How many medals is your country expected to win this year?

by PlanetPakistan Wed 27 Jun 2012, 17:45

Olympics 2012

Pakistan to 'win' zero medals

by DJ_Smerk Wed 27 Jun 2012, 18:17

"Win" - do you mean winning via the use of...dare I say it, "drugs"?

by Guest Wed 27 Jun 2012, 19:19

I guess one can't spot fix if one is guaranteed to come last anyway.

Or maybe you can spot fix and still give your all. That might work.

by Guest Wed 27 Jun 2012, 19:36

Would be nice if we could get 50, I'd hope we could, seeing as we got 47 last time, would be pretty embarassing if we bo backward from 2008 considering the amount we've invested into it.

by Guest Wed 27 Jun 2012, 19:53

I suppose the Olympics is one of the few things that actually unites people and doesn't divide them at the same time.

I still hate all the 'Olympics are coming, consume consume consume" though.

I don't really care how well we do. Most of them aren't even team sports and therefore I don't believe the athletes are competing for the country over themselves. However I will probably watch a few events.

by beamer Wed 27 Jun 2012, 20:29

vilkrang wrote:Would be nice if we could get 50, I'd hope we could, seeing as we got 47 last time, would be pretty embarassing if we bo backward from 2008 considering the amount we've invested into it.

Well, Beijing was an exceptional performance, ahead of schedule, and we're not allowed to enter as many cyclists this time either. Will be tough to match that, although hopefully home advantage will inspire a few extra medal successes.

by Guest Wed 27 Jun 2012, 20:55

beamer wrote:
vilkrang wrote:Would be nice if we could get 50, I'd hope we could, seeing as we got 47 last time, would be pretty embarassing if we bo backward from 2008 considering the amount we've invested into it.
Well, Beijing was an exceptional performance, ahead of schedule, and we're not allowed to enter as many cyclists this time either. Will be tough to match that, although hopefully home advantage will inspire a few extra medal successes.

Is that because our pro cyclists keep being killed on our roads?

by The One Thu 28 Jun 2012, 06:23

3 or 4. 5 if we are lucky. mostly through boxing, wrestling, weightlifting or shooting. a bit of a chance in tennis as well

by Big Dog Thu 28 Jun 2012, 08:52

Our medal tally will no doubt reflect the cuts in funding which also allowed many of our top coaches to be poached overseas.

by lardbucket Thu 28 Jun 2012, 08:53

maybe some swimming and walking medals - that is all

by Big Dog Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:13

lardbucket wrote:maybe some swimming and walking medals - that is all

....and Cycling. Pearson may get a minor gong but there is not much to come after that.

by Mick Sawyer Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:20

Big Dog wrote:
lardbucket wrote:maybe some swimming and walking medals - that is all

....and Cycling. Pearson may get a minor gong but there is not much to come after that.

Hockey, Diving, Gymnastics ........

by Big Dog Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:26

Mick Sawyer wrote:
Big Dog wrote:
lardbucket wrote:maybe some swimming and walking medals - that is all

....and Cycling. Pearson may get a minor gong but there is not much to come after that.

Hockey, Diving, Gymnastics ........

Meh

by embee Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:30

shooting

by Big Dog Thu 28 Jun 2012, 09:38

embee wrote:shooting

That was Sydney 2000. Those guys need glasses these days.

by Mick Sawyer Thu 28 Jun 2012, 10:02

Big Dog wrote:
Mick Sawyer wrote:
Big Dog wrote:
lardbucket wrote:maybe some swimming and walking medals - that is all

....and Cycling. Pearson may get a minor gong but there is not much to come after that.

Hockey, Diving, Gymnastics ........

Meh

Gymnastics meh? columbo

by taipan Thu 28 Jun 2012, 10:11

We'll be lucky to get 2/3

by JKLever Thu 28 Jun 2012, 11:39

The host nation usually gets a boost in the medal tally due to home support and extra funding for that particular games but we've pretty much funded our athletes since sydney anyway so not sure we'll get much advantage from that.

We definitely overachieved in Beijing, 19/20 golds and 4th place on the medals table was quite an achievement.

Can one of you aussie types tell me, how was the Aus institute of sport funded. Was it government cash or lottery funded?

by Mick Sawyer Thu 28 Jun 2012, 11:44

JKLever wrote:The host nation usually gets a boost in the medal tally due to home support and extra funding for that particular games but we've pretty much funded our athletes since sydney anyway so not sure we'll get much advantage from that.

We definitely overachieved in Beijing, 19/20 golds and 4th place on the medals table was quite an achievement.

Can one of you aussie types tell me, how was the Aus institute of sport funded. Was it government cash or lottery funded?

From general revenue. I'm curious why you asked?

by JKLever Thu 28 Jun 2012, 11:51

Did that include funding of athletes too? I'm interested because I don't think the UK government would ever dare fund centrally what the lottery has been able to do here.

Why did the Aus funding stop?

by taipan Thu 28 Jun 2012, 11:54

JKLever wrote:Did that include funding of athletes too? I'm interested because I don't think the UK government would ever dare fund centrally what the lottery has been able to do here.

Why did the Aus funding stop?

Skully wrote:The pinkos

by Mick Sawyer Thu 28 Jun 2012, 22:52

JKLever wrote:Did that include funding of athletes too? I'm interested because I don't think the UK government would ever dare fund centrally what the lottery has been able to do here.

Why did the Aus funding stop?

The lottery is a good idea. The punters participate or they don't.

Funding for athletes from the taxpayer pool has been cut back strongly though I can't tell you numbers. It hasn't disappeared altogether.

by PlanetPakistan Fri 29 Jun 2012, 06:01

I am hoping for US to win the most golds this year!

Three kids from my university came close to qualifying but no one was able to make the US team... Evil or Very Mad

by G.Wood Fri 29 Jun 2012, 06:07

I assume you don't give the Yanks much hope in the target shooting events

by taipan Fri 29 Jun 2012, 06:44

PlanetPakistan wrote:I am hoping for US to win the most golds this year!

Three kids from my university came close to qualifying but no one was able to make the US team...

They do at most Olympics

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