Goals have been clearly set for some time so those who qualify to the standards we’ve set will know they’re capable of returning from Athens having achieved something – they’re not simply going to the Olympic Games as excess baggage.
This is a quote from a very Henryk Lakomy, Sports science & fitness director at British Swimming.
So they feel that Mark Foster is excess baggage ! :mad:
He could win a medal, but i guess we will never know and that is one less medal for Britain. Ah well, there is always the breaststroke. Which seems to be the only stroke that UK swimmers can do well !:mad:
Originally posted by knelson
The thing is, some of the BEST swimmers in large nations such as Japan and the UK are getting left home because someone sitting on deck has decided on time standards that need to be met. We're not talking about leaving Eric Moussambani home, we're talking about leaving swimmers home who have a realistic, but perhaps outside, shot at medaling. You don't think they deserve to go?
I can't believe what I read and it's no wonder sports is so strange these days with parents suing schools because their sons and daughters "deserved" to be on a team and didn't make the cut.
There is no right to go to the Olympics, there is no deserving.
As our resident cynic, Shaky, would say "kum ba yah."
Originally posted by knelson
The thing is, some of the BEST swimmers in large nations such as Japan and the UK are getting left home because someone sitting on deck has decided on time standards that need to be met. We're not talking about leaving Eric Moussambani home, we're talking about leaving swimmers home who have a realistic, but perhaps outside, shot at medaling. You don't think they deserve to go?
I can't believe what I read and it's no wonder sports is so strange these days with parents suing schools because their sons and daughters "deserved" to be on a team and didn't make the cut.
There is no right to go to the Olympics, there is no deserving.
As our resident cynic, Shaky, would say "kum ba yah."
