So we won gold at Vancouver – great! We do seem to do very much better at sport these days. I remember when we were constantly lagging – nice to be in front now. Congratulations to Amy Williams
Yes, well done Amy Williams it`s nice to see the Winter Olympics highlights will not be all Eddie the Eagle types. Personally I thought he was great.
Condolences to the Georgian family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21.
Chris K
22/02/2010 at 11:20 pm
My BBC local news always celebrates local sportsmen(sportspeople?) and it was especially pleasing to see Miss William’s reaction to her achievement. She seems a very nice lady indeed.
I’ve been following the Curling this year. No idea what’s going on – my interest in winter sports diminished greatly after falling off a ski lift aged 4 – but it’s been gripping.
Gareth Howell
23/02/2010 at 9:22 am
Her parents obviously had her physically well disciplined right from the start, and what a feminine woman too; Amy Williams.
The money loaded in to professional sport has completely changed the way people think about athletics, since the Atlanta Olympics when the UK only won one gold medal. Vast sums were spent on getting all the equipment to China months in advance of the Beijing games, more than any other non international country.
What is more startling is that many of the West Indian/Caribbean athletes also train in these islands and they win quite a few medals too. Clone gold winning states in the
Caribbean. It is hard to tell though how many of them train in Canada, and then hitch their island’s flag to their prowess.
Money has changed everything. Without it our modern sportsmen could not have afforded the
plane far, whilst doing the full time training as well.
How the Winter Olympic competitors’ pay is organised, is hard to say. The Williams have probably had to graft quite hard to get any funding for their own sporting enterprise, and paid for themselves, to get to any meeting as her “team” ,which she wisely said, is essential for her own peace of mind, whilst competing.
Yes, well done Amy Williams it`s nice to see the Winter Olympics highlights will not be all Eddie the Eagle types. Personally I thought he was great.
Condolences to the Georgian family of Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21.
My BBC local news always celebrates local sportsmen(sportspeople?) and it was especially pleasing to see Miss William’s reaction to her achievement. She seems a very nice lady indeed.
I’ve been following the Curling this year. No idea what’s going on – my interest in winter sports diminished greatly after falling off a ski lift aged 4 – but it’s been gripping.
Her parents obviously had her physically well disciplined right from the start, and what a feminine woman too; Amy Williams.
The money loaded in to professional sport has completely changed the way people think about athletics, since the Atlanta Olympics when the UK only won one gold medal. Vast sums were spent on getting all the equipment to China months in advance of the Beijing games, more than any other non international country.
What is more startling is that many of the West Indian/Caribbean athletes also train in these islands and they win quite a few medals too. Clone gold winning states in the
Caribbean. It is hard to tell though how many of them train in Canada, and then hitch their island’s flag to their prowess.
Money has changed everything. Without it our modern sportsmen could not have afforded the
plane far, whilst doing the full time training as well.
How the Winter Olympic competitors’ pay is organised, is hard to say. The Williams have probably had to graft quite hard to get any funding for their own sporting enterprise, and paid for themselves, to get to any meeting as her “team” ,which she wisely said, is essential for her own peace of mind, whilst competing.