Team GB medal hopes - Have they lost their minds???

In a recent show at BBC Radio 5 there was a team of sport experts assembled to comment on the medal chances of Team GB athletes. The goal set by the funding body for the London 2012 games was to collect a total of 48 medals, however the panel of experts assembled by BBC was alot more optimistic predicting a staggaring 95 medals. To put things into perspective during the 2008 Beijing games Team GB came back with a more than respectable total of 47 medals.

After looking at the individual sport breakdown of the panels medal hopes I think they were extremely optimistic in which sports there would be medals for Team GB. However I do think that the brits have medal potential especially with home field advantage and a home crowd so I think they can get more than 48 medals, but 95 is wishful thinking from the so called "experts". Infostrada, a sport statistics company, has predicted a mid-way point between the two estimates predicting that Team GB will take 64 medals.

I think that being on home turf will have an impact on the medals so my very "uneducated" guess on how many medals Team GB will take is 61. This is based on performances I know of from british athletes recently and adding a few due to home field advantage :P

As to the winner of the overall medals table I think that China will once again beat the USA in overall number of gold medals, but that th USA will take home more medals overall.

What do you think about Team GB's medal chances???


This is an article about all the predictions if you don't really know:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18787235