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« Reply #46 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 19:55:50 » |
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Based upon whats been written on here I understand she moved from Swindon due to Margaret Thatcher? |
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« Reply #47 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 21:27:04 » |
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Imagine learning to swim in Swindon and then moving to Swansea.  |
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« Reply #48 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 21:33:49 » |
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Imagine learning to swim in Swindon and then moving to Swansea. Exactly... thinking you are quite good then discovering everyone you are swimming against have webbed feet? |
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« Reply #49 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 21:35:52 » |
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Exactly... thinking you are quite good then discovering everyone you are swimming against have webbed feet?
 She's exactly the same age as me as well, does make me wonder if I ever swam with her. I'm taking some credit for the medals anyway, she must have been watching me and picking up tips.. |
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« Reply #50 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 21:58:35 » |
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This Keirin race is a brilliant farce. DQ them all!
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« Reply #51 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 22:00:45 » |
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Watch the German win gold now.
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« Reply #52 on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 22:20:37 » |
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Some wag on Twitter has pointed out that the Trott/Kenny household is now ahead of Spain in the medals table...
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« Reply #53 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 06:48:06 » |
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To get 1 gold medal is an achievement, to get 4,5 or 6 is pheomenal but wherever he is, Michael Phelps is thinking to him self, "Bitches, Please"
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« Reply #54 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 07:35:43 » |
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Coincidence we have 19 golds and the nearest EU member is way down the medals table? I think not, brexit has obviously helped our athletes.
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« Reply #55 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 08:10:42 » |
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Coincidence we have 19 golds and the nearest EU member is way down the medals table? I think not, brexit has obviously helped our athletes.
If we competed as Eurp, like in the Ryder Cup, we'd now have 79 gold medals....that'd put the yanks in their place. |
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« Reply #56 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 08:30:20 » |
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I have always thought that there are a disproportionately high number of swimming events. That favours the Yanks, too!
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« Reply #57 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 09:13:53 » |
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Somewhat the same with track cycling and rowing which plays into our hands really.
It's quite incredible how well we are doing these days. 1 gold medal in 1996. Fair play to lottery and government funding, it's paying off big time
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« Reply #58 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 09:28:35 » |
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Somewhat the same with track cycling and rowing which plays into our hands really.
It's quite incredible how well we are doing these days. 1 gold medal in 1996. Fair play to lottery and government funding, it's paying off big time
Although a nod in the direction of this is justified.....uncritical acceptance of the status quo should be avoided. For example, funds are dished to sports that can bring in the medals at the loss to sports that cannot. So for example the horse dancers and show jumpers got £18 mill of funds.....in 2014 basketball had its funds completely cut. |
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« Reply #59 on: Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 09:37:01 » |
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You would have thought a sport like basketball, what with its appeal to kids, should be a sport that we target to improve our performance on the world stage over the next generation or 2
I like most sports to varying degrees but horse dancing isn't a sport, might as well have ballroom dancing in the Olympics
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