You might need to include a few smaller countries... e.g.We came 5th in Gold Medals as per following table:
Jamaica = 4 GM for pop of 3 = 1.33 gpm
Australia= 17/25 = .68
Netherlands = 10/17 = .59
GB = 22/66 = .33
Ireland = 2/7 = .28
Japan = 27/126 = .21
USA = 39/331 = .12
China = 38/1439 = .03
It usually takes a gold medal or final for people to sit up and take notice at a wider level... the people who dealt with her day to day dont need the gold medal to appreciate what she does.That young woman has earned her place up there with the elite. We learned in a telly interview with a colleague that she'd been phoning patients she knew to share the best of what was happening for her with them. Over and above what her sport demands of her.
Well done Kellie, well done her family, her community and her sport.
Maybe we should stop measuring the quantities of things we bring home and try to measure the intangibles, that rare "feel good" people like Kellie spread.
In a more enlightened age it will not be PC to put blame on horses.Natalya Coyle who was paired with a dodgy horse in the modern pentathlon.
In that age it will probably not be PC to use them in an Olympics event !In a more enlightened age it will not be PC to put blame on horses.
Fair play to you, only you could politicise this topic.Well done Kellie.
No doubt she got up early in the morning to work hard.
A nurse by profession? We need people like her, serving the community. Thankfully she is to hand in the centre of the population and not having to make long arduous commutes everyday simply because her income bracket cannot afford to buy or rent privately in her own area.
No that'd be the worse thing to do for our medal hopes. Not many posh kids taking up boxing. It thrives on adversity.Well done Kellie.
No doubt she got up early in the morning to work hard.
A nurse by profession? We need people like her, serving the community. Thankfully she is to hand in the centre of the population and not having to make long arduous commutes everyday simply because her income bracket cannot afford to buy or rent privately in her own area.
That’s it, keep them poor and desperate and they might get lucky.No that'd be the worse thing to do for our medal hopes. Not many posh kids taking up boxing. It thrives on adversity.
Kellie is a cleaner in St Vincent's , Fairview.Well done Kellie.
No doubt she got up early in the morning to work hard.
A nurse by profession? We need people like her, serving the community. Thankfully she is to hand in the centre of the population and not having to make long arduous commutes everyday simply because her income bracket cannot afford to buy or rent privately in her own area.
Newspaper article states she was formerly working in catering in the hospital but changed to cleaning.Kellie is a cleaner in St Vincent's , Fairview.
Isn't is a great country where people from low income backgrounds can end up representing their country at the Olympics.Kellie is a cleaner in St Vincent's , Fairview.
The new job apparently provides her with greater flexibility for training times, training camps, attendance at international competitions, and maybe fewer temptations to "nibble" at stuff. It speaks volumes for her that her notion of luxury, apart from being home with her family was to relax with her feet up with a pizza and a bit of ice-cream. And not a weighing scales in sight!! I hope she enjoyed them all!Newspaper article states she was formerly working in catering in the hospital but changed to cleaning.