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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804   
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Well, they're over for another four years, but what a great two weeks. So what was your highlight?
Despite all the successes, many in sports I love and follow keenly, I think my Gold Medal moment was Fiji winning the 7s and as far as Team GB is concerned, Joe Joyce's huge magnanimity when being interviewed after his contentious loss in the Super Heavyweight gold medal bout last night. A gentleman sportsman. 
WELL DONE TEAM GB,  BRING ON TOKYO....
PS, I've put my name down to be an umpire in the Women's Beach Volleyball in 2020. If I don't qualify, I'll be the water boy.  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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22nd Aug 2016 2:08pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288 
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Nick Skelton winning gold in the show jumping at 58 years of age on the aptly named Big Star
 Just wow!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691138 Also Charlotte Dujardin's gold in Dressage |
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22nd Aug 2016 2:16pm |
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| ginjez Member Since: 18 Sep 2011 Location: huddersfield Posts: 1761 
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1 Brownlee brothers
2 Mo 3 Ladies hockey 4 Nicola Adams A great achievement in the medal table for such a small country. We should be extremely proud of all our medal winners. |
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22nd Aug 2016 6:27pm |
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| apt100 Member Since: 05 Mar 2015 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1547  
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Difficult to say which I enjoyed most.
Cycling seems an obvious choice, but it wasn't just the number of medals we won, but the way we won them. Hockey was good after all the build up. Then things like the gymnastics with 2 golds almost out of the blue. |
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22nd Aug 2016 6:35pm |
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| slo-mo Member Since: 17 Jul 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 48  
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The Independent quoted today......"Yet another economical debate has been triggered after it emerged that each medal won in Rio – 27 golds, 23 silvers and 38 bronzes – came at a price of £4,096,500 in National Lottery and exchequer funding over the four-year Olympic cycle".
£4m each medal wow  but to help better understand it finishes by.....
"However, Sport Industry Research Centre have broken down that figure, and discovered that the success in Rio has cost each individual Briton just £1.09 per year in public funding. As Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport, explained on Sunday, “the funding is worth its weight in gold” Cant disagree with her, what a huge boost for national pride  apparently the 2012 games encouraged over 100k brits to take up cycling and its still growing...the value of that across many different sectors, NHS, trade, manufacturing etc has to be worth every penny. |
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22nd Aug 2016 6:38pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2038 
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Cycling was the best for me, but well done to all in all sports at the Olympics.
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22nd Aug 2016 6:40pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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I know they reckoned London was special and for that reason they did the gold post boxes but I think gold post boxes should be a tradition to continue.
Just a thought but perhaps BT could save a bob or two by not sending out phone directories unless you actually ask for one and use the money they save to paint 27 phone boxes. Regards Barbara |
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22nd Aug 2016 9:03pm |
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| Allan c. Member Since: 20 Mar 2014 Location: Aude Posts: 27 
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Absolutely awesome achievement by all the athletes and just goes to show how a team GB can match the rest of the world.
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22nd Aug 2016 9:19pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5035 
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as long as they dont go and give them all knighthoods for essentially doing their job im not fussed.
In this country we know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Mike |
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22nd Aug 2016 9:36pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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Well, I'm an old Pom, so good to see "us" doing well.
Not so good for the Aussies this year, so for sure they'll be working on that. I didn't watch the Games continuously, just when I had the time, had the opportunity to see those legends Bolt & Phelps, but the most important aspect of it all to me, was that with all the crap going on in the world, it was just so good to see all of those young people doing their best, and to see the spirit that existed between them. Pickles. |
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22nd Aug 2016 9:46pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288
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Well unlike many other countries, our athletes don't get large sums of cash or flats given to them for their successes, so a Knighthood or Damehood is the least we can give them for making us all so proud.
However, so should all those dedicated people behind each athletes success. |
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22nd Aug 2016 9:49pm |
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| Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 907 
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My highlight was just after it finished so I could start watching the telly and reading a newspaper again.
It's not all of us, Riverboy. I'm not 'proud', I couldn't give a toss about any them. Honours should only be awarded for altruism, not for being completely self-centred. Olympic competitors do it solely for themselves, no one else and shouldn't receive gongs for it. |
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23rd Aug 2016 5:09am |
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| Hairysteve Member Since: 15 Jun 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 692 
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The cycling and Mo did it for me.
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23rd Aug 2016 5:14am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006  
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And all the time in the rest of Rio De Janeiro's favellas the murders continued unabated as did the poverty and general suffering. Well done spending a developing countries money on a first world entertainment project instead of where it's needed. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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23rd Aug 2016 5:52am |
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