TyrrellRacingI've seen them given for picking up back passes usually.
Yay... after Holly Bleasdale missed out on a medal, it was nice to see her Subway ad buddy guarantee himself atleast a bronze!
CAMWhat's a back pass?
That was so lame. The "#1 team in the world" needs a bunch of crappy calls to beat Canada.
Not sure myself, but UEFA and FIFA have always recognised that Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland have separate Football Associations and leagues etc., so allow them to compete separately in world football... Team GB was actually pretty controversial - the Scottish and Welsh FAs did not want it to happen, but I personally couldn't fathom what the fuss was about. That said, there were precious few Scottish players involved - but the Welsh players involved were among the best in the team (Bellamy and Giggs).
Scotland now struggle to qualify for any big tournaments, and Wales have never qualified for a major tournament - but arguably it is better to try than to be guaranteed no participation by being part of a British team that is almost exclusively English...
Holley Mangold is so fat. She must eat ungodly amounts of junk food to be that fat even after training for the olympics. I don't understand why American lifters are all in the superheavyweight division. We might actually be competitive if we could field athletes in the lighter weight groups. Way too much fat when compared to the Asian and Latin American lifters.
Noob616She's from Dayton...Keef, get on that!
I always thought its just a question of money and success. A UK/GB team is more likely to achieve success in multiple events than the countries on their own.
This way Wales, Scotland and Northern Island (and Jersey, Guernsey, etc etc) don't have to spend the money fielding and training teams on their own, though they don't receive any personal glory and have to suffer through the English national anthem.
We really should re-name it Team UK though and change the "national" anthem to something a bit more fair.
Eh, whatever, this reliance on national pride is part of what makes the concept of the Olympics seem quite dated to me.
Tired TyresBy the way, it's the BRITISH anthem, not the english anthem. I don't think there is an English anthem.
I don't understand why American lifters are all in the superheavyweight division.
Well if Scotland splits from the union its likely to be all 4 countries will compete separately or maybe England, Wales and NI will still compete but under a different name. Till then I guess they will keep it as it is for histories sake but it is kind of incorrect. In 4 years it might have already happened.
I would say 'Jerusalem' is considered England's national anthem.
They qualified and the others didn't. Robles needed 30 more kilograms to bronze. Our most competitive lifter, Farris, was 25 off the bronze and 30 off the silver so the women didn't do too bad for U.S. standards.
daanWhen you're watching the Keiran heats and Chris Hoy hits the front with a lap to go, and then the New Zealand rider tries to go round in front of Hoy, you've just got to think, "Yeah, dream on."
The keirin, as it is in the Olympics and World Championships is a much sanitised version. The original Japanese races were an all-out war to see who could get to the front, behind the motorbike, and pretty much anything went with elbows, headbutts etc being used against the opposition. In Japan, I believe, more money is bet on keirin events than is bet on horse racing.Does anyone else think Keirin is an odd concept for a race?