London 2012 Olympic Games-The Paralympics begin, opening ceremony on now!

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spurgeonryan said:

Conegamer said:

chocoloco said:
Bloody hell chaps I am so excited. Ready for all the Gold, Silver and Bronze and the constant playing of the , "star spangled banner." My biggest hope is Russia and China flop. To the rest of you all good luck and enjoy.

We need a lot of women's volleyball talk because it is the hottest olympic sport Oh yeeaaahh!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh, keep dreaming

Russia...maybe. But China? No way. I think it'll be, at the end of the games:

 

1. USA (113 medals, 58 gold)

2. China (109 medals, 55 gold)

3. UK (98 medals, 44 gold)

4. Russia (103 medals, 42 gold)

 

Just speculation. I think the hype and home turf, as well as the Tour De France success and extra funding, could just push Team GB into 3rd, above Russia. Or maybe they'll crack and fail, but I doubt it. No home country has done it yet, and I doubt it'll start now. The crowd will carry them.

Is that something that usually happens? Or did you just throw it in there?:P

We got 47 medals with 19 golds last time out, up from 30 with 9 Gold. Assuming a similar increase (there was a LOT more funding, obviously) this time, we'd see 70 medals, with 33 Gold. But the home advantage and, as I said, the extra funding, should help push them up higher. That high? Maybe not. But 3rd? Perhaps. That's the target, and we got 4th, so who knows?