Paris Olympics 2024

[davek]

Closing event with Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Snoop Dog.

Oh, well....

 

[davek]

Pidcock, Carlin and now Evans. The roid-rage on display amongst these GB cyclists this Olympics is off the charts.

 

[Sean Ashley]

Lottery cash has grown in size in that time. The athletes have been in a boom industry so that makes zero sense as an argument.

GB athletes are financially doped in comparison with other nations apart from the US where the college system has a lot of money thrown at it.

That view is actually incorrect Davek, Toyoko was funded less than Rio. And Rio had only £10m more in funding than Beijing which accounting for inflation according to the Bank of England inflation calculator. Means UK sport has received £100m less in the past decade.

Historical funding figures

Explore our funding into summer and winter Olympic and Paralympic sport since 1997.

www.uksport.gov.uk

Also you haven't taken into account certain medals are heavily based on investment such as cycling, equestrian, sailing. But the vast majority of countries have either won a medal in one or two sports or non at all. Data analysis done by university of Liverpool.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/09/small-countries-olympic-medals/

 

[Billy Dean]

Ouch

 

[Toffe3m4n]

ANOTHER crash involving a Brit in the keirin final. Christ..

 

[Eggs]

….looked a bad crash that, Carlin seemed to smash into the riders in front.

 

[Kurt.]

Looks like Carlin caused that crash

 

[Kurt.]

To my untrained eye

 

[Toffe3m4n]

It was Nakano that caused the crash I reckon

 

[Billy Dean]

Carlin went down and took the other two out in a domino effect I think

 

[Mozza1987]

It was Nakano that caused the crash I reckon

Yeah looked like it

 

[Kurt.]

It was Nakano that caused the crash I reckon

Only seen it in real time so far so I could well be wrong

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Carlin went down and took the other two out in a domino effect I think

Nakano seemed to move out from the inside and practically knocked him off balance.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Didnt look good that-ouch

 

[Billy Dean]

Nakano seemed to move out from the inside and practically knocked him off balance.

Ah yeah just watched again. Carlin didn’t touch the other two