Another Gold Medal
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We came 5th in Gold Medals as per following table:
Jamaica = 4 GM for pop of 3 = 1.33 gpm
Australia= 17/25 = .68
Netherlands = 10/17 = .59
GB = 22/66 = .33
Ireland = 2/7 = .28
Japan = 27/126 = .21
USA = 39/331 = .12
China = 38/1439 = .03
Jamaica = 4 GM for pop of 3 = 1.33 gpm
Australia= 17/25 = .68
Netherlands = 10/17 = .59
GB = 22/66 = .33
Ireland = 2/7 = .28
Japan = 27/126 = .21
USA = 39/331 = .12
China = 38/1439 = .03
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Kellie Harrington comes across as an Olympic champion in every possible sense, delighted for her.
You might need to include a few smaller countries... e.g.
Bermuda have 1 gold medal and total population 64,000!
New Zealand have 7gm / 5m = 1.44
Norway have 4gm / 5.3m = 0.75
Hungary have 6gm / 10m = 0.6
Denmark have 3gm / 6m = 0.5
Latvia have 1gm / 2m = 0.5
That young woman has earned her place up there with the elite. We learned in a telly interview with a colleague that she'd been phoning patients she knew to share the best of what was happening for her with them. Over and above what her sport demands of her.
Well done Kellie, well done her family, her community and her sport.
Maybe we should stop measuring the quantities of things we bring home and try to measure the intangibles, that rare "feel good" people like Kellie spread.
Well done Kellie, well done her family, her community and her sport.
Maybe we should stop measuring the quantities of things we bring home and try to measure the intangibles, that rare "feel good" people like Kellie spread.
It usually takes a gold medal or final for people to sit up and take notice at a wider level... the people who dealt with her day to day dont need the gold medal to appreciate what she does.
On the sporting front watching full events made me think about some of the Irish athletes who came home empty handed but nor for lack of effort.
Emily Kay got back up after a crash in one of the womens omnium cycling events to finish 13th overall later that day.
Natalya Coyle who was paired with a dodgy horse in the modern pentathlon.
Russell White who came in 48 out of 49 in the mens triathlon... I was cheering him on to that 48th place.
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In a more enlightened age it will not be PC to put blame on horses.
In that age it will probably not be PC to use them in an Olympics event !
They should probably have an official give the horses a test run and have a backup horse in case the horse had a bad day at the horse office.
Well done Kellie.
No doubt she got up early in the morning to work hard.
A nurse by profession? We need people like her, serving the community. Thankfully she is to hand in the centre of the population and not having to make long arduous commutes everyday simply because her income bracket cannot afford to buy or rent privately in her own area.
No doubt she got up early in the morning to work hard.
A nurse by profession? We need people like her, serving the community. Thankfully she is to hand in the centre of the population and not having to make long arduous commutes everyday simply because her income bracket cannot afford to buy or rent privately in her own area.
Fair play to you, only you could politicise this topic.
No that'd be the worse thing to do for our medal hopes. Not many posh kids taking up boxing. It thrives on adversity.
That’s it, keep them poor and desperate and they might get lucky.
Doesn’t seem to work with football but you can’t win them all.
Kellie is a cleaner in St Vincent's , Fairview.
Newspaper article states she was formerly working in catering in the hospital but changed to cleaning.
She's gone back to work this week, albeit part time.
She provided us with a great few fights. A lot of the Irish competitors didn't even perform to their personal best levels. Which is an indication of how difficult it is to do so. Congrats to her on her brilliant achievements.
Isn't is a great country where people from low income backgrounds can end up representing their country at the Olympics.
It's great to see the funding and support given by the people of Ireland to our athletes. It could always be better but it's still great to see.
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The new job apparently provides her with greater flexibility for training times, training camps, attendance at international competitions, and maybe fewer temptations to "nibble" at stuff. It speaks volumes for her that her notion of luxury, apart from being home with her family was to relax with her feet up with a pizza and a bit of ice-cream. And not a weighing scales in sight!! I hope she enjoyed them all!
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Loved her tweet in reply to Balls.ie!