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Epic Failure got a reaction from Josh in Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024
Well...mostly unstoppable.
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Epic Failure reacted to Josh in Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024
Fantastic crowds for wheelchair rugby
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Epic Failure reacted to De_Gambassi in Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024
I certainly didn't expect a full pool for swimming morning sessions. That's great to see.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from G-ann in Team GB Daily: Day 16
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c990yd94j7eo
These sportsmen and women are tough cookies.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from G-ann in Team GB Debrief
I think both are important.
Like, I'm not going to criticise Australia and the Netherlands for being delighted with their gold figures in Paris. They should be rightly proud.
Equally, I think we should be rightly proud of our overall performance, especially in terms of total medals.
Other countries can be proud of their first medal, or in some cases their first final. There's not a limit to happiness!
In related news, I'm pleased with the comments coming out of UK Sport, looking at both their own website and the Beeb story about the athletes coming back from the Games. I still hope that they (and the various sports) have the sensible tough discussions that all good governance should have but also that a "win at all costs" mentality is not necessarily conducive to healthy environments.
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Epic Failure reacted to G-ann in Team GB Debrief
Personal schedule:
First round
1140 go to refresh forum out of habit
1141 remember Olympics is over
1142 sadness
repeat hourly until paralympics
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Epic Failure reacted to Mkbw50 in Team GB Debrief
Hello, welcome to Team GB Debrief, a chance for us to yammer, unfortunately, in the past tense, about Team GB at the Paris Olympics.
SCHEDULE
1000 WORK FORGET THE RULES OF TAEKWONDO - Preliminary Round
1300 LUNCH BREAK GLOOMILY SCROLL THROUGH THE PARALYMPICS SCHEDULE - Preliminary
1700 HOME ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MAKE A MEAL - Gold Race
2000 SPEAK TO LOVED ONES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO WEEKS - Final
Leaderboard
Congratulations to Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976 @cjsavoryOLY for 115 points and victory. The silver goes to @Olympicsnellon 109 and the bronze to me on 102. @G-annbeats @adolphinto fourth, 93 to 91
Medal count
14/22/29
Bollocks. It's over.
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Epic Failure reacted to Olympicsnell in Team GB Debrief
Went to get in my car for the first time in 17 days this morning, battery was dead *sigh*
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Epic Failure reacted to cjsavory in Team GB Debrief
Thank you! I plan to stand in my garden this evening, and solemnly wave a comically large flag back and forth to mark my victory.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from G-ann in Your personal top 3 Team GB highlights from Paris 2024
1. Everything about Tom Pidcock's mountain biking
2. The artistic swimming, both the performance and the reaction.
3. Megan Keith epitomising the Olympic spirit in the 10000m.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from rybak in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Noorderling29 in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Fer GUA in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Griff88 in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure reacted to G-ann in Team GB Daily: Day 16
Don't worry I'm on it.... Scope will be anyone who made quarters or top 10 in a final I'll actually look up ages! See you in 2-3 hours.
(Yes I am extracting it from Wikipedia and not manually typing in everyone)
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Epic Failure got a reaction from mpjmcevoy in Team GB Daily: Day 16
I think losing athletics and swimming from those champs probably makes them less appealing for a host city unfortunately.
The European Games being in Turkey in 2027 are obviously going to be important as well, considering the increasing move towards them as a qualification route.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from mpjmcevoy in Team GB Daily: Day 16
Also, someone posted earlier in another thread a tweet from a fairly reliable journalist that Glasgow might be taking over the Commonwealths in 2026. That would be huge if true.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Ros in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Ted in Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 News
I mean, after Paris having the surfing in Tahiti, Oklahoma isn't that far away from LA in comparison.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from Rich in Team GB Daily: Day 16
Today definitely falls into the "bad luck" argument for me.
We lose a potential gold medal hope to illness, we lose 2 minor medal hopes to crashes in front of them, and we get a bronze in an event where there's not an unreasonable chance that had she been on the other side of the draw it might have been silver.
The only real disappointment today is the selection of Evans, who looks hopelessly off form.
Thanks to Emma and Emily we get through the Games winning a medal every day, which is a first for us that I know about, at least in the modern era.
Overall, a good games for me. Not a great games, the drop in gold clearly prevents that. I've no doubt that it will be seen as worse in public perception than it actually was, because of that drop in gold.
We increase our total medal tally from Tokyo, as well as our top 8 finishes (as things stand; please no drugs failures taking things away!). We match the tally from Tokyo of medalling in 18 different sports, including 2 new ones (artistic swimming and climbing). That to me shows that our sports are generally in a good place.
Clearly I'm sure there will be serious conversations happening, as there should be.
But - for me at least - it's easier to have those conversation when you have some silverware to back it up. It shows a system that is mostly working but needs tweaking, rather than a system that needs ripping out and starting again.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from G-ann in Team GB Daily: Day 16
Today definitely falls into the "bad luck" argument for me.
We lose a potential gold medal hope to illness, we lose 2 minor medal hopes to crashes in front of them, and we get a bronze in an event where there's not an unreasonable chance that had she been on the other side of the draw it might have been silver.
The only real disappointment today is the selection of Evans, who looks hopelessly off form.
Thanks to Emma and Emily we get through the Games winning a medal every day, which is a first for us that I know about, at least in the modern era.
Overall, a good games for me. Not a great games, the drop in gold clearly prevents that. I've no doubt that it will be seen as worse in public perception than it actually was, because of that drop in gold.
We increase our total medal tally from Tokyo, as well as our top 8 finishes (as things stand; please no drugs failures taking things away!). We match the tally from Tokyo of medalling in 18 different sports, including 2 new ones (artistic swimming and climbing). That to me shows that our sports are generally in a good place.
Clearly I'm sure there will be serious conversations happening, as there should be.
But - for me at least - it's easier to have those conversation when you have some silverware to back it up. It shows a system that is mostly working but needs tweaking, rather than a system that needs ripping out and starting again.
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Epic Failure got a reaction from G-ann in Team GB Daily: Day 16
So I've not worked out exactly, but with the medals won by teams etc, around 110 of our 320-ish athletes are coming back with a medal of some colour. 36 athletes will be coming back with a gold.
That sounds like a silly thing to care about, but each of those medalists might serve as an inspiration to someone from their local community down the line. You just never know.
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