London 2012 and The Real Ancient Olympic Games Gold Medal Winners

Whilst I've thoroughly enjoy the games there are what they are ...a show, a very entertaining show which moves on. Come the end of August not too many will be able to name 10 Team GB medal winners. It's over today and tha is a pity but all good things must come to an end. The world will be invited to reassemble in Rio in 2016 and that is it. The legacy will be organisations squabbling over who has access to what...the Olympic Stadium is an example. A marvellous monument to the 2012 Games but now to become a soccer stadium...legacy what legacy. Many who had a job will now be laid off. Memories are not legacies I think we might have many fond memories but too few legacies.

letting none born britts be part of the gb team. CHEATING BRITAIN

Yeh

Britain and the US would lose a lot of medals as they have effectively stolen several medals of other countries.

The real medals ranking (based on country of birth) is -

1st China

2nd US

3rd Russia

4th Britain

5th South Korea

I would not be surpised if the American's have Usain Bolt / other Jamaican medalists running under their flag at the next Olympics!

what a nonsence article.. the olympics has grown has as

society and civilisation. we now have countries from all over the world competeing in multiple sports events from every genre. This is great for sport, its also great that the country as a whole has got behind a somalian runner representing Britain, helping break down barriers between communities. Im sure these athletes had a choice who they chose to represent and as most of them were born here they felt it right to represent Britain. This is a good thing, theres an eithiopian with Swedish citizenship who represents eithiopia. I personally think Sweden should withdraw that citizenship and stick her on the first plane back there.

Comparing the games with the original format is really quite stupid, not like your normal articles nadeem which are very insightful. Maybe you would like to see only primarily greek

( i suppose ) athletes running around in armour instaed of all the fantastic events that have developed over the centuries...

Britian will pay the price for these 2 weeks for decades as a consquence of the debt legacy. All for the sake of a 2 week party.

I really wish London didn't win the Olympics - cost is not worth the benefits.

However to sugggest that we will be paying for these two weeks for decades is a bit concerning. our national debt is around £1 trillion and growing fast, so how many millenia will it take to repay our debt?

Hi

The Olympics will be forgotten by the end of this month, but it's legacy will haunt Brits for decades.

Official national debt is a mere tip of the ice-berg, X official figures by X10 to get a more realistic picture.

The debt will NEVER be repaid instead it will be inflated, but not away because both debt and inflation are exponential. It's how governments steal wealth to buy votes.

The Olympics brainwash people into thinking that it is good to spend money the country does not have, then they bitch and moan at the rise in inflation! Well that is what happens when you PRINT DEBT!

Best

NW

Yes I agree tha tthe official figures are understated, especially if you include future committments such as pensions. The debt will either be defaulted or inflated.

It was stupid to spend £10bn odd on the Olympics. However £10bn is tiny compared to our overall debt pile and GDP.

Your comment that we will spend decades paying for this two week event is an exageration.

Hi Rodders

Market reactions are always at the margins, i.e. the markets expect the deficit this year to be £120 billion, instead if it turns out to be £130billion than that would disapoint the markets.

So what are seen as relatively small amounts in reality can result in a significant impact.

Best

NW