This Olympics hysteria shows that Britain has turned Soviet

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Didn't Team GB have some fun at the other team's expense at London 2012?

I seem to recall that the same mutterings were heard there, as to how we had become so successful 'overnight'...... and when they brought the bike wheels in in bags, it started so much speculation that the rumour was put about by Team GB that we had designed a perfectly round wheel and it was this giving us the advantage

That is right. Purely to wind up the French they leaked a story that by using lasers their wheels were rounder than everyone elses. It worked too, which is where some of the sour grapes comes from.

The track team and Team Sky waste no opportunity to rub their opponents noses in their success - which on one level is a joy to behold but resulted in 2014 other teams refusing to give a Sky rider water when he was struggling on a mountain and ended up missing the time limit and hence was disqualified.

A very professional (and frankly very wealthy) outfit, the cycling team

I've never heard of him. He sounds like sad b****** from that article.

Take the national pride out of the Olympics and you end up with a bulk-standard athletics meet, that hardly anyone watches.

Edited by Stuk (18 Aug 2016 2.46pm)