The 2012 London Olympics Sports Thread

[Valdemar]

There is a list of their Olympic record over here :

http://www.britishrowing.org/gb-rowing-team/events/olympic-games

Notice the poor record in the period 1950-84. I think that may be due to many countries relaxing the rules on amateurism and Britain still applying them. Since 1997 money from the National Lottery has been used to improve British sports and all talk of amateurism has been ditched. The money is quite modest, perhaps £60m a year for the Olympic sports, but it allows promising athletes the luxury of not having to earn a living and access to decent training.

Yeah, we had the same limitations in that period. In particullar it hit our football teams as we started to get pros going to England and italy, and then being barred from the national team, not just for the OL, but also for EC and WC

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[Syt]

There is a list of their Olympic record over here :

http://www.britishrowing.org/gb-rowing-team/events/olympic-games

Notice the poor record in the period 1950-84. I think that may be due to many countries relaxing the rules on amateurism and Britain still applying them. Since 1997 money from the National Lottery has been used to improve British sports and all talk of amateurism has been ditched. The money is quite modest, perhaps £60m a year for the Olympic sports, but it allows promising athletes the luxury of not having to earn a living and access to decent training.

The biggest sponsor of Olympic athletes in Germany is probably the Bundeswehr - a lot of the athletes Germany sends to summer and winter games are part of a special sports support program. This mostly goes for sports where athletes have hardly any chance of making a living from it.

[Tonitrus]

Medal count:
http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/

Poor Putin...the USSR would be leading right now. 

[Admiral Yi]

Poor Putin...the USSR would be leading right now. 

I only got 58 totaling up the SSRs.

[Syt]

I have 66. Did you count all the 'stans, Moldova, Lithuania?

[Admiral Yi]

I have 66. Did you count all the 'stans, Moldova, Lithuania?

Missed Moldava for sure.

[Ed Anger]

HAY SEEDY!

Japan-China women's field hockey on MSNBC. NOW.

[CountDeMoney]

HAY SEEDY!

Japan-China women's field hockey on MSNBC. NOW.

IM ON IT

[Ed Anger]

ACTIVATE HIGH DEFINITION!

[CountDeMoney]

Damn, those girls have some thick ass athletic legs.  All those centuries in rice paddies paid off.

[Ed Anger]

Holy crap, the yelling from the players on the Jap and Chink teams sound like a Jap porno.

BRB.

(Damn multiple olympic threads....)

[Neil]

HAY SEEDY!

Japan-China women's field hockey on MSNBC. NOW.

Blue turf. 

[Ed Anger]

HAY SEEDY!

Japan-China women's field hockey on MSNBC. NOW.

Blue turf. 

It is Boise State-ish, isn't it? 

[MadBurgerMaker]

It is Boise State-ish, isn't it? 

Even Boise doesn't have the bright pink borders and walls around their disgusting field.  Good God.

[Ed Anger]

DON'T DEFEND BOISE STATE.