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I wish her well.

Of all the sports to get to the top in swimming, IMO, takes the most dedication.

Sussex wrote:

I wish her well.

Of all the sports to get to the top in swimming, IMO, takes the most dedication.

Indeed. My granddaughter has recently joined the swimming academy aged nine, grandad has apparently volunteered to get up at 0430 twice a week to get her to training sessions.

hate to be a killjoy/meldrew but...

Olympics
Para-lympics
Winter Olympics
Commonwealh games

where does the money come from?

well after a slightly disappointing games my niece finally picked up a bronze in the 4 x 100 freestyle swimming the anchor leg in 55 seconds (fastest of the 4 girls) so she isn't coming home empty handed

It just show's how good these Australians athletes and sports men and women are.

Are our Athletes underfunded or under motivated by comparison?

Australia wins a 1/3d again as many Gold medals as the UK's combined countries do whilst having only a population of 2/5th that of the UK as a whole.

It just show's how good these Australians athletes and sports men and women are.

Are our Athletes underfunded or under motivated by comparison?

Author:	edders23 [ Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:48 pm ]
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Didn't realise this was starting so soon My niece will be swimming for wales in the 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke she is currently the fastest British girl based on current results and 13th in the World (200m freestyle) but 5 of those ranked above her in the world are Aussies It's only her second big championship but I have high hopes of her making the final and she is good so who knows if things go her way maybe she will get a medal fingers crossed Apart from the swimming I shall be routing for England of course in everything else and hopefully we will finish above the Aussies inn the medal table

Author:	Sussex [ Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:23 pm ]
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I wish her well. Of all the sports to get to the top in swimming, IMO, takes the most dedication.

Author:	jimbo [ Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:05 am ]
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Sussex wrote: I wish her well. Of all the sports to get to the top in swimming, IMO, takes the most dedication. Indeed. My granddaughter has recently joined the swimming academy aged nine, grandad has apparently volunteered to get up at 0430 twice a week to get her to training sessions.

Author:	edders23 [ Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:00 am ]
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jimbo wrote: Sussex wrote: I wish her well. Of all the sports to get to the top in swimming, IMO, takes the most dedication. Indeed. My granddaughter has recently joined the swimming academy aged nine, grandad has apparently volunteered to get up at 0430 twice a week to get her to training sessions. good on yer

Author:	edders23 [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:59 pm ]
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She swam a bit slow in the heats trying to save her energy for the final and ended up 9th fastest missing out on a final place but i think if she'd got through she would have needed to smash her PB to get a medal hopefully the experience did her good

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Author:	wannabeeahack [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:27 pm ]
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hate to be a killjoy/meldrew but... Olympics Para-lympics Winter Olympics Commonwealh games where does the money come from?

Author:	heathcote [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:43 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote: hate to be a killjoy/meldrew but... Olympics Para-lympics Winter Olympics Commonwealh games where does the money come from? Not from the taxpayer every time,a lot of contestants have to raise funds themselves.

Author:	edders23 [ Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:42 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote: hate to be a killjoy/meldrew but... Olympics Para-lympics Winter Olympics Commonwealh games where does the money come from? mainly mum and dad plus some sponsorship and some from British swimming plus she swims for Edinburgh university which probably gets her an extra bit of help

Author:	edders23 [ Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:38 pm ]
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well after a slightly disappointing games my niece finally picked up a bronze in the 4 x 100 freestyle swimming the anchor leg in 55 seconds (fastest of the 4 girls) so she isn't coming home empty handed

Author:	grandad [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:01 am ]
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wannabeeahack wrote: hate to be a killjoy/meldrew but... Olympics Para-lympics Winter Olympics Commonwealh games where does the money come from? A lot of it comes from the National Lottery.

Author:	grandad [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:02 am ]
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edders23 wrote: well after a slightly disappointing games my niece finally picked up a bronze in the 4 x 100 freestyle swimming the anchor leg in 55 seconds (fastest of the 4 girls) so she isn't coming home empty handed Well done to her and well done to everyone else who has the dedication to get to the top.

Author:	bloodnock [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:27 pm ]
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Australia wins a 1/3d again as many Gold medals as the UK's combined countries do whilst having only a population of 2/5th that of the UK as a whole. It just show's how good these Australians athletes and sports men and women are. Are our Athletes underfunded or under motivated by comparison?

Author:	Sussex [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:07 pm ]
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edders23 wrote: well after a slightly disappointing games my niece finally picked up a bronze in the 4 x 100 freestyle swimming the anchor leg in 55 seconds (fastest of the 4 girls) so she isn't coming home empty handed Well that is fantastic.

Author:	Sussex [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:09 pm ]
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bloodnock wrote: It just show's how good these Australians athletes and sports men and women are. Are our Athletes underfunded or under motivated by comparison? Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summ ... edal_table http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/gla ... 140728.htm

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Author:	grandad [ Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:26 pm ]
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bloodnock wrote: Australia wins a 1/3d again as many Gold medals as the UK's combined countries do whilst having only a population of 2/5th that of the UK as a whole. It just show's how good these Australians athletes and sports men and women are. Are our Athletes underfunded or under motivated by comparison? The total number of medals won by the 4 home nations was far more than the total number of medals won by Australia. around half of their medals were won in swimming.