IJN":m55rp9pe said:
Bristol Rich":m55rp9pe said:
It is what it is a a very defeatist British statement.
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Not quite sure what your point is here Ian in posting a chart of the final Olympic medals table. Our successes in Rio have not happened by chance.
Neither is it just the result of a lot of hard work by the athletes and their coaches. It has been a long time in the making and cost many millions of pounds.
Our recent excellent Olympic performances are the result of significant investment in a number of sports from the Lottery and other sources dating back 20 years and initiated by John Major after our dismal performance at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
If Argyle (or any other club) had sustained investment over such a long period of time, perhaps we would be similarly successful and we wouldn't have to settle for the gallant loser/failure role we so readily accept.
I am proud to be British and quite patriotic, but in what other country would someone like Eddie the Eagle be celebrated?