half tights wrote:
They haven't medaled in a men's 800m in the Olympics for 37 years nor the World Championship for 34 years, so they don't often know where they are at in their training themselves.
Only 10 countries have even won men's 800m out of 200+ in the Olympics. GB&NI have won 6 times, second to the US.
18 athletes in total, representing 11 countries, have held the world record for the event; 3 of them have been British.
The British record is the third fastest of all nations. (And second fastest indoors.)
GB&NI depth this season is up with the best; four of the top twelve fastest athletes.
Lots of things wrong with the UK as country, that's for sure, but middle distance running is hardly the big weakness.