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3 minutes ago, Jambo said:

I genuinely think were gonna get less than 15 golds now, what a shocker 

It will surely have some repercussions despite the fact we will surely beat Bejing medal tally and quite possibly won’t be that many behind Rio and Tokyo.

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2 minutes ago, Jambo said:

I genuinely think were gonna get less than 15 golds now, what a shocker 

I’m glad you weren’t around for the Atlanta games 🤦‍♂️ 

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2 minutes ago, RussB said:

I’m glad you weren’t around for the Atlanta games 🤦‍♂️ 

20 Million funding vs how many 100 millions for these games. No reason to lose to Australia 

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4 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

It will surely have some repercussions despite the fact we will surely beat Bejing medal tally and quite possibly won’t be that many behind Rio and Tokyo.

It will be spun as a positive if they meet the medal target which they probably will, there's no expectation put on golds. 

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4 minutes ago, Jambo said:

20 Million funding vs how many 100 millions for these games. No reason to lose to Australia 

I feel it might be giving money to the unproductive sports like Archey, Judo and Hockey that get the blame in part. 

 

2 minutes ago, JamDH said:

It will be spun as a positive if they meet the medal target which they probably will, there's no expectation put on golds. 

There is target to make top 5. That’s not a certainty at this time. 

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2 minutes ago, JamDH said:

It will be spun as a positive if they meet the medal target which they probably will, there's no expectation put on golds. 

As it should be. Winning *any* Olympic medal is an incredible achievement. Winning a gold medal is a spectacular achievement.

 

Reading some of the comments on here, you would think that people believe that :GBR have some kind of God given right to win golds and that the other nations don't train just as hard as our folk do.

 

Yes, it is frustrating that we haven't won as many golds as we would like. But that's all it is. Each and every medal we win should be cheered to the rafters. Not frowned upon because it isn't the colour we want.

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