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27% of Brits think they could qualify for the LA Olympics in 2028

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Nellers Aug 2024 11:24am, 15 Aug 2024 43,610 posts	Quote Pin Nellers I think the "if they put their minds to it" bit cuts that number down. There might be a lot who physically could do the training and adapt to it. There are not many who can mentally cope with doing stuff that hard, that exhausting, that repetitive, over and over and over for 4 years. But yes, given the range of sports available there's probably more than I'm thinking who have that potential. It's still not even close to 27% though.
Mark J 🇳🇿 Aug 2024 11:54am, 15 Aug 2024 2,482 posts	Quote Pin Mark J 🇳🇿 Hmmmm, so I'm definitely not too old at 57 then. The mind boggles as to how far removed from reality and ill educated some people are when it comes things like this. The vast majority of Olympians (excluding the break dancing Muppet from Australia) have put their lives, their hearts and their souls into their chosen sport. I wonder how many of that 27% were out looting Gregs last week?
larkim Aug 2024 12:01pm, 15 Aug 2024 25,349 posts	Quote Pin larkim Of course, the outlier in all of this perhaps is our own @Marigold Practically the only example of the "Tricia watching" individual who made it right up to an elite level of sporting performance.
Cerrertonia Aug 2024 12:01pm, 15 Aug 2024 21,618 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia It's just telling us what proportion of people give jokey answers to YouGov polls isn't it?
larkim Aug 2024 12:02pm, 15 Aug 2024 25,350 posts	Quote Pin larkim (And apologies to Steve for accusing him of watching Tricia....)
paulcook Aug 2024 12:04pm, 15 Aug 2024 6,207 posts	Quote Pin paulcook And for every Steve Way, there's an Alex Vero who get close but fail.
SPR Aug 2024 12:05pm, 15 Aug 2024 45,696 posts	Quote Pin SPR Even as an outlier, Marigold didn't make it to the Olympics though.
EvilPixie Aug 2024 12:46pm, 15 Aug 2024 56,898 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Don’t think I’d be able to qualify Not saying there isn’t areas I may have the ability to learn and master but I don’t have to tunnel vision and focus needed I get bored far too easily
jda Aug 2024 1:49pm, 15 Aug 2024 17,647 posts	Quote Pin jda Alex Vero was nowhere near based on his results though there are suggestions he was fitter than he showed before he got injured. In fact the contrast is quite clear - it would have been obvious to Way from early on that he had a significant aptitude for running, whereas Vero was a more average guy who tried very hard but never got very far. I think most people would quite quickly find out whether they had any real potential if they had a go.
Velociraptor Aug 2024 2:09pm, 15 Aug 2024 70,399 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Alex Vero jumped to my mind when I saw this thread. Someone who would have been considered a decent runner on here though there was no evidence that he had elite potential, and who decided to have a go at putting in the work with the specific intention of trying to qualify for the Olympic marathon.