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The Olympics - bothered?
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Whats the Madison all about?...
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It's a 50km race/200 laps, one member of each team races, while the other pedals around at the top of the track taking a breather before taking over from his team mate, he then races for a certain number of laps before handing over. Every twenty laps there is a sprint and points are awarded, but you can also lap the field - any team that does that automatically takes the lead.0 -
the olympics, latin for BORING.0
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Actually the word is Greek in its origins...0
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Madison didn't quite go to plan - Wiggins too knackered so poor old Mark Cavendish is only member of GB cycling team without a medal.
Now only the Scotsman can win three golds ;-)
Interesting stuff re the juniors, Rothko.0 -
And Victoria Pendleton wins Gold...0
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Followed by Chris Hoy winning gold and Jason Kenny takes silver. Chris Hoy is in a different class to everyone else.0
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Hoy may be different class, but he's still a big softie in floods of tears...aawww
And that'll teach 'em to take away his event!0 -
and we're probably on for another gold and maybe a silver in the BMX, and a outside chance on the moutain biking.
If we were allowed a bigger cycling team, we probably would have Rob Hayles to go with Mark Cavendish in the Madison, and enough for another mens pursuit team to wrap up silver.0 -
chris hoy is a beast.
as for kenny he will be the Hoy of the 2012 olympics what a talent that lad is.
i'd lOVE to get those pendleton thighs round my neck i tell thee LOL0 -
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CommentAuthorWeegie Addick CommentTime1 hour ago permalink
Now only the Scotsman can win three golds ;-)
There they go again!
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Said specially for your benefit, Off_It :-)
(I'm 51% English, by the way...)0 -
51%?
Couldn't you be a little more precise?0 -
It's the 1% that means I support england when they play Scotland!
Back on topic, we (Britain - or virtually Jamaica) have just won silver in the men's high jump.0 -
Germaine Mason has won a silver in the high-jump.0
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Whatever they do in the cycling (funding, training etc), i hope that other sports chiefs are sitting up and taking notice as the cycling team clearly know what they're doing and getting results.0
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It's worth Googling it and reading an article or two on it, Chris - all about focussing on incremental 1% and self-belief. The guy who was performance director for cycling now has that role for UK Sport, so here's hoping....0
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It's also having the whole set up at the Velodrome in Manchester, and having another high performance centre in Newport. When you add the new Velodromes which are going to built for London 2012 and the Commonwealths in Glasgow, we're going to have a serious cycling set up.
It's how other sports follow the Cycling set up, say the swimmers all basing themselves out of Sheffield, Athletics in Manchester etc etc0 -
don't forget Herne Hill LOL0
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Christine Ohuruogu wins gold, great run - she was back in third/fourth entering the final strait and won it easily.0
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GOLD in the ladies 400m...0
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Will she turn up for the dope test afterwards though??0
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how good was that race she came from what seened miles back0
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Pleased for her...as long as she is clean. She has probably been tested more than anyone now, though.0
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She has done really well, but has she been punished suitably - missing three drugs tests doesn't sound like something a clean athlete would do?0
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If it werent for Michael Phelps, we would be one gold behind the US... not bad not bad.0
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Probably playing Devil's Advocate here and i know there are arguments between missing tests and being found guilty of drug offences but do we think the "holier than thou" crew of Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Steve Cram, Steve Backley etc will come out and say she doesnt deserve her medal?0
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of course she deserves her medal. she's never failed a test and she'll have been tested at least a dozen times this year0
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So if Dwain Chambers missed his test and competed it would be ok then?0
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You have to wonder if she is 'clean' though - imho missing three drugs tests is the same as being found guilty of taking drugs.
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There'll always be doubts when someone misses a dope test, let alone three of them but she did have a good excuse for one - that the dope testers turned up at the track where she was training, she had turned up earlier to find it had been double booked and trained elsewhere instead. The dope testers - not finding her there reported her for missing a test. I've no idea what the other excuses were though...0
