Off Topic The Olympics

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Heimdallr said:
It was a decent medal haul and the varied spread shows that sport is in good health in GB, compared to 1970s -1990s.

Boxing and cycling were weaker this OL for GB - don't know enough about either to give a valid answer why.

GB has always struggled with team sports in the olympics - hockey, water polo etc. Maybe football dominates?

There were several close calls that silver could/should have been gold - Peaty, Kerr etc small margins...
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I wonder how much the National Lottery funding has reduced since they bollocksed it up adding extra numbers and putting it up to £2... (or has it always been £2)... either way, im sure there are lots less people playing it...
 
TIGERSCAVE said:
I wonder how much the National Lottery funding has reduced since they bollocksed it up adding extra numbers and putting it up to £2... (or has it always been £2)... either way, im sure there are lots less people playing it...
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It was 2013 when they increased the price from £1 to £2 and the takings have never reduced, ticket sales now are over £1.1b a year higher than they were in 2013.
 
Heimdallr said:
It was a decent medal haul and the varied spread shows that sport is in good health in GB, compared to 1970s -1990s.

Boxing and cycling were weaker this OL for GB - don't know enough about either to give a valid answer why.

GB has always struggled with team sports in the olympics - hockey, water polo etc. Maybe football dominates?

There were several close calls that silver could/should have been gold - Peaty, Kerr etc small margins...
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Steve Bunce was suggesting the problem with boxing now is that the younger talents are being swept up by the professional promoters earlier. Money Vs medals.
 
I wish i'd have known to play imagine to calm women down when I was married to the buggers. <laugh>
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Heimdallr said:
30 is geriatric for a diver anyway..

GB at the Olympics shows that ppl are worth investing in - put the money, technology and guidance in and ppl grow and succeed, across all classes and facets of life.
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If anyone wants to invest in me donations are more than welcome, the value of your investment may go down or up.
 
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