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    Posted: 21 Aug 16 at 10:30pm
My original post was about a genuine interest of how the funding gets distributed.  

I think there were some exceptional performances by our sailors given the extremely challenging conditions and venue, as a keen dinghy racer I get the impression that for the second time running the quality of the event has been compromised by the desire to have a course close to the shore, though I guess Portland Bill will have prepared our sailors for Sugarloaf Mountain.  Frankly to predict the Medal count was a big ask.

The previous posters comments may be a bit unkind, like many events an early bad result can put the competitor on the back foot, forcing the competitor to take greater risks, Giles Scott rose above this others didn't.
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Originally posted by Rupert


But look back 20 years and think how sh*t GB was at the Olympics. Something had to be done, didn't it?

No it didn't.....from our point of view down here, it would have been much better if nothing was done. Smile

Trump, Brexit, beaten by the Brits in all sports.....all signs that the end of the world is nigh.

PS Congrats, team GB.


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If it annoys the Aussies, worth every penny!
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How much of your lottery money is going to the bloody All Blacks then?
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Originally posted by Brass

How much of your lottery money is going to the bloody All Blacks then?

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Originally posted by Brass

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As davidyacht points out hard to see how many countries can compete which is why it was great the Laser came in to the Olympics ....

The reality is that 'the boat' itself is a very very small fraction of the overall cost of getting to the 5-ring circus.  Every class there has a suitable argument that justifies its particular continued involvement .... but then we don't have to agree on everything we are told of course !    Sport generally stopped being amateur way back at this level....  it is now all about income streams, TV coverage, sponsorship and 'support'. 

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It would make your eyes water if you saw the bill for the 49er and FX team where the perception is that it is all about buying your boat speed, in fact if you think about the way they approach the whole thing it's about buying through either atheletic performance & equipment fitness, rather than concentrating on the cerebral bit which is the fundamental thing that separates sailing from many other sports.

Coaching in windsurfing is atrocious, in fact to give a clear example how much they decide for themselves how qualified they are to coach, when for that brief period kitesurfing usurped windsurfing as the designated sport for the Olympics, what do you think happened to the windsurfing coaches? That's right, they all decided they were now kitesurfing coaches and quickly tried to learn to kitesurf, it's absurd.

Nutritionists, physiotherapists, sports psychologists (the windsurfing one was a failed ping pong player who'd choked in a major competition) God knows how many otherists to the point the poor saps rarely get to make a decision for their own well being and if they do they often are sanctioned for it.There are that many jobsworths guarding their positions what happened at Rio didn't surprise me.

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the money isn't going to be spent on RS Teras for inner city kids sailing on reclaimed sewage works.... get over it.  It's an elite sporting programme investment, and imho, it's delivered as well as it could.    

Given it's predominantly National Lottery money (peasant tax), we might as well spend it on getting some feel good factor in special interest sports like sailing, cycling, hockey etc.... at least it adds some diversity from the rather dull, male orientated spectrum of Rugby, Football and Cricket which seems to dominate if society lets the media and private sector have full control of the sporting agenda.   


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