Olympic cycling team

[nirvana]

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

[PocketLady]

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.

[gatso]

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

[PocketLady]

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

[Jon MW]

Being above Germany and France would probably be a better comparison

[kinboshi]

Being above Germany and France would probably be a better comparison

Which we are .

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

[Ginger]

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.

[gatso]

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

[kinboshi]

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!

[PocketLady]

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.

[PocketLady]

Anyway, we rule, we are amazing.  We pwn the cycling and rowing at the least, enough said.

[Jon MW]

... rather than listing all the countries we are ahead of..that would take ages.

might be fun though

[EvilPie]

... 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

China Republic

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.

U.S.A.
US Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe



That took ages.

It was fun though 

[Royal Flush]

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.

[kinboshi]

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?