Brazil 2016 Summer Olympics

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airboy

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August 21, 2016, 01:15:38 AM
The UK has done very well in this Olympics at #3 in the medal count.

JudgeDredd

#76
August 21, 2016, 03:36:33 AM
Going by gold, second.

I watched a program the other day that showed the success of the UK Olympic team and the investment. The results of the investment from the National Lottery started to show in 2008. As funding has increased since 2004, so too has the medal count.

£400m approximately was invested in the team since 2012
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undercovergeek

#77
August 21, 2016, 03:45:06 AM
They had an alternate chart on the radio last night - medals per capita of the country- were 19th, USA is 40th and Grenada is 1st

Reports today on the radio speculate the Paralympics will be a bit of a wash out as Brazil can't afford the extra costs

airboy

#78
August 21, 2016, 10:57:57 PM
Olympics are over.  Did not watch any of it with the sound on since what I saw was in bars.

Only things I followed were shooting and women's basketball.

JudgeDredd

#79
August 22, 2016, 01:47:34 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on August 21, 2016, 03:45:06 AM
They had an alternate chart on the radio last night - medals per capita of the country- were 19th, USA is 40th and Grenada is 1st

Reports today on the radio speculate the Paralympics will be a bit of a wash out as Brazil can't afford the extra costs
That's a nice flip to it.

Given the UK's position and investment, it would also be interesting to see per $ of investment
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bob48

#80
August 22, 2016, 09:31:01 AM
Well done to Team GB!
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besilarius

#81
August 22, 2016, 06:16:21 PM
Well, it went to the closing celebration, but they finally put Carmen Miranda on the program.  Did two numbers.
I'd almost given up hope.
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bayonetbrant

#82
September 16, 2016, 05:14:59 PM
Just in case you were feeling slightly adequate today

http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/17535217/four-visually-impaired-paralympians-beat-olympic-gold-medal-1500m

QuoteAlgeria's Abdellatif Baka set a blazing pace in the Paralympics men's 1,500-meter final, turning in a time of 3 minutes, 48.29 seconds at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, good for a gold medal.

Had he run that time at the same track in August, he would have eclipsed surprise Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz's winning time of 3:50 in the same event.

Baka was not alone, either, as the second-, third- and fourth-place finishers in the Paralympics final all bettered the American Centrowitz's gold-medal winning time in Rio.
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September 23, 2016, 05:05:12 AM
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