~~Tokyo Olympics 2020/21~~



They were all generally good. The only one that didn't quite work was the mixed 4x400 track race and that was largely down to scheduling meaning a lot of teams didn't pick their strongest athletes. Tactically, everyone in the final ran a man on leg 1, women on legs 2 and 3 and a man on leg 4 so this clearly wasn't what the complainy poster above watched.

There'll be more mixed events in future - I believe a mixed synchro diving event is going to happen in 2024.
The order should be a random draw so that we get men v women in some of the legs.

Swimming was the best as it had men v women in different strokes so the gaps kept changing keeping you interested as 4 or 5 countries were in full contention even if they were 20m behind.
 
Must be some rational behind it.. how much did archery get before.. it might have been 1.99 million so a hundred k takes them over..

Have you a link to the funding amounts.
Tbf it all looks out of kilter in places
Apparently GB last won an archery medal in 2004 but funding has now been increased. Bit baffling really given that it's not even a particularly accessible sport.

How GB sports fared in Tokyo relative to their funding

Archery
Funding amount: £1,122,879
Medals: 0

Team GB have not won an Olympic medal in archery since 2004, and that run continued at Tokyo 2020.
Archery was one of several sports to lose its funding after the Rio Games five years ago, before UK Sport U-turned in 2018 and decided to reinstate financial support.
It has had its funding hugely increased for the Paris 2024 Olympic cycle, however, to more than £2.1m.
 
Apparently GB last won an archery medal in 2004 but funding has now been increased. Bit baffling really given that it's not even a particularly accessible sport.

How GB sports fared in Tokyo relative to their funding

Archery
Funding amount: £1,122,879
Medals: 0

Team GB have not won an Olympic medal in archery since 2004, and that run continued at Tokyo 2020.
Archery was one of several sports to lose its funding after the Rio Games five years ago, before UK Sport U-turned in 2018 and decided to reinstate financial support.
It has had its funding hugely increased for the Paris 2024 Olympic cycle, however, to more than £2.1m.
To be fair if you Google local places quite a few and it is accessible in most ..

A lot of that money will drive some grass roots development .
 
To be fair if you Google local places quite a few and it is accessible in most ..

A lot of that money will drive some grass roots development .
Athletics is probably more accessible but has had funding reduced.

Just looks like we're chasing cheap golds by avoiding sports like athletics were more nations compete.
 
Athletics is probably more accessible but has had funding reduced.

Just looks like we're chasing cheap golds by avoiding sports like athletics were more nations compete.
I don't know if that is the case at all. Cos two million isn't cheap for only a couple medals contested .

Most have been cut quite a bit . One reason is they are not selling as many lottery tickets .
 
The order should be a random draw so that we get men v women in some of the legs.

Swimming was the best as it had men v women in different strokes so the gaps kept changing keeping you interested as 4 or 5 countries were in full contention even if they were 20m behind.

Yes, the swimming implementation of the mixed relays was especially well done.

Not sure about a random order. You wouldn't do that in the single sex relays.
 
Brilliant to equal 65 medals from 2012 and an almost perfect spread of gold, silver & bronze 22 21 22.

a very good performance overall by Team GB, and when you take the Golds first list/standings then to finish 4th is impressive finishing above every other European country including Russia... also pleased with how Team NL finished (7th) which was better than likes of France, Germany and Italy completing the top 10

The best 2 performances for me at this Olympics were actually 2 SILVER medals when you add up all the circs leading up to the games and the PB angle...
Laura Muir with her run in the 1500meters was special, and apparently she was first Scot to win athletics/track&field Olympic medal in over 30 years!? (so that would have been Liz McColgan in Seoul '88)
Tom Dumoulin in his cycling individual time trial, especially when you consider he almost packed it all in earlier in the year... rediscovered his love for cycling and then went out and put in an impressive ride to retain silver in that event :cool:

When you look at the overall medals table there are a few countries that obviously do little or zero investment with their athletes (the likes of Argentina, Ireland and Portugal spring to mind)... and then considering Greece has the historical connection with Olympics I had expected them to put on a better showing?

 
Horrible news coming out of New Zealand about the sudden death of cyclist Olivia Podmore who failed to make the NZ team at the Olympics this time round.

The pressure on these athletes is something most of us will never come close to experiencing. RIP Olivia and condolences to her family & friends.

 
Horrible news coming out of New Zealand about the sudden death of cyclist Olivia Podmore who failed to make the NZ team at the Olympics this time round.

The pressure on these athletes is something most of us will never come close to experiencing. RIP Olivia and condolences to her family & friends.

Just read that, what a tragic story. 24 yr old, Olympic athlete, from the outside you would think they have it all. I can't even begin to comprehend the pressure & stress they must be under at times. RIP & thoughts to the family.
 
Paris could be like another home Olympics for GB.

I reckon loads will travel over there.

If you're based in London it may even be possible to go on the Eurostar for the day for some events.
really good point. It might be worth thinking about going there for it.
Disney
Paris itself
Couple of days at the Olympics.
Nice way to spend a week.
Mixed relay when the strokes are drawn at random is fun, people forget what they're supposed to do
Honestly can't see how there's 4 ways to swim, but you can race with any of them on their own.
Why not have the 100m hopping, skipping and running backwards races on the track then?

Who's the fastest swimmer at X-Distance is all you need. Swim however you want.
 
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Honestly can't see how there's 4 ways to swim, but you can race with any of them on their own.
Why not have the 100m hopping, skipping and running backwards races on the track then?

Who's the fastest swimmer at X-Distance is all you need. Swim however you want.
You can do that to almost any event though, walking, hurdles, steeplechase, different weights in boxing judo etc.

I would scrap breaststroke mind. Just deliberately swimming slowly
 

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