Not as much as we used to

Partly cos they got rid of loads of cycling events (in response to us winning?)

Just to compare now - Indoor swimming - 32 different events, so 32 golds up for grabs

Track cycling - now reduced to only 10 events across men and women.

And look at some of those swimming events - just to take one example, 'freestyle' alone has 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1,500m for men. Some of those are so similar, it's hardly surprising that one athlete can win more than 20 golds (ie, more than most countries have ever won in their entire Olympic history).

So anyway, point is - don't expect too much from the cyclists any more.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on August 11th 2016 at 20:35:31

Message Thread

Olypmic record for GB men in the team sprints (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 20:17:22
- on the bicycles? (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 20:19:34
  - aye (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 20:20:51
    - bmxcellent, we rock 🇬🇧 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 20:25:21
      - Not as much as we used to (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 11, 20:35:31
        
        Agreed. Swimming is ridiculously over-medalled. (Other Sports) - APB, Aug 11, 20:39:27
        
        is it because the swimming is the more of an attractive tv spectacle? (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 20:48:24
        
        The longer races last over 10 minutes, so I don't think so. (Other Sports) - APB, Aug 11, 20:54:36
        
        i'm guessing it's down to which sport attracts the biggest marketing stream (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 21:00:59
        
        Swimming one of the traditional Olympic sports like track and field (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Aug 11, 20:58:42
        
        Yes, but there's not much difference between swimming two lengths and four. (Other Sports) - APB, Aug 11, 21:00:54
        
        But isn't 100 and 200 more comparable? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Aug 11, 21:13:34
        
        I know. But the fact is there are swimmers who manage more events than in any other sport. (Other Sports) - APB, Aug 11, 21:25:45
        
        i'd imagine that two lengths was a lot easier than four (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 21:05:25
        
        Maybe to counter the growing threat of the Chinese team. (Other Sports) - APB, Aug 11, 20:58:12
        
        swimming is quite slow though (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 11, 20:52:14
        
        i meant the teamGB as a whole (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 20:38:00
        
        How's Team East doing so far? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Aug 11, 20:40:20
        
        Timor? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 11, 20:41:51
- ...but NZ only 0.1 secs slower. They're still favourites for me Clive. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 11, 20:19:28
  - (New GB kit - especially wheels - looks great though...) (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 11, 20:20:01

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