There was some chatter about that 16yr old kid they had in the womens 400 IM. Her last 50 was apparrently astonishingly fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
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There was some chatter about that 16yr old kid they had in the womens 400 IM. Her last 50 was apparrently astonishingly fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
I watched yesterday's road race with my father and we both thought it was brilliant. GB couldn't control it because they couldn't respond on the climbs. Why? Cav is a fat sprinter and they didn't want to put him under pressure.
Not having race radios was great too, it meant riders had to rely on heir skill of reading a race. There's a reason why riders like O'Grady, Cancellera and Vino ended up in that split - they're experienced and they read it well.
A Cav gold would've been nice, but the course was too much for him. The most disappointing thing for me was seeing Cancellera crash out and holding his collar bone.
Vino rode it and read it perfectly, the way he duped Uran in the sprint was great and he's a worthy winner. When the BBC interviewer said to him "It's not the result the British were hoping for" I felt embarrassed to be British!
Those who don't know the sport may cry ex-doper, but those who have followed it for a while realise what a great tactician he is. That doesn't excuse his past misdemeanors, but it does explain why he won yesterday.
well said DD my sentiments exactly.
I was reffering to his outburst/response to a bemused interweiwer who asked a perfectly fair and reasonable question, about wether or not his exertions in the tour had left a mark and blunted the teams ability to ride to the best of their ability...I thought cavendish was going to floor the reporter as he snapped back "...do you know cycling...." he might as well have said " do you know who i am " :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The devil's own
who is going to get Britains first medal? Maybe in the ladies road race? lets hope so :)
I always feel a bit uneasy when someone so young performs so well - how much of their training was through coercion rather than choice? Top swimmers apparently spend 30 hours and more per week in the pool!Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I suspect that a trainer from the Chinese team was on the bottom of the pool in some kind of special camoflage suit (like Predator) and gave her some EPO or whatever for the final push just as she turned.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Either that of she activated tiny little propellor hidden between her toes.
Or she had plenty of baked beans prior to the race :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vegan Runner
I find myself watching all sorts of sports in the Olympics that I would never watch outside of it and certainly not participate in. I do swim but don't usually watch any swimming outside of the Olympics. Several questions arose though while I was watching it so armed with the internet I now know why the lane markers are different colours and how the finish times/positions are calculated and backup devices work and what that line of blue flags is for :thumbup:
I thought that but ruled it out as it would have meant the Chinese team would have had to intecept the the TV transmission and edit out the bubbles while simultaneously hypnotising the entire crowd so that they saw no bubbles either. It seemed unlikely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
I can understand why, but I think that's one of the problems with us here in GB. We have a young 15 year old girl in Fell running who is Euro U20 Champ and would probably threaten some longstanding senior records such as Rivington.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
It comes from within with her, of that I'm sure. She just loves it and she's a smashing kid.
Can't speak for the Chinese girl, but in general I think we have to give juniors their head and and not hold them back, which is what I feel coaches are expected to do.
Best bike race I have seen - boys or girls ....
Well done Lizzie :thumbup:
Excellent race, so near to gold, but good to see someone so happy with Silver:thumbup:
Sailing: Does anyone have a clue how this works? 10 minutes was enough excitement for me and I've no idea what was happening.
Perhaps they should all tow a string of mackerel feathers behind the boats, extra points for fish caught?
Great race by Lizzie, I think she looked strong enough to attack slightly earlier and might just have edged the Gold. A fantastic result either way, well done indeed.
This is all the fun part of the Olympics...understanding what the rules are and how they are applied :DQuote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Watching the synchronised diving one pair were well out of synch on their way to the water but were in synch when they entered the water and got a good mark :confused:
Vos, gold, need I say more?
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I certainly could but it would take a while. think of it as physical chess on water. Lots of tacticks which will come in to play near the end includeing pushing your rival over the start line to get him disq as they did to Ben years ago which cost him a gold. all part of the rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Any point inpaticular you want yo know.
So poor Paula is out - from what I could see she always trained on the very edge.
Silver for Lizzie
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Olympic Silver for Lizzie Armitstead by Andy Holden, on Flickr
A Reet Yorkshire Lass
Perfection: best rider in the world gets Gold and local rider gets Silver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
She could have got gold. There was moment when Vos and the Russian (sorry can't remember her name) looked at each other and one flicked towards the other, they slowed momentarily and Armistead had the perfect opportunity to attack. I bet she'll be kicking herself slightly when she watches it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
They all appear to be sailing randomly around the Solent. I'll take your word they are following some plan, teaching me the rules would be on a par with teaching an American cricketQuote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
But Vos would have been on her wheel in no time and passed her - some days you are just not going to win, no matter how much you want it. Looking back to see how things could have been done better helps us to learn for next time, but we should celebrate what we achieve, not regret what we didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
Lineker interviewing Lizzie: "Are you going to go out and celebrate?" - in other words are you going to drink alcohol - she looked at him with an absolutely brilliant "I feel pretty good as I am thank you" look on her face.
About all these empty seats.
At the swimming yesterday they said that the families of the swimmers had to apply for tickets and many missed out yet there were empty seats - imagine if you were one of those families. :thunbdown:
This is 2012 Danbert. The rich dont give a monkies as we've seen with our own in westminister, bankers and fifa. Why should these to$$ers be any different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
NAME and SHAME is the only way forward.
Coe is a bottler and is one of them.
Indeed, catching up with the last 24 hrs of this thread, sounds like there's 'knobs galore' in evidence on here too, but I'm not going to think about that tooQuote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
much either...
Never a truer few words spoken on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by OB1
Just caught up with most of this thread after a trip to the Knoydart followed by some cycling of my own to Shropshire. Cav was always going to be a Mark....ed manx. As for Vino being a great tactician, I remember clearly the times he unwittingly dragged the peloton back to his team mate Ullrich! even in this years tour he had to snatch polka dot points when there was no benefit. Any should get a gold Wednesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
Well done GB Men's gymnastic team :thumbup:
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo :thunbdown:
Still well done Team GB! :thumbup:
I won't be buying a Toyota :mad:. Edge of the seat sport though :thumbup:.
They'll be trashing their Toyotas on the streets of Kiev tonight! :D
Saw this asked elsewhere, but not seen an answer.......
Anyone know why some British teams ( eg Mens gymnastics ) are wearing a red and white union jack style kit, rather than the blue and white one that most sports are wearing ?
It was a superb contest, mind blowing in its strength, power and elegance. I'm becoming a bit of a gymnastics fan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
Those guys have some muscles, immense strength :w00t:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
I loved the comment about one of the Russian gymnasts, a stereotype blonde, blue eyed Russian on the rings:
"He looks like a Bond villain"
What about the size of their necks?! I'm sure a German gymnast's neck was bigger than one of Chris Hoy's quads!Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
GOLD!!!! :thumbup: