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The Official Rio Olympics 2016 Thread (final)

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

It's almost over.

Final medals. Final thoughts?

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

They have done really well and all should incredibly proud.

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Feel*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Listening to the panel discussing the Games and attendance with Balding. They are comparing it to London, which is has been happening throughout. The difference is that London is truly international city. Every nation is represented here so every athlete would have some support, no matter where they came from.

I do think Brazil has been under pressure to keep it all going but it has still been a good Games. The real atmosphere has been where it needs to be on the field of play.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently."

Isn't there another 5% cut from DCMS expected unless our new Chancellor's autumn budget changes that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

Isn't there another 5% cut from DCMS expected unless our new Chancellor's autumn budget changes that?

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And more at local levels sadly. Easy solution would be a 10% annual tax on Premier League global TV revenues ring fenced for grassroots sport but sadly can't see that happening. The health and social benefits of sport participation as youths and then adults is unquestionable.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

What's our final tally?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What's our final tally?

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67 medals, second behind the USA and ahead of China, remarkable really.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently."

agree fully with the sentiments but I think the prestige of winning medals will mean that that is where (and some would argue 'and rightly so') the bulk of the funding will go..

would love to see the investment in facilities across the land as other countries not that far away have done..

been a good games..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

agree fully with the sentiments but I think the prestige of winning medals will mean that that is where (and some would argue 'and rightly so') the bulk of the funding will go..

would love to see the investment in facilities across the land as other countries not that far away have done..

been a good games.. "

No problem with the focus on the elite, but each gold medalist started at the bottom so important not to kill the goose which is laying all of these golden eggs by starving grassroots of much needed cash.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

agree fully with the sentiments but I think the prestige of winning medals will mean that that is where (and some would argue 'and rightly so') the bulk of the funding will go..

would love to see the investment in facilities across the land as other countries not that far away have done..

been a good games.. "

the weird thing about the medal/funding thing is that actually every sport reached their medal target... with the exception of rowing who missed it by one..... so it is now going to be very interesting to see where money goes... unless they are now going to squeeze money from non olympic sports... and sports we not not competative in like handball, volleyball and basketball ect.....

rio have done not a bad job all things considering... was it as good as london.... probably not.... london and sydney are considered to be the "gold standard"....

will they give it to another developing country.... i don't think they will, probably far to risky....

where london really stood out is that we bought into the paralympics as we did the olympics... and the test for rio is the see if they can get anywhere near that level

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

agree fully with the sentiments but I think the prestige of winning medals will mean that that is where (and some would argue 'and rightly so') the bulk of the funding will go..

would love to see the investment in facilities across the land as other countries not that far away have done..

been a good games..

No problem with the focus on the elite, but each gold medalist started at the bottom so important not to kill the goose which is laying all of these golden eggs by starving grassroots of much needed cash."

agree, when families are having to either move or travel long distances daily in order to access facilities for their promising kids it only means some exceptional potential talent gets overlooked..

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Brilliant games for GB I just hope that govt sees the immense value of sports participation and channels some funding to grassroots to make it affordable for everyone and to encourage the next generation. Sadly post 2012 numbers of people playing sport has been falling consistently.

agree fully with the sentiments but I think the prestige of winning medals will mean that that is where (and some would argue 'and rightly so') the bulk of the funding will go..

would love to see the investment in facilities across the land as other countries not that far away have done..

been a good games..

the weird thing about the medal/funding thing is that actually every sport reached their medal target... with the exception of rowing who missed it by one..... so it is now going to be very interesting to see where money goes... unless they are now going to squeeze money from non olympic sports... and sports we not not competative in like handball, volleyball and basketball ect.....

rio have done not a bad job all things considering... was it as good as london.... probably not.... london and sydney are considered to be the "gold standard"....

will they give it to another developing country.... i don't think they will, probably far to risky....

where london really stood out is that we bought into the paralympics as we did the olympics... and the test for rio is the see if they can get anywhere near that level"

I hope they do embrace the Paralympics but given the lack of tickets sold and the empty seats over the last 16 days it does not bode well..

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By *ewels74Woman
over a year ago

Dundee/Angus/Blackpool

It's been a wonderful olympics

But I have a silly random question, but we had wrestling,but i would swear there used to be Sumo wrestling in the olympics, I did not see any this time or would it now be classified as super unhealthy to be that big as I know Sumo meant extremely big guys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To have Team GB second in the medal table beating China was just an awesome achievement. And to get 60% of the number of Golds the USA won given they have a population 6 times the size of the UK is an even more outstanding achievement.

So very well done the Team GB lads and lasses and all the backup staff and of course the Lottery and thanks for a totally absorbing fortnight. Made me feel very proud to be British. If we are allowed to say such things these days...

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

i'd so have the olympics in london again... this has made me believe that we should at some point bid for it again.......

2024 is probably europe.... 2028 north america?

2032 anyone... unless someone is africa or australia want it....

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"It's been a wonderful olympics

But I have a silly random question, but we had wrestling,but i would swear there used to be Sumo wrestling in the olympics, I did not see any this time or would it now be classified as super unhealthy to be that big as I know Sumo meant extremely big guys"

I'm not sure. I think Tokyo might be having it as one of their demonstration/new (whatever it's called) sports.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"i'd so have the olympics in london again... this has made me believe that we should at some point bid for it again.......

2024 is probably europe.... 2028 north america?

2032 anyone... unless someone is africa or australia want it.... "

If we had it again it would make sense to use London, but the stadia will be aging by then.

Manchester was our internal rival last time and I'm sure they'd like the chance if it's another UK one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved every moment, plenty of ups and downs but really enjoyed it all

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"It's been a wonderful olympics

But I have a silly random question, but we had wrestling,but i would swear there used to be Sumo wrestling in the olympics, I did not see any this time or would it now be classified as super unhealthy to be that big as I know Sumo meant extremely big guys

I'm not sure. I think Tokyo might be having it as one of their demonstration/new (whatever it's called) sports.

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just had a look on some olympic sites... there have always been 2 types of wrestling in the olympics... freestyle and greco-roman,

sumo asked to be considered as a 2020 sport and was declined....

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"

If we had it again it would make sense to use London, but the stadia will be aging by then.

Manchester was our internal rival last time and I'm sure they'd like the chance if it's another UK one.

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the great thing that london did that no other olympics has really done was to use already existing venues... for example.... the O2, Wembley Arena, Excel, Lords for Archery, Wimbledon for tennis.... you could use twickenham for rugby 7's... we have plenty of gold courses... you now have a 60,000 athletic stadium instead of an 80,000 one for the next 100 years,

you actually wouldn't need a lot to keep the others up to standard, and you could build a few temp venues....

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"

If we had it again it would make sense to use London, but the stadia will be aging by then.

Manchester was our internal rival last time and I'm sure they'd like the chance if it's another UK one.

the great thing that london did that no other olympics has really done was to use already existing venues... for example.... the O2, Wembley Arena, Excel, Lords for Archery, Wimbledon for tennis.... you could use twickenham for rugby 7's... we have plenty of gold courses... you now have a 60,000 athletic stadium instead of an 80,000 one for the next 100 years,

you actually wouldn't need a lot to keep the others up to standard, and you could build a few temp venues...."

I was involved in the late stages of the unsuccessful internal East London proposal and the early days of the successful East London proposal. Part of the learning between the two was to bring existing venues into use.

If Stratford City didn't have planning permission and Westfield on board it would have been much harder.

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury

I think that T20 Cricket would lend itself to the Olympics.....as long as the hosts could have a decent set of Cricket squares cultivated.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound


"I think that T20 Cricket would lend itself to the Olympics.....as long as the hosts could have a decent set of Cricket squares cultivated."

Noooo! It's bad enough that the football starts before the opening ceremony and goes on right to the bitter end.

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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

loved it all...

id like to see more investment in getting kids from schools and activity starters , into the proper channels though. so more scouts going round to ordinary schools, to seek out talent and more information available for parents on what help they can get funding wise when they find out thier child has an aptitude for something..

so many stories at these games of 'my grandad got me into it' or 'i cant thank my teacher enough'. it shouldn't be about who you know, there should be clear route to getting assistance or places where kids can go to be assessed...too many sports are still unavailable, to those on low to moderate income. I don't think that's changed that much ..my wish going forward..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"loved it all...

id like to see more investment in getting kids from schools and activity starters , into the proper channels though. so more scouts going round to ordinary schools, to seek out talent and more information available for parents on what help they can get funding wise when they find out thier child has an aptitude for something..

so many stories at these games of 'my grandad got me into it' or 'i cant thank my teacher enough'. it shouldn't be about who you know, there should be clear route to getting assistance or places where kids can go to be assessed...too many sports are still unavailable, to those on low to moderate income. I don't think that's changed that much ..my wish going forward.."

Well said

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By *eliz NelsonMan
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

At the end of the day, second in the medals table away from London/Uk, something I never thought I would see in my lifetime!

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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside


"At the end of the day, second in the medals table away from London/Uk, something I never thought I would see in my lifetime!"

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

well there is talk of london bidding for the commonwealth games in the meantime which would be a good way of keeping things going in the meantime.... plus london has not held one since the 1930's....

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By *verysmileMan
over a year ago

Canterbury


"I think that T20 Cricket would lend itself to the Olympics.....as long as the hosts could have a decent set of Cricket squares cultivated.

Noooo! It's bad enough that the football starts before the opening ceremony and goes on right to the bitter end.

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Could be done in 10 days........the Olympics lasts 17

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Almost there. I'll do a bit of the closing and then off to bed.

Onto the Paralympics next.

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

The Rio 2016 show on now has just listed most successful GB Olympians, showing Laura Trott's 4 but not including Mo Farah at all!

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By *icketysplits OP   Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

It's a little bit trippy. I like it.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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Amazing Olympics, team GB have done us proud.

Roll on 2020

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great effort Team GB

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