Why are we winning at the olympics?
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spring-peeper
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it was a spiral
we did it for a school assembly
it was a team effort, but it was my idea
That is awesome!!!
I've always dreamed of doing something like that...wow!!!
spring-peeper
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only if you are on the default size..switch to your profile to 40 posts per page. It really does make a difference to your reading pleasure. Took me over 4 years to figure it out.
Btw...i read your post prior to your edit, and I thank you for taking the time to support my side.
spring-peeper
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I bet Usain Bolt never did anything that cool
I actually had to google the dude...some runner, right???
meh - nothing competes with a well excuted domino sequence.
Did you ever seen that Honda advert? Where they have all those car parts falling in sequence?
Yeah I remember that, I think they cheated and used computer tho
I take it you have seen the japanese one with the books and videos and the billiards dominoes?
they didn't cheat. snopes.comYeah I remember that, I think they cheated and used computer tho
Apart from China and the States, everyone's medals are concentrated into relatively few sports. There's been huge investment into British sport since the disaster of Atlanta 1996 when GB only brought home about 15 medals, one of them gold. The swimming team has been slowly turning round for a few years after the their own nadir of Sydney (no medals at all for the first time ever) - the success of swimming has been relatively slight as there is a lot of competition in the sport and as we've seen, one or two spectacular individuals can hoover up a lot of medals.
Basically the way in which British sport is run has become a lot more professional compared to the amateurish mess that still existed in the 90s. We just decided to catch up with the world but it's taken a few years for that to filter through. It's been coming a while though, both Sydney and Athens were two of our most successful games in living memory as well.
Woodward has nothing to do with it, he's only just about to start his job as performance director.
Basically the way in which British sport is run has become a lot more professional compared to the amateurish mess that still existed in the 90s. We just decided to catch up with the world but it's taken a few years for that to filter through. It's been coming a while though, both Sydney and Athens were two of our most successful games in living memory as well.
Woodward has nothing to do with it, he's only just about to start his job as performance director.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Many reasons, but having never got things right until now we're def over-compensating because of 2012 (with huge injections of state and lottery money).
I also think it's interesting that drug testing may have levelled the field somewhat - I look at the decline in USA and Russian medals for potential evidence of that.
What's also interesting for me is that the real improvements have come in coaching and especially sports psychology - these GB athletes are supremely well prepared (look at the personal bests and how few have choked - it's very dramatic). I suppose that's what you get when you buy the Australian knowledge base wholesale.
I also think it's interesting that drug testing may have levelled the field somewhat - I look at the decline in USA and Russian medals for potential evidence of that.
What's also interesting for me is that the real improvements have come in coaching and especially sports psychology - these GB athletes are supremely well prepared (look at the personal bests and how few have choked - it's very dramatic). I suppose that's what you get when you buy the Australian knowledge base wholesale.
What a bizarre post. We shouldn't care about how our country does, but all those little countries, bless them, let them have their fun.
gonna be tough to replicate this success in london, in the cycling particularly - other teams will learn from us
Didn't I read somewhere that the cycling team is set to get even more investment over the next 4 years?
Add that to a lot of our young riders hitting their peak at 2012 and there's no reason why can't do even better in the cycling.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
it will be difficult to improve on the 8 golds? out of about 12 cycling events
There are plenty more silver and bronzes that can be added to those golds though.
