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gonzo

Olympic predictions
« on: 05 August, 2008, 03:05:12 pm »
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Archery
Bronze: Individual men
Silver: Team men
Bronze: Team women

Athletics
Bronze: Men's 4x100m relay
Gold: Women's 400m
Silver: Women's 400m
Bronze: Women's 4x400m relay
Bronze: Heptathlon

Boxing
Gold: Lightweight
Bronze: Light welterweight
Bronze: Bantamweight

Canoeing
Bronze: Slalom men's K1
Silver: Slalom women's K1 (2006 result)
Silver: Flatwater men's K1 500m
Gold: Flatwater men's K1 1000m

Cycling
Gold: BMX women
Gold: Men's individual pursuit
Gold: Men's team pursuit
Gold: Men's sprint
Silver: Men's team sprint
Gold: Men's madison
Gold: Men's keirin
Gold: Women's individual pursuit
Gold: Women's sprint

Equestrian
Gold: Individual three-day event
Silver: Team three-day event

Gymnastics
Bronze: Men's pommel horse
Bronze: Women's trampoline

Judo
Bronze: Men's 81kg
Silver: Men's 100kg

Modern pentathlon
Bronze: Women

Rowing
Bronze: Men's lightweight double scull
Bronze: Men's coxless pairs
Gold: Men's lightweight coxless four
Bronze: Men's eight
Bronze: Women's double scull
Gold: Women's quadruple scull
Bronze: Women's eight

Sailing
Gold: Men's 470
Gold: Men's Finn
Bronze: Women's Laser Radial
Gold: Women's Yngling
Silver: 49er

Swimming
Bronze: Men's 1500m freestyle
Bronze: Men's 100m backstroke
Silver: Women's 200m breaststroke
Silver: Women's 10km open water

Triathlon
Gold: Women

BBC SPORT | Olympics 2008 blog
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andygates

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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #1 on: 05 August, 2008, 03:08:34 pm »
No women's keirin?
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Greenbank

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #2 on: 05 August, 2008, 04:57:26 pm »
Quote from: andygates on 05 August, 2008, 03:08:34 pm
No women's keirin?

Would have cost the Japanese double the bribe money...
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Maladict

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #3 on: 05 August, 2008, 05:08:13 pm »
Barra does point out it's unlikely the medal haul from the track cycling championships will be repeated at the games.

Andy Murray must be in with a shout of a medal too.
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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #4 on: 05 August, 2008, 05:52:22 pm »
Quote from: gonzo on 05 August, 2008, 03:05:12 pm
Canoeing
Gold: Flatwater men's K1 1000m

Cycling
Gold: BMX women
Gold: Men's individual pursuit
Gold: Men's team pursuit
Gold: Men's sprint
Silver: Men's team sprint
Gold: Men's madison
Gold: Men's keirin
Gold: Women's individual pursuit
Gold: Women's sprint

Equestrian
Gold: Individual three-day event
Silver: Team three-day event

Modern pentathlon
Bronze: Women

Rowing
Bronze: Men's lightweight double scull
Bronze: Men's coxless pairs
Gold: Men's lightweight coxless four
Bronze: Men's eight
Bronze: Women's double scull
Gold: Women's quadruple scull
Bronze: Women's eight

Sailing
Gold: Men's 470
Gold: Men's Finn
Bronze: Women's Laser Radial
Gold: Women's Yngling
Silver: 49er


Triathlon
Gold: Women

BBC SPORT | Olympics 2008 blog
It does look rather strongly as if most of our chances are in sports requiring expensive kit.
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andygates

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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #5 on: 05 August, 2008, 06:04:03 pm »
That might explain why good funding had such an impact?
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Zoidburg

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #6 on: 05 August, 2008, 06:12:11 pm »
Quote from: mattc on 05 August, 2008, 05:52:22 pm
Quote from: gonzo on 05 August, 2008, 03:05:12 pm
Canoeing
Gold: Flatwater men's K1 1000m

Cycling
Gold: BMX women
Gold: Men's individual pursuit
Gold: Men's team pursuit
Gold: Men's sprint
Silver: Men's team sprint
Gold: Men's madison
Gold: Men's keirin
Gold: Women's individual pursuit
Gold: Women's sprint

Equestrian
Gold: Individual three-day event
Silver: Team three-day event

Modern pentathlon
Bronze: Women

Rowing
Bronze: Men's lightweight double scull
Bronze: Men's coxless pairs
Gold: Men's lightweight coxless four
Bronze: Men's eight
Bronze: Women's double scull
Gold: Women's quadruple scull
Bronze: Women's eight

Sailing
Gold: Men's 470
Gold: Men's Finn
Bronze: Women's Laser Radial
Gold: Women's Yngling
Silver: 49er


Triathlon
Gold: Women

BBC SPORT | Olympics 2008 blog
It does look rather strongly as if most of our chances are in sports requiring expensive kit.
Apart from the cycling and boxing events there does seem to be a strong bias towards the old hooray henry sports

I would be intresting to see a social demographic break down of the GB squad when it comes to educational and financial backgrounds

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andrew_s

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #7 on: 05 August, 2008, 10:52:33 pm »
It does go to emphasize the joke about the British doing well as sports you can do sitting down ;D
15 out 18 predicted golds (or out of 19 if you allow for Phillips Idowu, who seems to have been forgotten about).
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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #8 on: 09 August, 2008, 12:58:26 pm »
So you dont reckon Nicole Cook is in with a shout?
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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #9 on: 09 August, 2008, 02:02:45 pm »
TV schedule is here is anyone wants to keep up:
BBC - BBC Sport Programmes - Olympic Cycling - Episodes from 2008
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gonzo

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #10 on: 09 August, 2008, 02:25:54 pm »
Quote from: onb on 09 August, 2008, 12:58:26 pm
So you dont reckon Nicole Cook is in with a shout?

The predictions were all based on the world championship results.
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geraldc

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #11 on: 10 August, 2008, 10:35:07 am »
Well they were wrong about Nicole Cook  ;D
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peterh

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #12 on: 10 August, 2008, 10:37:25 am »
Quote from: geraldc on 10 August, 2008, 10:35:07 am
Well they were wrong about Nicole Cook  ;D
Thought she'd been dropped a few hundred metres out - fantastic recovery ;D
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Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #13 on: 10 August, 2008, 11:40:10 am »
Quote from: geraldc on 10 August, 2008, 10:35:07 am
Well they were wrong about Nicole Cook  ;D

At least htey spelled her name right!

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andrew_s

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #14 on: 10 August, 2008, 12:08:31 pm »
Quote from: David Martin on 10 August, 2008, 11:40:10 am
Quote from: geraldc on 10 August, 2008, 10:35:07 am
Well they were wrong about Nicole Cook  ;D
At least htey spelled her name right!
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If you pull someone up on spelling, you've got to get your own right  ::-)
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alecstilleyedye

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #15 on: 10 August, 2008, 08:08:59 pm »
part of me hopes only the cyclists win gold  :demon:
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Maladict

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #16 on: 11 August, 2008, 02:19:53 pm »
Quote from: Maladict(a) on 05 August, 2008, 05:08:13 pm
Andy Murray must be in with a shout of a medal too.

 ::-)
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Olympic predictions
« Reply #17 on: 11 August, 2008, 03:12:05 pm »
Quote from: alecstilleyedye on 10 August, 2008, 08:08:59 pm
part of me hopes only the cyclists win gold  :demon:

And sailing!

Another much-ignored sport. Brits have been winning medals at this for years and no-one takes a blind bit of notice.

Ben Ainsley, as a friend reliably informs me,  has been a hunk since he started winning world championships at 16. Articulate to boot.

The ynling class crewed by outstandingly skilled blond valkyries young ladies.

What is wrong with this country? We only seem interested in sports if we are truly crap at them (erm, football, crickets . .  )
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