Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:21 amby JAS
If anyone is interested this is the list of Brits selected so far....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic ... 094118.stmGuess the BBC won't be showing much baseball, handball or softball then
Regards
JAS
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:28 amby GWW
Since Daley Thompson, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett retired, i didn't think GB had any athletes who competed at the Olympics
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:44 amby JAS
ooooh
you cheeky Port person
How could you forget about Sally Gunnell, Denise Lewis and Kelly Holmes to name but three...all won track and field gold medals. Of course there was also Linford and his famous 'lunchbox'
...and another thing...how many have won gold medals at 5 consecutive Olympics other than Steve Redgrave.
Regards
JAS
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:31 amby GWW
Redgrave, that would be Lynn Redgrave, she's an actress
Oh yes, i do think i have heard of Lindford Christie now
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:44 amby smac
I was in your neck of the woods (roughly speaking, a little further South from where you are, just out of Glasgow) during the Athens games, JAS and it was quite interesting to watch coverage form the perspective of a different country. I remember the feeling locally when gold was won by the GB athletes. It took a web search to find results of the Australians, something I took for granted previously.
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:41 pmby Tassie Blues
Look out for Nick Woodbridge in the TeamGB in Modern Pentathlon he got his spot thanks to a lawyer with some fancy work in the courts rather than sporting ability. He got the Aussie competitor Alexander Parygin removed claming he won his Olympic spot in lesser compertitions even though it was an Asian/Oceanic qualification event.
Re: Team GB
Posted:
Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:04 pmby JAS
At least the High Court has done something right. Dwain Chambers won't be taking part.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic ... 503792.stmI cannot believe how many people they had on the news who thought he should get an injunction. It's not as if he was prescribed the wrong asthma medicine or something...the DH deliberatly set out to cheat FFS. If the court's decision makes just one athlete think twice then I'm all for it.
Regards
JAS