Spanish sporting achievements

[Mich the Tester]

I played rugby against Spain once. They came to play against Holland and played a warm up game against my regional side. Not bad; in fact, a pretty solid amateur team. We were beaten 35-5. They then beat Holland by a bit less.

[fullyautomatix]

They're definitely doing something right. Their tennis domination is particularly impressive as even if you take Nadal away from the list they have plenty of other good players. They even taught that Murray twunt the game.

Cycling is easy to predict I'd have thought. Whoever injects the most steroids without getting caught tends to win.

Blood doping.

The days of anabolic steroids ended with ben Johnson.

[kaiser78]

What an amazing sporting month for Spain. First Nadal winning Wimbledon, then the World Cup; now it looks like Contador will win his 3rd Tour de France.
Ok, so Murray's a possible future winner of Wimbledon, but does anyone expect to see a British winner in the other 2 events in their lifetime? (you never know with cycling, but I can't see it happening in football)

[markinbrussels]

I am Spanish and am proud of our achievements in
sports, but economically and socially the country
is headed for Third-world status. Sort of European
Argentina.

Anyway, another country ruined by Socialists (in
despite of the ubiquitous Santander branches in
the UK, Scottish Power owned by Iberdrola, O2
by Telefonica, etc).

[VectraMan]

Don't forget Fernando Alonso for the F1 Grand Prix, another "Spanish" champion.

Surely you mean Spanish "champion"? Or at least 2010 German Grand Prix "winner".

[AtW]

Now if they could only get their economy and industry sorted out. ......

All they need to do is to sell "cheap" villas to gullible foreigners and then confiscate them due to planning permission problems...

[eliquant]

Don't forget Fernando Alonso for the F1 Grand Prix, another "Spanish" champion.

Now if they could only get their economy and industry sorted out. ......

[centurian]

Cycling is easy to predict I'd have thought. Whoever injects the most steroids without getting caught tends to win.

Although I've wondered if that's the case with the majority of high intensity sports. There are those athlete's that are clean - and then those who win.

[SofaKingdom]

What an amazing sporting month for Spain. First Nadal winning Wimbledon, then the World Cup; now it looks like Contador will win his 3rd Tour de France.
Ok, so Murray's a possible future winner of Wimbledon, but does anyone expect to see a British winner in the other 2 events in their lifetime? (you never know with cycling, but I can't see it happening in football)

They're definitely doing something right. Their tennis domination is particularly impressive as even if you take Nadal away from the list they have plenty of other good players. They even taught that Murray twunt the game.

Cycling is easy to predict I'd have thought. Whoever injects the most steroids without getting caught tends to win.

[MrMark]

They've got 20% (!) unemployment (that's official figures): BBC News - Spain unemployment rate hits 20%

Pah! Amateurs! We've got 8 million economically inactive Brits of working age!!

[AtW]

They've got 20% (!) unemployment (that's official figures): BBC News - Spain unemployment rate hits 20%

[MrMark]

What an amazing sporting month for Spain. First Nadal winning Wimbledon, then the World Cup; now it looks like Contador will win his 3rd Tour de France.
Ok, so Murray's a possible future winner of Wimbledon, but does anyone expect to see a British winner in the other 2 events in their lifetime? (you never know with cycling, but I can't see it happening in football)