Britain Goes For Gold
AS The Croydonian points out: “From the wonderful people who had a fire sale of gold reserves, this:
[Sports minister Gerry] Sutcliffe, in Macao to visit the Team GB preparation camp, said competitors needed to come home with 41 medals and show the British public that the country’s £500 million investment into elite sport was “value for money
A little digging discloses that an Olympic Gold medal weighs around 250 grammes.
He calculates the gold being worth £4,461.82.
A small start, but it’s a start…
Image: Gordon’s smog mask
August 8th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Maybe he is expecting a rise in the bronze market.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:57 am
is it to go towards the cost of 2012…?