Thread: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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Old 07-08-2012, 11:39   #258
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
This is an interesting read.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19154408
"Going for Olympic gold: Does the winner take it all?"

As a non-sports-player (and not normally that interested in watching it) of course I would say that just taking part is an achievement in itself and getting any medal is fantastic. But then I can also understand that if you have worked towards getting "The Big G" for the last however-many years then I can see how not getting it is going to be really upsetting.

(For the record I missed out on my own 'Big G' at the HBA awards back in 2009; but I consoled myself with the fact that I was still one of the Top Ten Newcomers in the country ie at least I made the finals!)
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