Team GB Struggling?

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Maybe too early to push the panic button but a distinct lack of medals (and no golds) for team GB so far. At the moment we seem to be competing for bronze at best.

If we believe what we're hearing the athletics team won't win much. The cyclists should do well but surely couldn't hope to match their dominance from Beijing.

Meantime, starved of success, the media are fawning over swimmers who finish fifth and have latched onto the young Lithuanian girl as if she was one of our own.

Cheer me up, forum, where are the golds for Team GB going to come from?
 
A few from rowing / yachting may be, certainly a few from the velodrome, and some of our track and field look ok.

Not going to be a bumper haul though. Partly because as a nation we don't invest enough in sport.

Apparently there are more Olympic sized swimming pools in Paris than there are in the whole UK!

On the other hand, would we rather have a health service, or a few pampered athletes who we only really give a monkeys about once every 4 years?
 
Eventing/Equestrian and sailing is what I have hopes for, maybe one in the diving...

I think we had such a great time in China that it will be hard to match all round, hope I am wrong though.
 
Bronze medals are not bad. We are not a huge nation (Compared to the likes of America, China, Japan, russia etc) we have a great depth of trainers but not talent to develop. If you rule out the freaks that are just beyond any level of normality we are challenging the rest of the world.

4 days in and I think we are doing well. I'm really looking forward to the cycling. We should get a good haul from that again. Our teams are the best in the world without doubt.
 
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I would be happier to hear that the games were a success, and that we have a chance of holding other major comps to be honest.
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I think from what we have seen so far they are going to be a success. Seats that have not been will be filled and everything looks very professional.
 
I supose it depends on what is classed as success , medals or a great run games .. i dont think the seat thing is the fault of the organisers , all the seats have been sold or allocated & people are not turning up . other olympic associations are not returning unused allocations , so the seats stay empty ,

I must admit im enjoying the games , on a small downer , you seem to get high lights on bbc1 of what they have shown on bbc3 and vicea versa , instead of covering other stuff they havent shown live ,like stuff off the red button , so near the end of the day it gets a bit repetitive ..
for an outsiders point of view well done so far London 2012..

P.S bound to struggle for medals when a 16yr old chineese girl can swin the last leg of her medly race faster than the american men can swim it in a flat race ha .. dodgy as eck that
 
we will finish about 10th in the medal table and get less than ATLANTA games,we can decide if we wish to gain more medals by making kids dope or any physical activity at school and cherry picking the best to go on and represent the country,i bet the chines kids don't go into school with a note saying" sorry little wong cant do games to-day as he has got a sniffle" or "sir i have forgotten my kit",this country should forget the attitude that the taking part is everything utter TOSH they only say this to stop the fat kids getting a downer,they never say that about academic subjects,it doesn't matter if the sums are wrong it was having a go that counted,stop making excuses for certain kids and make them sweat a bit doing sports.
 
6inchcup said:
we will finish about 10th in the medal table and get less than ATLANTA games,we can decide if we wish to gain more medals by making kids dope or any physical activity at school and cherry picking the best to go on and represent the country,i bet the chines kids don't go into school with a note saying" sorry little wong cant do games to-day as he has got a sniffle" or "sir i have forgotten my kit",this country should forget the attitude that the taking part is everything utter TOSH they only say this to stop the fat kids getting a downer,they never say that about academic subjects,it doesn't matter if the sums are wrong it was having a go that counted,stop making excuses for certain kids and make them sweat a bit doing sports.
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note DOPE should read DO PE.
 
There is a great big world out there lads, lots of countries with better facilities, more athletes and crucially better weather. To get a medal of any colour in the Olympics when competing against the ultimate athletes the world has to offer is a massive achievement. Put it into perspective. Stop beating the team up and get behind them and celebrate the achievements we have made. C'mon Team GB.
 
drawboy said:
There is a great big world out there lads, lots of countries with better facilities, more athletes and crucially better weather. To get a medal of any colour in the Olympics when competing against the ultimate athletes the world has to offer is a massive achievement. Put it into perspective. Stop beating the team up and get behind them and celebrate the achievements we have made. C'mon Team GB.
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I'm always behind them drawboy, just offering a reason as to why w're struggling.We are a small nation and used to have worldbeaters in abundance.Computer games are in most households by the sound of it. the poorer countries probaby don't and most sports are quite cheap to do, so they probaly have keener youngsters in sporting matters.
 
USA - huge population and an astounding schools/college sports system

China - huge population and kids nurtured from a very young age given top coaching no doubt provided by the state

Germany - Large population and amazing facilities at local level let alone national

Any medal we achieve is usually through sacrifice from parents and done using usually inferior facilities to other countries

we dont do too bad considering :thup:
 
G1BB0 said:
USA - huge population and an astounding schools/college sports system

China - huge population and kids nurtured from a very young age given top coaching no doubt provided by the state

Germany - Large population and amazing facilities at local level let alone national

Any medal we achieve is usually through sacrifice from parents and done using usually inferior facilities to other countries

we dont do too bad considering :thup:
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i've lived in USA and Germany and you're spot on. Kids getting taught as young as two is also a massive help.
 
Apart from Cavendish have we missed out on any golds that were kind of expected yet?

Don't think so.

Strongest chances of golds are all still to come.

For a small country we do very well. The " DISASTER! it's been 3 days and we don't have a gold yet" attitude is ridiculous.

It took a whole week to get one GB gold in Beijing and we ended up with 19.
 
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hasn't she been cleared anyway. Sour grapes no doubts from the USA, granted she swam unbelievably fast but with the current anti-doping there really is no point as there is so much testing there is nowhere to hide!
 
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