Britain's greatest ever sportsman/woman

[Jon Crofts]

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

[UK Redsox]

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

IMO far too much importance is placed on the Olympics.

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, it's only the biggest sporting event in the World.

It's no Peace Cup.

[UK Redsox]

Its the strange choice of events that annoys me and the way they'e hyped every four years but few care the rest of the time.

Somewhere on this forum should be my review of each sport's place in the games and a plan for a three Olympic games system

[cdbearsfan]

I do think some sports  (I'm thinking swimming here) get too many medals.

Fairest way to decide the medal table would be 4 points for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze. At the end of each sport the points would be divided by the total number of disciplines. So if swimming hands out forty gold medals, you divide by forty.

Have the Winter Olympics in the same year and merge the medal table. Get a fairer view of which is top nation that way.

[cdbearsfan]

Oh, and put cricket in and get rid of either baseball or softball because they're the same as each other.

[Dave Cooper please]

Yeah, it's only the biggest sporting event in the World.

It's no Peace Cup.

But for road cyclists it isn't the biggest event, that's the Grand Tours.
See also golfers, footballers, tennis players etc.

[peter w]

Yeah, it's only the biggest sporting event in the World.

It's no Peace Cup.

But for road cyclists it isn't the biggest event, that's the Grand Tours.
See also golfers, footballers, tennis players etc.

to a point. the Grand tours are only the biggest event for the road racers not all cyclists.

[Dave Cooper please]

Yeah, it's only the biggest sporting event in the World.

It's no Peace Cup.

But for road cyclists it isn't the biggest event, that's the Grand Tours.
See also golfers, footballers, tennis players etc.

to a point. the Grand tours are only the biggest event for the road racers not all cyclists.

Which will be why I put the word "road" in my post!

[cdbearsfan]

You should have put it in bold and/or capitals. Only yourself to blame.

[Risso]

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

Cvnedis

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

That's a bit unfair, because the road racing is a completely different event to the track events and I would argue is subject to more elements than just being the fastest rider, it's more of a team event than anything.  Pendleton also got to ride in more than one event.

[Jon Crofts]

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

Cvnedis

Until Cavendish & Froome (who incidentally represented Kenya at the 2012 Olympics) do it on the Olympic stage then they won't get the recognition that Hoy, Pendleton or Wiggins get.

That's a bit unfair, because the road racing is a completely different event to the track events and I would argue is subject to more elements than just being the fastest rider, it's more of a team event than anything.  Pendleton also got to ride in more than one event.

There are team track events (team pursuit) and Hoy, Wiggins et al have all rode more than one event at Olympic Games.