ProudVIC

It's this sort of attitude that is the subject of much derision amongst Australians at the moment. Some people are just flying off the handle about how 'terrible' Australian athletes have been for winning silver instead of gold, and then going as far as attacking them personally and then trying to relate it to all Australians and how we all have work ethic issues and are 'spoilt little turds'.

This country has gone rabid in the last 5 years or so, people have just completely lost any sense of perspective. It's not an Aus vs the rest of the world, or in particular AUS v UK/ AUS v NZ/ AUS v Kazakhstan. It's about the best athletes in the country producing unbelievable efforts to place in the top 3 in the world in their respective sports.

DeadVim

Good plan, focus on the total medals.

Chin up

Kim67

I consider the antics of Nick Darcy to be that of a spoilt little turd. He punches someone in the face so hard that it smashes their jaw in several places and then has a tanty like a two year old for being kicked of the team. Instead of his parents being supportive but firm in saying, you've done the wrong thing, change your ways and try and work your way back into the good books of Australian swimming and the public, they publicly demand that he be reinstated. Eventually after four years he is reinstated and instead of keeping a low profile, he posts photos on social media hamming it up with guns. Not too smart.

I love watching the Olympics and can remember the days when this years medal tally would have been so exciting, to win just one gold was something we watched the whole games to see. You can win all the time and sometimes that can be a good thing, but I am embarrassed by the attitude shown by some of the athletes when they haven't won and by the stupid Australian media that turn on them as quickly as they 100th of a second they're beaten by. I think too much pressure it put on young heads and they're not taught how to cope with it.

bcworld

...you forgot the bit where he declared bankruptcy to avoid paying damages to his victim as well.

spartacus

Agree, Channel 9 has been woeful . . . no boxing, weightlifting, judo, fencing, christ the list of events i haven't seen is almost endless . . . just endless "and now back to the pool" to see a procession of underachievement and subsequent histrionics from athletes "meant" to win gold.

I blame ****ing Facebook.

Zen10

It could easily be the worst performance in 30 years.

spartacus

Worst performance for 36 years in the pool.

steve_kelly_and_boys

the best thing for me was hearing all week on the radio about its "the poms bloody party and when they gonna turn up for it " from the presenters

well we did and now its all gone quite ......... SSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH !!!!!

and the missile ..... big yourself up when you've done something, not before

it makes you look a wee bit STUPID

fish.01

You lot are not doing a good job of not caring...decades of angst oozing out

DeadVim

Another 1st Loser medal for Oz, just beaten by GB in the Men's 4 rowing

commonwealth

all the brit golds are accompanied by oz silvers lol

chris955

I do love it when Aussies are chiming in with 'it's not all about gold' the Australian performance is bad, very bad and there is no other way of looking at it. From what I understand from what people have been saying the Aussies are still obsessed with their performance in relation to the UK, we hardly hear anything about Australia here, I know mostly because they are so low on the table they are irrelevant but we just dont see the crazy rivalry that is always dragged up in Oz.

Zen10

The Australians have talked a fair bit about the British, which I hate because it makes them look parochial, but I understand because Britain obviously casts a long shadow over Australia. From the British perspective, they have lots of rivals in sport not least France, Germany and of course Argentina. A similar phenomenon occurs with the amount of time the British talk about the USA and take in American culture - when you go to the US you realize they never talk about Britain at all.

Australia would do well to let go of the "Pom" rivalry thing outside of cricket and move on. It is a small nation with a big future, the opposite of Britain, basically, and it needs to accept that role and be confident enough to stand on its own two feet without looking to Britain and America all the time. It also needs to get some people who can swim.

chris955

Zen10

As a patriotic British person I hope you're not sincere when you "roll on the floor laughing" about my country's predicament. What's going on in the EU and Britain is bloody serious. I have a sense of humour but I don't think this is a subject for laughter at all. The economy is buggered.