Winter Olympics

That  seems  about  par  for  the  course,  Brue  !

I  remember  Eddie  The Eagle  and  his  ski  jumping.  The  only  one  guaranteed  his  position  --  Last  I  grant  you,  BUT  all  he  got  from  the  Olympic  organisations  was  abuse  and  then  kicked  out  !!  Nobody  tried  to  help  him  with  coaching, training  etc  they  just  used  him  for  cheap  laughs  until  they  could 'disappear'  him  !  If  you  are  the  best  at  a  particular  sport  that  a  country  produces  then  why  should  you  not  have  a  go  ??  Remember  'Ernie  the  Eel'  from  Africa ??  he  was  the  swimmer  who  had  only  swum  in  public  swimming  pools,  and  the  West  Indian  Bob Sleigh  Team  ??  Oh  sorry,  but  don't  be  silly  of  course  you  can't  come  &  play  with  us  !!

Even  at  my  lowly  level  as  a  sportsman  it  was  accepted  that  if  you  didn't  have  teams or  individuals  willing  to  lose  consistantly  then  you  didn't  have  a  competition  at  all.

First medal!!!

Congratulations to Dom Parsons for his brilliant efforts and a bronze medal 🥉 

And another!!

Congratulations to Izzy Atkins bronze medal 🥉 

Heading  towards  that  'hoped  for'  10  medals  then    ==  fingers  crossed.

Gold and Bronze for Lizzie Yarnold and Laura Deas in the women's skeleton!!!!

Fantastic!!

Following on from earlier comments re funding, and everyone having valid points, it seems that record funding in the skeleton has indeed reaped just rewards. 

We will never know if it was the money which made the difference, but for me, it has and I feel so proud of our British medalists, not forgetting the dedication and efforts from all our team.

Lets have some more please!

It does seem to me that we start off with a major disadvantage as far as the Winter Games are concerned as we are not an Alpine country and our snow hardly lasts long enough to get your skies on!!! Therefore the people that take part on our behalf have do have an additional dose of enthusiasm and motivation just the get started. The Olympics might not spur us all into taking up sport but there will be sufficient that do and a good result might just encourage those champions of the future.

David

But  we  must  not  forget  that  it  was  those  mad,  Victorian  Englishmen  &  their  silly  habits  who  started  the Down-hill  Skiing  For  Fun movement.  " coming  over  here  and  using  our  working  kit  for  such  silliness   Ja  Boo  Sucks,  at  least  they  bought  our  sheepskin underwear  "

Ironic really that it was Adam Pengelly, a former Skeleton competitor, who introduced Parsons to the sport and then only by accident. He wasn't identified or even knew about the sport until at Uni. and only took it up for a laugh. He's hardly had any funds in the last 6/7 years so not your typical professional athlete. So his medal is more in keeping with the original ethos.

Fair points from ABM & WN.....every day's a school day!