Commonwealth Games track cycling

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Is there anywhere on this forum, or anywhere else, to follow the track events at the CG? Thanks

 

[wakemalcolm]

There is now: thanks for starting the thread!

 

[sevenfourate]

Following with interest too 😁

*On a similar vein: I got dropped off here on Saturday - prior to the Dunwich Dynamo run.

I wish I’d have had more time / made more time to go in look, investigate and watch. Nothing more local to me I don’t think (?) and having never seen it in person before I think it would have been very interesting and enlightening !

 

[Pross]

Following with interest too 😁

*On a similar vein: I got dropped off here on Saturday - prior to the Dunwich Dynamo run.

I wish I’d have had more time / made more time to go in look, investigate and watch. Nothing more local to me I don’t think (?) and having never seen it in person before I think it would have been very interesting and enlightening !

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Walking under the track, onto the centre and looking up at the banking for the first time is daunting!

 

[DCLane]

@Pross - as a regular track rider it's not just daunting on the first time.

 

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We don't have TNT etc, but we do have a young friend on the Welsh men's sprint squad, so any crumbs of information would be welcome. Thanks.

 

[rualexander]

BBC Alba will have it on their programme every evening from 17:30-22:00, along with the other sports, so probably not every race.
Available on iplayer live and on catch up.
Commentary in Gaelic.

 

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Well I always find it easier to follow the TdeF on S4C than understand what Sean Kelly is mumbling on about, so ALBA will be OK.

 

[T4tomo]

It starts today doesn't it? CH5 have a highlights programme but on quite late and how much cycling gets squeezed in will be very limited I imagine

 

[Exlaser2]

Have been watching the channel 5 the day after transmission, it’s just a whistle stop list of who has won what with very little actual action.

 

[bruce1530]

Alba coverage has been great, even though I don’t understand the commentary. Give it a try. Track cycling starts today, swimming has finished, so should be plenty coverage.

My grandson was watching the swimming with me, said he wanted the “assassin” to win. 3 of the swimmers in one race were Assassins.

The Scots gaelic word for England is “Sasainn” (hence “Sassenach”) . So “Joe Bloggs of England” becomes “Joe Bloggs à Sasainn”

 

[bruce1530]

Alba cm is live 1730-2200

 

[Pross]

Wales with the fastest time in the women's team sprint taking the Commonwealth record and setting up a gold medal match against England. I used to ride with the father of one of the team and also coached* her briefly. Finucane on the middle leg really made the difference, other eams were in contention after lap 1.

* Helped run the club kids' sessions that she attended but she was already well beyond anything I could teach her.

 

[Pross]

Some of the events are a bit embarassing. The one para pursuit race had 6 riders, two of those were sprinters who had to ride due to some rule and in the case of Kadeena Cox just used it as a practice for the kilo. Of the others, the gaps were massive (trying to actually find them is proving near impossible). There were also only 5 teams in the women's team sprint (England, Scotland, wales, Australia and NZ). It's all a bit sad really.

 

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It starts today doesn't it? CH5 have a highlights programme but on quite late and how much cycling gets squeezed in will be very limited I imagine

Bit late for me, I presume the prog next morning is a repeat