20 August 2008

Kipps Blog

Found this blog on the Net and stole his logo!!

Games continue OK with a great result from Nick Willis - a Lower Hutt boy. I thought before the race that he would finish about 6th but I think it was his brilliant tatics and use of patience that enabled him to get the Bronze.

I read an article on the Wall Street Journal that tried to predict the medals on the basis of GDP. They had us down for 2 Gold and twelve in total. I will check at the end to see how they went. However, currently the big mover is Great Britain who have 16 Gold and how they have achieved that is simple - gold (that is money). Britain have pumped money in from their Lotto over the past few years and it is now paying off. The WSJ article predicted 3 Gold for them so they are well out.