Bluemoonie92 said:Im happy for that taekwando guy getting bronze. he has had some shit thrown at him that he didnt deserve!
Gelsons Dad said:Bluemoonie92 said:Im happy for that taekwando guy getting bronze. he has had some shit thrown at him that he didnt deserve!
yes and no.
He could have refused on the grounds that he wasn't the best candidate.
Gelsons Dad said:Ducado said:malg said:The athletics team will have a lot of questions to answer once again. They get a shit load of funding, but once again seem to be coming up short. Apart from the one evening (and a cracker it was too) they really have done shite again. Given the amount of money we've thrown at athletics, why the fuck can't we get someone who can throw the hammer, or the javelin or the discus? Just don't get it. I'm not asking for Gold or Silver medals at every event, as that's just bullshit, but can't we just find people who can at least compete? We seem to get the odd individual that makes it into the final, but it's all too random.
Totally agree, they have received more funding and special treatment than any of the other teams yet the performances have been lamentable on the whole, even in events we used to be good in like middle distance running.
I do beleive British Athletics needs some new blood and a fresh approach, it's a very closed and clique ridden world you only have to look at the commentators on the BBC and the way they talk about it, we can improve and at least compete with the best, the rowers, cyclists, gymnasts etc have proved this
too right.
We need to put a new team with a fresh mentality into athletics. Look at what happened with cycling when the right people were in place.
Bluemoonie92 said:Well done Anthony joshua!
FantasyIreland said:Bluemoonie92 said:Well done Anthony joshua!
Indeed,cracking physique as well,built on skimmed milk of course.
To be fair we had finalists for the women in the hammer, who set a british record, our javelin thrower was injured 2 weeks before the games setting a british record, that would have won silver here. In the men our hammer guy finished 12th.malg said:Given the amount of money we've thrown at athletics, why the fuck can't we get someone who can throw the hammer, or the javelin or the discus? Just don't get it. I'm not asking for Gold or Silver medals at every event, as that's just bullshit, but can't we just find people who can at least compete? We seem to get the odd individual that makes it into the final, but it's all too random.
Ducado said:malg said:The athletics team will have a lot of questions to answer once again. They get a shit load of funding, but once again seem to be coming up short. Apart from the one evening (and a cracker it was too) they really have done shite again. Given the amount of money we've thrown at athletics, why the fuck can't we get someone who can throw the hammer, or the javelin or the discus? Just don't get it. I'm not asking for Gold or Silver medals at every event, as that's just bullshit, but can't we just find people who can at least compete? We seem to get the odd individual that makes it into the final, but it's all too random.
Totally agree, they have received more funding and special treatment than any of the other teams yet the performances have been lamentable on the whole, even in events we used to be good in like middle distance running.
I do beleive British Athletics needs some new blood and a fresh approach, it's a very closed and clique ridden world you only have to look at the commentators on the BBC and the way they talk about it, we can improve and at least compete with the best, the rowers, cyclists, gymnasts etc have proved this
it doesnt matter how much money they get given. the USA will always dominate track and field because of there population size.cleavers said:To be fair we had finalists for the women in the hammer, who set a british record, our javelin thrower was injured 2 weeks before the games setting a british record, that would have won silver here. In the men our hammer guy finished 12th.malg said:Given the amount of money we've thrown at athletics, why the fuck can't we get someone who can throw the hammer, or the javelin or the discus? Just don't get it. I'm not asking for Gold or Silver medals at every event, as that's just bullshit, but can't we just find people who can at least compete? We seem to get the odd individual that makes it into the final, but it's all too random.
We're 4th in the athletics medal table which is a pretty fair effort, and we've had finalists in most events, and personal bests in many, the guy who finished 8th in the 800M last night would have won gold at the last 3 olympics for instance.
We should be proud of what we have done, and it could have been better as some of our favourites for things have under-performed.
Indeed, and the same applies to the Chinese and Russians. When you add in the Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes in the longer races, its little wonder the gold medals are thinnly spread amongst the rest of the world. More funding isn't the answer, its getting in younger athletes, and from what I've seen we're doing that, the young lad (18) who ran in the sprints only really started in January, and finished 3rd in his semi-final, narrowly missing out on the final.Bluemoonie92 said:it doesnt matter how much money they get given. the USA will always dominate track and field because of there population size.