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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:29:50 GMT 1
the men are showing how to ride a bike, obviously to complicated for women Careful what you write, Jade is about normally i would put my shouty feminist hat on but the only bike i ride is a static exercise one
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:30:55 GMT 1
Looks like China could be DQ'd... it seems they've been relegated! means they'll still get the silver though. that's annoying from a team GB perspective as we could really have done without gifting germany a gold medal!
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Aug 2, 2012 18:31:28 GMT 1
told you women can't ride bikes
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 18:33:10 GMT 1
It seems like a rather silly rule as I don't see what advantage there is to be gained...
Now France in discussions with the officials! What's going on?
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:33:13 GMT 1
told you women can't ride bikes well GB's men can't row as well as the women it seems
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Aug 2, 2012 18:35:01 GMT 1
if anything it seems the rules need to be looked at, its just a big farce really
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Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Aug 2, 2012 18:37:50 GMT 1
Does it really make a difference when one person overtakes the other? What is the point in this rule?
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Post by rubcale on Aug 2, 2012 18:40:44 GMT 1
I missed all the kerfuffle, poor Vicky out of contention for a medal. Poor Vicky? ?? It was her fault and this ends the games for POOR Jess Varnish. Then Pendleton has the gall to give an interview to the BBC and blithely comment that Jess Varnish has Rio 2016 to look forward to. this is the Olympics and a professional athlete of this standard makes a rookie mistake. I'll say no more as I don't want legal action against Haven!
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:41:04 GMT 1
Does it really make a difference when one person overtakes the other? What is the point in this rule? i suppose it could affect the result if your second rider is faster and they overtake earlier... it seems RIDICULOUSLY strict though. i do feel sorry for the chinese.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:43:27 GMT 1
I missed all the kerfuffle, poor Vicky out of contention for a medal. Poor Vicky? ?? It was her fault and this ends the games for POOR Jess Varnish. Then Pendleton has the gall to give an interview to the BBC and blithely comment that Jess Varnish has Rio 2016 to look forward to. this is the Olympics and a professional athlete of this standard makes a rookie mistake. I'll say no more as I don't want legal action against Haven! i agree with you 100%. victoria pendleton has 2 more shots for a medal this games so it doesn't make a massive difference for her. i suppose she has to look at the positives when being interviewed but that was a foolish thing to say because from jess varnish's perspective, there aren't really any.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 18:49:29 GMT 1
What was she supposed to do? Brake?
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Post by Jordan on Aug 2, 2012 18:52:21 GMT 1
Completely agree about the need for a look at this rule. Surely the advantage gained would be so slight, and extremely difficult to even set up.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 18:55:11 GMT 1
AMAZING!! Another world record! Another gold medal! And Chris Hoy joins Steve Redgrave on 5 Olympic gold medals.
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 2, 2012 18:55:16 GMT 1
Yahoo!! GOLD, and another world record, love it.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 2, 2012 18:55:53 GMT 1
Brilliant! What an amazing team they have there
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 18:56:27 GMT 1
GOLD MEDAL AND A WORLD RECORD for chris hoy, jason kenny and phil hindes! AMAZING, so proud of all our medallists today fingers crossed for becky adlington to make it a golden 4 this evening!
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 18:59:55 GMT 1
GOLD MEDAL AND A WORLD RECORD for chris hoy, jason kenny and phil hindes! AMAZING, so proud of all our medallists today fingers crossed for becky adlington to make it a golden 4 this evening! Becky's final is tomorrow, Jade. We do have Fran Halsall tonight, though...
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 19:00:17 GMT 1
What was she supposed to do? Brake? if that was the only way she could change over at the right time, yes. it looks like an easy mistake to make, and yes, it must be awful for her, but i definitely have more sympathy for her team mate.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 19:01:04 GMT 1
GOLD MEDAL AND A WORLD RECORD for chris hoy, jason kenny and phil hindes! AMAZING, so proud of all our medallists today fingers crossed for becky adlington to make it a golden 4 this evening! Becky's final is tomorrow, Jade. We do have Fran Halsall tonight, though... oh yes, i forgot it's only the semis of the 800m free tonight. i don't rate fran's chances of gold but i think she's got a shot of a medal.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 19:02:22 GMT 1
No semis of the 800m free tonight, it was just heats this morning and straight through to the final.
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