British Olympic team - have they picked all the numbers with "8" in?

Question

Maybe this is my imagination, but it seems like nearly all the UK athletes have an 8 somewhere in the number they wear. I was watching the cycling today (yay!) and one of them had "88", another had "80", etc. I know that 8 is a lucky number in China and given the year and the date the games started, I wondered if this was deliberate?

Answer 1

of course its not deliberate its just chance that the number was given to them, most of us dont believe in stupid superstition like that and i think its a joke that the chinese take it so seriously, they probably cant count to 10 without having a nervous breakdown.

was it the triathalon you were watching? because i remember the commentators saying something about it in the triathalon.

Answer 2

probably something to do with the 8 golds we got woop!

team GB to win!