Great Britain National Thread

[Orangehair43 251]

 

[Orangehair43 251]

Team GB is set to be renamed Team UK.

[Joshi 123]

1 hour ago, Orangehair43 said:

Team GB is set to be renamed Team UK.

Is there a reason why?

[Grassmarket 3,396]

GB implicitly excludes Northern Ireland. 

[Orangehair43 251]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

GB implicitly excludes Northern Ireland. 

Through Northern Ireland is probably the area that least needs things like this to help improve the Union - everyone there is firmly committed one way or the other on this issue and things like this will change no one’s mind. 

[Grassmarket 3,396]

British medal targets set for Beijing - three to seven medals for the Olympics, five to nine in the Paras.  Not sure about the Paras, but I think the Olympics are possible.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/59981942

[Nickyc707 382]

16 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

British medal targets set for Beijing - three to seven medals for the Olympics, five to nine in the Paras.  Not sure about the Paras, but I think the Olympics are possible.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/59981942

3-7 seems more realistic than the 5-12 they talked about in 2018. All three curling events are possibilities and both of Hall's bobsleigh drives. Bankes and Ormerod in snowboarding and perhaps something in freestyle skiing and/or men's skeleton. Unfortunately ski jumping is set to be a big fail again. 😊

 

The Para targets should be achieved mainly through alpine skiing but they could also win medals in snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

[Nickyc707 382]

On 1/14/2022 at 8:46 AM, Nickyc707 said:

3-7 seems more realistic than the 5-12 they talked about in 2018. All three curling events are possibilities and both of Hall's bobsleigh drives. Bankes and Ormerod in snowboarding and perhaps something in freestyle skiing and/or men's skeleton. Unfortunately ski jumping is set to be a big fail again. 😊

 

The Para targets should be achieved mainly through alpine skiing but they could also win medals in snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

GB finished the World Para Snowsports Championships with ten medals (2-4-4) so their Paralympic Games target of 5-9 is well within reach.

[Mkbw50 438]

Just one event today:

Curling - Mixed Doubles: vs (1205).

[Mkbw50 438]

The first result: 5-9 !

Also, Rupert Staudinger came 9th in his first Luge training session with 59.497 and 11th in the second one with 59.611.