http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Olympic snake oil en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:08:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20661#post-353100 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:01:45 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 353100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The Finns do quite well at football</blockquote></p> <p>Only this year - first major tournament they’ve ever qualified for</p> <p>Probably makes sense not overpursuing Summer Olympic sports - culture is more winter sports, especially ski jumping and ice hockey, and motor sports (esp rallying) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20661#post-353092 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 17:16:29 +0000 gembo 353092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Finns do quite well at football </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20661#post-353089 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:57:57 +0000 crowriver 353089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can extrapolate that to almost any professional or high level amateur sport. Football is the classic example. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20661#post-353085 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 12:28:47 +0000 nobrakes 353085@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Olympians might inspire other Olympians – but as physical and psychological outliers they have absolutely no impact on the behaviour of the general public. Ask the Finns, who abandoned the state-sponsored pursuit of medals and spent the money instead on active transport and accessible facilities. They barely win anything any more, but they have the most active and healthy old people in the world. In Britain we have a sack of gold and an obesity crisis.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/24/tokyo-olympic-sport-displacing-athletes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/24/tokyo-olympic-sport-displacing-athletes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a> </p>