Team GB Daily: Day 6

[Epic Failure 355]

I mean, this is what the BOA website says in their FAQs about "what is Team GB"

 

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Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.

Every two years the team represents Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the summer or winter Olympic Games. The team is selected by the British Olympic Association, in conjunction with the governing bodies, from the best sportsmen and women to compete in 33 summer and seven winter Olympic sports at the greatest sporting event in the world.

The sportsmen and women who are selected to participate at the Olympic Games become members of the Great Britain Olympic Team, Team GB.

There is only one Olympic team from Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Team GB. There is not an Olympic swimming team or Olympic rowing team. The individual sports join to become Team GB, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.

I can see why people call it that way, if the BOA is incorrectly choosing to name it as such as well.

[Epic Failure 355]

Women's hockey team finally seem to have hit some form; they are 5-2 at the end of the 3rd quarter.

[Orangehair43 251]

Poor run for Clarke. Arguably the most disappointing day for GB today. Two more opportunities for cannoing gold. 

[Olympicsnell 300]

Just now, Orangehair43 said:

Poor run for Clarke. Arguably the most disappointing day for GB today. Two more opportunities for cannoing gold. 

Must be your favourite day then 

[JamDH 44]

Hopefully we can get a gold over the line in either of the other two canoeing events, feels like we're due something from it.

[RussB 189]

we have very strong contenders in the slalom cross for both men and women

[Epic Failure 355]

If anyone ever thinks that we are having a bad games, I can only think that they aren't old enough to remember 1996. Now THAT was a bad games.

 

Incidentally, we just passed the total number of top 8 finishes we got in Atlanta. And we're only about a third of the way through the games.

[JamDH 44]

4 minutes ago, Epic Failure said:

If anyone ever thinks that we are having a bad games, I can only think that they aren't old enough to remember 1996. Now THAT was a bad games.

 

Incidentally, we just passed the total number of top 8 finishes we got in Atlanta. And we're only about a third of the way through the games.

As of yesterday wasn't it the best start ever?

[Epic Failure 355]

7 minutes ago, JamDH said:

As of yesterday wasn't it the best start ever?

I'm not sure on that, because the changes in scheduling means that I can't directly compare.

 

But in terms of total medals won by the end of day 5, it's definitely the most in the last 30 years.

 

 

My personal predictions coming into this were that we were likely to be down on golds this time out but roughly the same as we have been the last 3 cycles in terms of overall medals. The first 6 days have done nothing to change that view. In fact, we're currently 1 medal ahead of where I thought we would be, in terms of both gold medals and total medals.

Edited August 1 by Epic Failure

[Epic Failure 355]

Spain beat South Africa in the hockey, which means the women join the men in qualifying for the QFs.