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People are starting to question how Team GB are doing so well at the Olympics when, not long ago, we struggled to get even one Gold medal. Do you also have your doubts or do you think/believe "Brits don't cheat"?
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British competitors were under funded for generations. Since the arrival of the lottery 25 years ago, we have had state if the art facilities and infrastructure. The Commonwealth Games 2002 and the Olympics in 2012 were a great boost in terms of infra structure and Governmental cooperation.
In a nutshell, we are now doing everything right to win medals after decades of neglect.
In a nutshell, we are now doing everything right to win medals after decades of neglect.
A much more interesting question is why China isn't doing better ?
China has a population of several squillions, but only sends about 403 ( ? ) athletes to Rio. China must have unlimited funds available, so you would have thought that they would would have the wherewithal to do better.
I know that they have only been completing in the Olympics since 1984, but 30 years should be long enough to do rather better than they are.
China has a population of several squillions, but only sends about 403 ( ? ) athletes to Rio. China must have unlimited funds available, so you would have thought that they would would have the wherewithal to do better.
I know that they have only been completing in the Olympics since 1984, but 30 years should be long enough to do rather better than they are.
I have just looked at the medal table for Cycling.
We are at the very top ! 12 medals, and the nearest anybody can get to that is that famous flat country, the Netherlands, with 5 !
France, with perhaps the worlds most famous cycling race, only have 1 medal, and that was a Bronze.
Whichever way you look at it, Britain and Northern Ireland are stonkingly good !
We are at the very top ! 12 medals, and the nearest anybody can get to that is that famous flat country, the Netherlands, with 5 !
France, with perhaps the worlds most famous cycling race, only have 1 medal, and that was a Bronze.
Whichever way you look at it, Britain and Northern Ireland are stonkingly good !
A comparison spells it out starkly.
The National Lottery was introduced in 1994. The Olympics immediately prior to that, Team GB won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. We finished in 13th place. We got just 1 cycling medal in a road race.
The National velodrome opened the same year as the lottery started, and now we are winning loads of medals in indoor cycling. So far we have won 50 medals, including 12 in cycling alone. We are currently in 2nd place.
The National Lottery was introduced in 1994. The Olympics immediately prior to that, Team GB won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. We finished in 13th place. We got just 1 cycling medal in a road race.
The National velodrome opened the same year as the lottery started, and now we are winning loads of medals in indoor cycling. So far we have won 50 medals, including 12 in cycling alone. We are currently in 2nd place.
