Where should we realistically be looking to end up?
Obviously China and USA will be well out in front, but we should be aiming to top the pile in Europe - although the sausage munchers are always strong - and it would be great (but unlikely) to finish above the Aussies.
A top 8 finish would be good and either way we should really be finishing above the French and the Italians.
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" ......Target is for 41 medals which should get us in the top 8, and the target for London is 4th in the table, which is going to need the track and field lot to up there game"
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It's like playing in the Premier ....... we'll never get above all those Man Utd's, Arsenal's, Liverpool's & Chelsea's
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the cyclusts were brilliant as well as that ugly bird that done the world record how good is she and only 19 as well.
on another note anyne see the 100m final.
that Bolt f*** me he's quick and only bloody 21. amazing run
I know that other countries have a bigger pool of athletes to chose from, etc, etc but I can't help thinking that a lot of it is to do with money. My point is that to make a good living as an athlete in the US you have to be very, very good and genuinely world class. But to make a good living as a UK sprinter, for instance, you only have to be better than a few other British blokes in your event. A bit simplistic I'm sure but I'm sure that it leads to them getting a bit complacent and thinking they are far better than they are. Not sure what the answer is but it's needs a big shake up IMO.
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That doesn't really stack up, an athlete doesn't really have the choice of running the 100m/200m or being a middle-distance runner, they are entirely different disciplines. The athletes have different body shapes/bone structure etc.
Traditionally Britain did well in the mid-distance events - from 400m - 1500m but the East Africans seem to have cornered that market over the last few years.
I'm not sure what the answer is either - we've invested heavily in rowing, cycling and swimming etc over the last few years and the results are there as we've seen over the last few days. Maybe it's just one of those things - a generation of talented track & field athletes seem to have retired over the last few years more or less at once and there just isn't the quality coming through no matter how much money gets thrown at them. Perhaps in 2012 some of those who are coming through will have made it.
Its not resourse thing tho i mean Jamaca will win 4 golds in the various sprints. Our people do have to reach a certain standard or their funding reduces.
I said about 4 weeks back to a Kiwi girl at work that we would do ok in the rowing and cycling but so far i think GB has done sensational , what ever happens in the next week.
Maybe we should find that Aussie Sports Minister and stuff a dry towel in his gob.
There are hopefully a couple more medals at least to come in the cycling.
It’s a bit of a self fulfilling thing I suppose. Athletics meet organisers want athletes that people (sponsors and TV) have heard of ultimately, hence the same old faces get the appearance money year after year, even though they have little chance of either winning anything on a global stage or genuinely developing.
Re:the population argumement, Jamaica has less than 3million people yet they consistently produce top class track athletes whereas we don’t seem to be able to at the moment despite throwing some money at the sport (I hope I’m proved wrong over the next couple of days though…).
There are probably people working in hotels or bars over there who, in different circumstances, would walk into our team…
idowu is fav to win gold for gb.
Jade Johnson lost her funding after a series of injuries meant she couldn't compete, these appear to have cleared up and she's run several personal bests in the sprint events and long jump this year. I guess she'll be getting her money back now...
Though saying that the next Olympics we will be signing the EU athum if any of guys win the gold due to that career politian, ginning twit Milliband signing UK rights away.
Not normally one to big myself up, but I think I called that rather well!
I think the Olympics have been fantastic and a massive boost for national pride, as well as sport. But will they stop the whingeing about 2012. If there were medals for moaning, we'd win hands down.