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Listed below are comments made by tyke-in-exile between Saturday, 16th August 2008 and Monday, 22nd September 2008.

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No shame to European defeat 07:46am on 22 Sep 2008 I agree with the analysis. The US won because overall their team played slightly better in a generally high standard. Faldo cannot be blamed for the unpredictably relatively poor performances of Garcia and Harrington, Europe's worst, closely followed by Jimenez and Westwood. He must have expected better from those four. On the other hand, he probably hoped for but didn't dare expect the extremely good performances from Poulter, Rose and McDowell, with the Scandinavians and the others putting in very acceptable efforts too. As for crowd behaviour, they're there to encourage their team and apart from a few idiots the level of behaviour seems to have been good. The opposition's chants can always be annoying for the other side, as it is to me, but that's part of the game. US crowds are never very generous towards the opposition anyway. The only thing I objected to was Weekley's antics whilst the hole was still in play.
BBC reporters pick out their Olympics highlights 2:12pm on 26 Aug 2008 Hilites: 16 days of wonderful sport, the happiest sporting days of my 71 years - Team GB's performances, especially the ones in the unsung events like the 10Km swims, modern pentathlon, and so on. Too many individual and team performances from many Countries to mention singly.

Lolites: All unsporting behaviour from wherever it came. Fortunately not too much.

Special mention for Christine Ohuruogu: so brilliant in her individual event but so disappointing in the relay heat and final. She looked as if she didn't care less. If she didn't want to run or felt tired she should have left her place to Tasha Danvers.
Goodnight Beijing 5:42pm on 24 Aug 2008 Well said ryychung. Perhaps yours should be the final comment on this blog (apart from this inevitable one).
Not sure who won the medals in the painting and computer events though. (Sorry, just joking). Bye
Goodnight Beijing 5:30pm on 24 Aug 2008 bluecanaries
I agree with you. I criticise much of what is happening in the UK but there is also much to praise and foremost, as you point out, is our freedom of speech without being censored or imprisoned, as long as it's in a civilised non-violent manner.
Christoph81
Whilst some comments against China and the Chinese have been over the top and possibly unjustified, your response has been uncouth. You have the right to reply and criticise, but must learn to do it in a civilised manner. Your approach only helps to foster bad feelings between peoples.
Goodnight Beijing 4:46pm on 24 Aug 2008 "How much did we spend on the eight-minute Handover segment in Beijing?"

I think £2.5 mln.
Goodnight Beijing 4:20pm on 24 Aug 2008 beijing_2008

China deserves the highest praise for it's presentation of the Games. However some people feel that human rights are violated there. We in Britain believe that people have the right to express these sentiments openly and freely as long as they are not violent in any way. This does not however mean that the whole population necessarily agrees with those views.
If you and your compatriots feel that civil standards in Britain are a social problem, as I do, then I hope you will express your feelings NOW and NOT wait until 2012. I'm sure that you will all be totally free to do so if carried out in a peaceful and civil manner.
I think that is the difference between our two Countries at the moment.
However, I feel that friendship between peoples and the Olympic spirit, perhaps not always present in any Country, must prevail. best wishes.
Goodnight Beijing 4:05pm on 24 Aug 2008 englishinhongkong
Has the UK gone too far, and too over the top in playing the multicultural card? Are they alienating the majority? Are they also alienating the non-'Cool' tyes, those who can;t 'Street dance' and have to get up every morning to earn money. pay taxes and oh, pay for the 2112 games.

I agree but ... Good Lord, is Gordon Brown already getting his hands on our money for the 2112 games? Lucky I shan't be around that long!!
Hoy the pick of GB's golden bunch 9:10pm on 16 Aug 2008 I sympathise with viewers in the USA. I was there for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Breaks for advertising halfway through the 100m men's sprint final. Ridiculous!
Regarding facilities, it's not the venues for the international competitions that are lacking, it's those for everyday use. Thirty years ago schools had to sell off their playing fields to pay normal running expenses. Public baths have closed. Gymnasiums are too few. Britain is way behind the rest of Europe in all team sports like basketball, volleyball, handball, baseball, softball, beach volleyball and water polo. The only one which saves our face is field hockey. Get the youngsters off the streets and into sport. Funding of sporting facilities is a social obligation.
Regarding funding generally, finally in a few sports (the ones in which we are winning medals) GB is applying a serious professional approach and it's right that more funds go to the ones who are better organised and more successful. However all sports must have some basic funding. Athletes cannot be expected to dedicate their lives to training and winning glory for GB if they don't have the means to live.
I live in Italy and over half their 350 or so athletes in Beijing and the majority of their medal winners are members of various publice services (police, armed forces, customs and excise, forestry, etc) and so earn a decent wage whilst spending their time training. Winner of an Olympic gold gets 140,000 euro, silver 75,000 and bronze 50,000, apparently 8 times more than even thir US counterparts. How much do the Brits get?

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