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Post by bluetornados on Feb 12, 2022 0:20:49 GMT
I know it's not exactly something we excel in, but these are the medals we have won this century.
1..Salt Lake City - 2002 - Gold & Bronze = 2
2..Turin - 2006 - Silver = 1
3..Vancouver - 2010 - Gold = 1
4..Sochi - 2014 - Gold, Silver & 3 Bronze = 5
5..Pyeongchang - 2018 - Gold & 4 Bronze = 5
6..Beijing - 2022 - No Medals Up to Day 8 = 0
Is this as a lack of funding ?, bringing home 14 Medals since 2002.
Or is it the expected numbers at each Olympics ?
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 20, 2022 19:28:51 GMT
Well done to our Men and Women Curling teams picking up a Silver and a Gold.
Team GB were tasked with picking up 3 to 7 medals, we have talent for next time maybe.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is solely responsible for funding Team GB’s participation at the Olympic Games.
The BOA does not receive government or lottery funding and is completely dependent upon commercial sponsorship and fundraising income.
A report from 2018 - UK Sport will cut its Winter Olympic funding by almost £9 million despite achieving a record-breaking medal haul at Pyeonchang 2018.
Although sports like skeleton will receive an increase in funding, others such as bobsleigh, figure skating and short track have been cut entirely.
UK Sport's investment of just under £24m will cover the next Winter Olympic cycle, up until the 2022 games in Beijing.
UK Sport believes the medal possibilities for the Beijing Games currently sits between five and 12 Olympic medals.
Based on assessed future medal potential, the main investment will be split into skeleton (up to £7.2m), ski and snowboard (up to £6.75m) and curling (up to £6.35m).
Today - In the end, it was the curling teams who saved this Olympics for Great Britain. The teams, led by Bruce Mouat and Eve Muirhead, banished their ghosts of missed opportunity while giving the country's winter programme a much-needed boost after a turbulent fortnight in Beijing.
Great Britain had been staring down the barrel of a medal-less Games for the first time since Albertville 1992. After podium hopefuls came and went, falling short of pre-Olympics expectations, the curling team stepped up.
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