Olympic Legacy
#1
Posted 01 September 2023 - 09:29 PM
Flipside the olympics are represented by GB not England so has the "investment" been felt the same in Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland?
look forward to reading people's thoughts on this one.
#2
Posted 02 September 2023 - 10:44 AM
jack bauer, on 01 September 2023 - 09:29 PM, said:
Flipside the olympics are represented by GB not England so has the "investment" been felt the same in Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland?
look forward to reading people's thoughts on this one.
I think a multitude of sports have had really good runs since 2012. GB has had some very dominant cyclists, swimmers etc. From an athletics point of view, the medal haul at last weeks World Championships was the joint best ever. We’re consistently getting athletes into finals and on to podiums. You look at the strength and depth of GB middle distance running and we are right up there. We have some very talented sprinters and consistently good relay teams. We lack a real dominant marathon runner but that distance is so overwhelmingly dominated by the Africans, it would be a real tough nut to crack. That’s not to say we don’t have good runners at that distance. Phil Sessemann’s 2:10 and 8th place at London this year was incredible.
I think GB sport is in a great place personally.
#3
Posted 02 September 2023 - 12:00 PM
jack bauer, on 01 September 2023 - 09:29 PM, said:
Flipside the olympics are represented by GB not England so has the "investment" been felt the same in Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland?
look forward to reading people's thoughts on this one.
Football and cricket are the 2 sports that wouldn’t benefit from the legacy. The FA and ECB don’t get central funding as such.
#4
Posted 02 September 2023 - 12:07 PM
hilly81, on 02 September 2023 - 10:44 AM, said:
I think GB sport is in a great place personally.
The dominant swimmers and cyclists who all seem to be diagnosed asthmatics, hence allowed to take inhalers etc, once they enter team GB?
#5
Posted 02 September 2023 - 12:50 PM
jack bauer, on 01 September 2023 - 09:29 PM, said:
Flipside the olympics are represented by GB not England so has the "investment" been felt the same in Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland?
look forward to reading people's thoughts on this one.
Football and cricket are the 2 sports that wouldn’t benefit from the legacy. The FA and ECB don’t get central funding as such.
#7
Posted 02 September 2023 - 01:55 PM
calvin plummers socks, on 02 September 2023 - 01:44 PM, said:
Loads and loads I just can’t be bothered to find it at this moment
#8
Posted 02 September 2023 - 02:24 PM
Swimming has poached the CEO from British Triathlon to sort out the sh^t show there. The athletics success was mainly nothing to do with lottery investment - mainly overseas coaching etc.
Cycling since the Brailsford scandal has started to improve.
#9
Posted 04 September 2023 - 10:05 PM
calvin plummers socks said:
Football and cricket are the 2 sports that wouldn't benefit from the legacy. The FA and ECB don't get central funding as such.
West Ham Utd did well out of it.
They got an Olympic size stadium on the cheap and a European trophy.