KingKunta

Athletics
 
33 athletes in 41 events
 
Nathan Maguire - Men's 400m T54 : WR 9
                            - Men's 800m T54 : WR 6 - 2024 World bronze medallist
                            - Men's 1500m T54 : WR 4
Luke Nuttall - Men's 1500m T46 : WR 9
Jonnie Peacock - Men's 100m T64 : WR 4 - 2x Paralympic Champion
Marcus Perrineau-Daley - Men's 100m T52 : WR 6
Ben Sandilands - Men's 1500m T20 : WR 2 - 2023 World Champion
Zak Shaw - Men's 100m T12 : WR 4 - 2023 and 2024 World bronze medallist
Daniel Sidbury - Men's 400m T54 : WR 8
                          - Men's 800m T54 : WR 3 - 2023 world bronze medallist
                          - Men's 1500m T54 : WR 6
                          - Men's 5000m T54 : WR 3 - 2023 world bronze medallist
Zak Skinner - Men's 100m T13 : WR 6
                     - Men's Long Jump T13 : WR 3 - 2023 world bronze medallist
Isaac Towers - Men's 800m T34 : WR 7 - 2017 world bronze medallist
David Weir - Men's 1500m T54 : WR 2 - 2012 Olympic Champion
                   - Men's 5000m T54 : WR 2 - 2012 Olympic Champion
                   - Men's Marathon T54 : WR 4 - Multi London Marathon winner
Thomas Young - Men's 100m T38 : WR 2 - Paralympic Champion
 
Karé Adenegan - Women's 100m T34 : WR 2 - Paralympic Silver
                           - Women's 800m T34 : WR 2 - Paralympic Silver
Fabienne André - Women's 100m T34 : WR 4 - 2023 World Bronze
                           - Women's 800m T34 : WR 4
Olivia Breen - Women's 100m T38 - WR 6 
                     - Women's Long Jump T38 - WR 3 - 2023 world silver medallist
Hannah Cockroft - Women's 100m T34 : WR 1 - Paralympic Champion
                              - Women's 800m T34 : WR 1 - Paralympic Champion
Maddie Down - Women's 100m T38 - WR 7 
                        - Women's Long Jump T38 - WR 8
Sophie Hahn - Women's 100m T38 - WR 1 - Paralympic Champion
Sammi Kinghorn - Women's 100m T53 - WR 2 - 2023 World Champion
                             - Women's 400m T53 - WR 2 - 2023 World Silver
                             - Women's 800m T53 - WR 2 - 2023 World Silver
                             - Women's 1500m T53 - WR 2 
Didi Okoh - Women's 100m T63 - WR 4
Eden Rainbow Cooper - Women's 800m T54 - WR 15
                                      - Women's 1500m T54 - WR 10
                                      - Women's 5000m T54 - WR 10
                                      - Women's Marathon T54 - WR 1 - Boston Marathon Winner
Ali Smith - Women's 400m T38 - WR 9
Hannah Taunton - Women's 1500m T20 - WR 5 - Paralympic Bronze
Mel Woods - Women's 400m T54 - WR 9
                    - Women's 800m T54 - WR 7
                    - Women's 1500m T54 - WR 7
 
Universal Relay - WR 2 - 2023 and 2024 World Silver
 
Jonathan Broom Edwards - Men's High Jump T64 - WR 3 - Paralympic Champion
Karim Cham - Men's Long Jump T38 - WR 2
Aled Davies - Men's Shot Put F63 - WR 1 - Paralympic Champion
Dan Greaves - Men's Discus F64 - WR 3 - 2023 world Bronze
Dan Pembroke - Men's Javelin - WR 1 - 2023 and 2024 World champion
Harrison Walsh - Men's Discus F64 - WR 4 - 2023 world bronze
 
Hollie Arnold - Women's Javelin F46 - WR 3 - 2023 and 2024 World champion
Sabrina Fortune - Women's Shot Put F20 - WR 1 - 2023 and 2024 World Champion
Anna Nicholson - Women's Shot Put F35 - WR 2 
Funmi Odunwaye - Women's Shot Put F64 - WR 3
                              - Women's Discus F64 - WR 5
 
 
In Tokyo the team won 24 medals and 9 golds, and I feel they on track for a similar result. I count 5 almost guaranteed gold medals, with countless other strong gold contenders. Given the selection policy really only allows medal contending athletes to compete, all competitors have strong chances to return home with silverware. The women's T34 100m is the greatest chance of a GB 1-2-3, which happened at the 2023 worlds. Overall, 12 events have athletes who have either won a global title in the last paralympic cycle or are currently ranked world number 1. 
 
My prediction - 10 golds, 30 medals

Matthew Richardson 🇦🇺 is going to be representing Team GB going forwards. Game changer! 

Matthew Richardson 🇦🇺 is going to be representing Team GB going forwards. Game changer! 

As much as it’d be nice I would rather we continue the Jack of all trades approach just in case disaster happened in that one sport. 

Channel 4 have full rights!

I’ll be more than happy to get in on the para discussions. Couldn’t justify booking it off work as already had the whole of the Olympics off but I’ll be watching on my days off! 

1) Alex Yee - My favourite Team GB gold of the games. Thinking he was out of it, them cutting away from the action and then as soon as they cut back he was right behind Wilde. Amazing.
 
2) Toby Roberts - I love anytime we get gold in a new sport, shows we are a jack of all trades team and don’t just rely on one or two sports to soak up all the medals. *coughjudoandwrestlingcough* 
 
3) Andy Murray, enough said. I got a new found respect for Dan Evans these games. 

I’d maybe not worry about funding as much as you do. 

We could finish as low as 10th on golds for sure, if everything goes sideways.
 
Does it really matter? Only if we let it matter. 
 
If we were in 10th with 30 medals, sure it would need a *very* thorough investigation.
 
But being 10th with around 60 medals shows a system that basically works but just didn't have the results on the day. That's sport.
 
If nothing else changes in terms of funding, I would be more confident that our performance would be repeatable than some other countries.
 
 

By tomorrow some of the predictions will probably decree GBR will be lucky to finish in the top 10

Yeah Japan just got a breaking gold and about to grab a wrestling gold as well so go two golds ahead on the table and still have a lot of wrestling chances to come.
 
Don’t tell a certain somebody but I think we will come 6th on the table. 

Choong despite the bad fencing round yesterday makes the final! 8th place. So close for Brown finishing in 10th

Funding funding funding funding. 

Sport climbing will definitely have exceeded. Especially if Toby matches his 2nd place qualification with a silver medal. 3 finalists is huge. 

McIntosh having what can only be described as a disaster in the standing. She's going to miss the final by 1 place.