It should be Team UK not Team GB
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBYeah if you look at the medal tables on the BBC website we are officially down as 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland'
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBTrue!(Original post by A level Az)
Team GBNI sounds cooler than Team GB... -
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBYes, although I believe Northern Irish athletes can chose whether to represent GB or the ROI? And it is just a shortened brand name.(Original post by TRS-T)
England + Scotland + Wales = Great Britain
Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom
By using the name Team GB we are excluding Northern Ireland.
We should be called Team UK.Last edited by River85; 01-08-2012 at 12:41. -
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBWe've just won two this morning...(Original post by Mr-Dangerous)
Team WeCantWinAnyMedals Kingdom, sounds the best to me. -
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GB1 Gold, two silver and two bronze, and 14th in the table, immediately below Australia, isn't too bad. Even if the achievements of Beijing haven't been matched yet.(Original post by Mr-Dangerous)
Team WeCantWinAnyMedals Kingdom, sounds the best to me. -
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBAh, okay. I take my comment back. Not watched anything today as I've been busy.(Original post by JaggySnake95)
We've just won two this morning...
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBYou said that just as we win another bronze and shortly after we won a gold...(Original post by Mr-Dangerous)
Team WeCantWinAnyMedals Kingdom, sounds the best to me.
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBI should start slating Team GB more!(Original post by RK)
You said that just as we win another bronze and shortly after we won a gold...
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBWe sort of are. Every UK Olympic merchandise says 'Team GB' or some other variant. I work at one of the venues and I've yet to see GB and Northan Ireland. No wonder countries get confused about our country's actual name.(Original post by Dbrown18)
The official name is Team GB and northern ireland, so we're not excluding anyone. -
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Re: It should be Team UK not Team GBMainly because they tend to focus solely on their sport from an early age and are trained to win, rather than other countries where transition into the athletes sport may have been more gentle.(Original post by Mr-Dangerous)
Has anyone else noticed how good the Chinese are at EVERYTHING?
