[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***

[Weststander]

It's quite noticeable with the American surprise golds in 1500m and 400m and now the surprise silver in the steeplechase. Normally athletes are told to hold their form in the closing stages. But in these races the Americans were literally all over the place like they were fighting to the line , you might say almost say as if they were running for their lives. Do you think they have been coached that?

Superior athletes.
The unsurpassed collegiate system … they sauce anyone with talent and turn them into winners, their uni’s have incredible facilities.
Drawing from a huge pool of 333m, the US is half a continent.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

It’s also worth remembering we’re ultimately picking from a talent pool of about 66m people, whereas the US are picking from one 5x that number

And most of our really good Olympians attend us collegiate education establishments, where years ago swimmers for example were based at Millfield school

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Interesting then the SA have a grand total of 4 medals!

Agreed but anecdotally SA lost a lot of coaches post apartheid to the UK and Australia/ Canada

 

[BrickTamland]

To be fair the Aussies have nothing else
going for them culture wise. It’s sport or nothing

 

[Guinness Boy]

The Taekwondo is reminding me of two of my mates, Pete and Ray, that lived in my apartment block in Sydney.

They were both Taekwondo black belts but used to have an additional scrap after training in which they pulled their suits over their heads and yelled things like 'you will give me TP for my bunghole' at each other.

 

[nwgull]

When is the next GB gold coming from then? It's been several days now.

It’s been 2 days.

It’ll probably come from the velodrome. Although I fancy KJT to go well in the Heptathlon.

 

[A1X]

To be fair the Aussies have nothing else
going for them culture wise. It’s sport or nothing

Plus they’re naturally faster runners because most of their wildlife is trying to kill them 24/7

 

[hans kraay fan club]

And most of our really good Olympians attend us collegiate education establishments, where years ago swimmers for example were based at Millfield school

Plenty of the current GB swimmers came through Millfield. And nearly all of them through Bath, Loughborough and Stirling Universities.

 

[nwgull]

Plus they’re naturally faster runners because most of their wildlife is trying to kill them 24/7

And amazing swimmers for a similar reason.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Agreed but anecdotally SA lost a lot of coaches post apartheid to the UK and Australia/ Canada

The most golds they've ever won in an Olympics is 4, and the most medals they've won is 10. I think they're just not very good at it.

 

[essbee1]

The most golds they've ever won in an Olympics is 4, and the most medals they've won is 10. I think they're just not very good at it.

The "Sussex" of the county league scene?

 

[nwgull]

Don’t know what all the complaining about us having won only 12 golds amongst a good haul of silvers and bronzes with 3 days still to go. We won 1 single gold in 1996, amongst a total of 15 medals!

 

[Seagull58]

Interesting then the SA have a grand total of 4 medals!

It's more than they got during the apartheid years when they were banned.

 

[nwgull]

And another thing, I don’t think there are many countries with strength and genuine medal contenders across such a wide range of diverse sports as the U.K.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

And another thing, I don’t think there are many countries with strength and genuine medal contenders across such a wide range of diverse sports as the U.K.

Down to the diversity of folk living in the country

 

[tigertim68]

It’s been 2 days.

It’ll probably come from the velodrome. Although I fancy KJT to go well in the Heptathlon.

Another bronze

 

[tigertim68]

Down to the diversity of folk living in the country

Australia do , Netherlands do , USA do , France do , could go on with a list , but can’t be bothered

 

[tigertim68]

So. why are we technically inept? We pour more money into sport than most countries in the world and we're sh*t.

Same in Tennis , golf , we get all the natural talent coached out , we have no creative sportsmen , because of this

 

[tigertim68]

Plenty of the current GB swimmers came through Millfield. And nearly all of them through Bath, Loughborough and Stirling Universities.

And how many gold medals did they win

 

[Bry Nylon]

This is the 2024 Olympics thread.

If people want to start a new thread about British sport in general, please go ahead. I’d be happy to read and contribute myself. But please don’t f*** up this one - it’s been a great thread so far, celebrating all sports and all competing nations.

Thanks.