: nirvana on August 18, 2008, 11:39:41 AM Absolutely fascinated by the variety of race types and event structures.
Our team is just awe inspiring - really great to watch something we dominate at. That is all Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: PocketLady on August 18, 2008, 12:55:08 PM Yep, I am truly proud to be British for this olympic games. Loving the cat and mouse games, and the points races. I've never understood how they work until this Olympic Games. It's great to be able to watch the cycling, rowing, and swimming and know that we are practically guaranteed medals! When you think of the size of the USA and China compared to the size of Britain we are doing so well to be 3rd in the medals. Apparently USA and China have over 600 people entered into the games, and we have half that amount. It's definitely an achievement.
Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: gatso on August 18, 2008, 01:05:32 PM When you think of the size of the USA and China compared to the size of Britain we are doing so well to be 3rd in the medals. Apparently USA and China have over 600 people entered into the games, and we have half that amount. It's definitely an achievement. I LOLed. Teams USA and China have more people than us and we still manage to come 3rd behind them. not quite sure how that's an achievement, it would be an achievement to come above a bigger team, not below. olympics thread over here btw if you missed it http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=35565.0, we're all being proud except kev who hates everyone Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: PocketLady on August 18, 2008, 01:20:14 PM How can it not be an achievement just to be in a situation to compete with these big countries. IMHO it's an achievement to be anywhere near them with half the number of competitiors, and a far smaller population to select athletes from. Ok then, we are above Australia, who are a huge country, there's our achievement ;)
Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Jon MW on August 18, 2008, 01:25:08 PM Being above Germany and France would probably be a better comparison
Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: kinboshi on August 18, 2008, 01:27:54 PM Being above Germany and France would probably be a better comparison Which we are ;D. If you haven't read it (not you Jon, obviously), read the article Jon pointed out about why our cycling team is so good: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7534073.stm Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Ginger on August 18, 2008, 01:28:43 PM When you think of the size of the USA and China compared to the size of Britain we are doing so well to be 3rd in the medals. Apparently USA and China have over 600 people entered into the games, and we have half that amount. It's definitely an achievement. I LOLed. Teams USA and China have more people than us and we still manage to come 3rd behind them. not quite sure how that's an achievement, it would be an achievement to come above a bigger team, not below. olympics thread over here btw if you missed it http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=35565.0, we're all being proud except kev who hates everyone Kev doesn't hate all the GB team, but I get the feeling he thinks most of them are a bunch of slackers... To be honest though, some of the comments that are made make me want to pull my hair out and ask for a refund. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: gatso on August 18, 2008, 01:31:10 PM How can it not be an achievement just to be in a situation to compete with these big countries. IMHO it's an achievement to be anywhere near them with half the number of competitiors, and a far smaller population to select athletes from. Ok then, we are above Australia, who are a huge country, there's our achievement ;) we're not anywhere near the chinese and won't be near the americans by the end. the achievement is being above so many countries with similar or far bigger populations and good sporting infrastructure. france, germany and russia most notably. you're right about the aussies though, we pwn them on medals/square mile. and the yanks, and the chinese Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: kinboshi on August 18, 2008, 01:33:26 PM When you think of the size of the USA and China compared to the size of Britain we are doing so well to be 3rd in the medals. Apparently USA and China have over 600 people entered into the games, and we have half that amount. It's definitely an achievement. I LOLed. Teams USA and China have more people than us and we still manage to come 3rd behind them. not quite sure how that's an achievement, it would be an achievement to come above a bigger team, not below. olympics thread over here btw if you missed it http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=35565.0, we're all being proud except kev who hates everyone Kev doesn't hate all the GB team, but I get the feeling he thinks most of them are a bunch of slackers... To be honest though, some of the comments that are made make me want to pull my hair out and ask for a refund. People do need to remember that these are sportsmen and women, many still very young, and they haven't had media training and are often interviewed straight after finishing - and so aren't always going to give the most incisive and well thought-out responses to some of the inane questions they are asked. But yes, some do say stupid things! Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: PocketLady on August 18, 2008, 01:34:01 PM Being above Germany and France would probably be a better comparison Yep there is that too, although our population isn't that much different to that of France and Germany. We would all love to beat the Americans and the Chinese but let's face it, we are talking about the most heavily populated country in the world (who also happen to be the home nation) and America, home to over 300 million people and possibly (although we hate it and won't admit it) the most powerful country in the world. Can't see how being able to compete with them isn't an achievement. What I mean is that it is an achievement to be 3rd in the table, and only be behind to these two countries, rather than listing all the countries we are ahead of..that would take ages. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: PocketLady on August 18, 2008, 01:37:40 PM Anyway, we rule, we are amazing. We pwn the cycling and rowing at the least, enough said.
Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Jon MW on August 18, 2008, 01:57:55 PM ... rather than listing all the countries we are ahead of..that would take ages. might be fun though Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: EvilPie on August 18, 2008, 02:17:27 PM ... rather than listing all the countries we are ahead of..that would take ages. might be fun though Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Angola Algeria Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Burundi Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Bahrain Botswana Belarus Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands Central Africa Chad Chile Chinese Taipei Colombia Comoros Cape Verde Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote-d´lvoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Arab Rep. of Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon The Gambia Germany Ghana Great Britain Guinea-Bissau Georgia Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordon Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Kenya Korea people Republic Korea Democratic People Republic Kuwait Laos Latvia Saint Lucia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lichtenstein Luxembourg Rep. of Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Rep. of Moldova Marshall Islands Maldives Malta Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niger Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Palestine Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Rhodesia Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia St. Vincent & Gr. Saint Kitts and Nevis American Samoa Western Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Senegal Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Slovakia Swaziland Serbia Singapore Spain Sudan Surinam Syria Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Tonga Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tajikistan Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Tunisia Turkey Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Unified Team United Arab Emirates U.S.S.R. US Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe That took ages. It was fun though ;D Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Royal Flush on August 18, 2008, 02:49:37 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority.
If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: kinboshi on August 18, 2008, 02:53:45 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority. If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Surely cycling is as much a minority sport as swimming is? Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: EvilPie on August 18, 2008, 03:07:10 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority. If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Surely cycling is as much a minority sport as swimming is? How many people race in the Tour de France every year? It's hardly a minority sport. Just because it's not as popular for viewing purposes doesn't mean that there aren't as many people actively competing at any one time. I'd guess there are more swimmers about than sprinters. We just don't know about them because it's boring. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Longy on August 18, 2008, 03:09:21 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority. If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Surely cycling is as much a minority sport as swimming is? How many people race in the Tour de France every year? It's hardly a minority sport. Just because it's not as popular for viewing purposes doesn't mean that there aren't as many people actively competing at any one time. I'd guess there are more swimmers about than sprinters. We just don't know about them because it's boring. Im Olympic terms Athletics>>>>>> Swimming>>>>> Every other sport, in terms of presteige imo. Though i think moaning about us excelling in a sport cos its not important as the rest, is a bit lol. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Royal Flush on August 18, 2008, 03:11:05 PM Im Olympic terms Athletics>>>>>> Swimming>>>>> Every other sport, in terms of presteige imo. Thought i was alone for a second!!! I ain't complaining about crushing indoor cycling, it's a great achievement and shows what we can do with the right investment, now i would love to see that done in the 'major' sports. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: Jon MW on August 18, 2008, 03:13:30 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority. If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Surely cycling is as much a minority sport as swimming is? How many people race in the Tour de France every year? It's hardly a minority sport. Just because it's not as popular for viewing purposes doesn't mean that there aren't as many people actively competing at any one time. I'd guess there are more swimmers about than sprinters. We just don't know about them because it's boring. Swimming isn't boring. But yes I'd imagine out of cycling, sprinting and swimming there were more competitive and recreational swimmers than either of the other two, it's just in terms of the prestige levels they can't compete with athletics. That's why they can't compete in terms of funding. Title: Re: Olympic cycling team Post by: EvilPie on August 18, 2008, 04:10:30 PM I would be more impressed if we excelled at stuff that wasn't minority. If we start shipping Athletics medals i will be happy!! Swimming was obv a great start in this respect. Surely cycling is as much a minority sport as swimming is? How many people race in the Tour de France every year? It's hardly a minority sport. Just because it's not as popular for viewing purposes doesn't mean that there aren't as many people actively competing at any one time. I'd guess there are more swimmers about than sprinters. We just don't know about them because it's boring. Swimming isn't boring. But yes I'd imagine out of cycling, sprinting and swimming there were more competitive and recreational swimmers than either of the other two, it's just in terms of the prestige levels they can't compete with athletics. That's why they can't compete in terms of funding. Sorry it was a bit of a tongue in cheek statement. It's not really boring. Like you say it's about the prestige and the prestige comes from whatever makes good viewing and that is whatever is exciting. Hence 100m>>>>>>200m>>>>>>400m etc... >>>>>50m freestyle>>>>>>50m butterfly>>>>>>>>.......50km Walk. |