Smokin Joe
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I don't think it was, that is one triathlete whose name I would recognise.Was the female triathlete Chrissie Wellington? (She's been involved in the campaigning over improving women's pro cycling.)
I don't think it was, that is one triathlete whose name I would recognise.Was the female triathlete Chrissie Wellington? (She's been involved in the campaigning over improving women's pro cycling.)
Oi! Stop objectifying me ......... mainly I suspect from pot bellied male munters she wouldn't look twice at.
Does the "wobbly mafia" have a fall guy?There has been a tweet from a paralympic champion about not 'messing' with the 'wobbly mafia'.
One more point - do BC REALLY get £30 million a year? I did a bit of research and digging, it appears that they had received about 60% of that in FOUR YEARS (An Olympic period). Let's please check assertions before involving fingers on keyboards. Makes discussion so more interesting and credible!
Ok then, in the interests of credibility, I also did a bit of research and digging and found this document!One more point - do BC REALLY get £30 million a year? I did a bit of research and digging, it appears that they had received about 60% of that in FOUR YEARS (An Olympic period). Let's please check assertions before involving fingers on keyboards. Makes discussion so more interesting and credible!
It would have been one of Non Stanford, Helen Jenkins, Vicky Holland or Jodie Stimpson. I'd guess that it would have been Non Stanford as she's had a number of interviews published on the BBC website over the last few days.They had a very good interview with a female triathlete (Name escapes me as I don't follow triathlon) on R4 this morning who said...
I've been pretty suspicious of SS since the Wendy Houvenaghel 'debacle' in the Olympic team pursuit. Anyone who could string an obviously capable athlete along like that for 2 years and then shaft her right at the end in favour of the 3 younger team who were attracting all the press attention, not for performance reasons, but just because he could, well, let's just say I think he's pretty nasty. I know lots of people think WH was just full of sour grapes at the time, but the more I hear about Sutton, the more I think she said or did something and he thought he would teach her a lesson.
The statement from British Cycling following on from Nicole Cooke's piece makes me want to rip up my membership card.
Helen Jenkins, I seem to remember.It would have been one of Non Stanford, Helen Jenkins, Vicky Holland or Jodie Stimpson. I'd guess that it would have been Non Stanford as she's had a number of interviews published on the BBC website over the last few days.
British women's triathlon have a bit of an embarrassment of riches at the moment - the first 3 are all good medal prospects for Rio, and Stimpson would be if the others hadn't got the 3 available places.
The response to Nicole Cooke's article from British Cycling - now appended - is pathetic. Basically, it just makes things worse. Nicole Cooke may have been the most complete cyclist that Britain has ever produced (since Beryl Burton, of course) but the attitude of the sport's administrators at all levels, nationally and internationally, meant that she never got to compete as widely as she should have, let alone get real recognition for her acheivements. I've heard people in the British Cycling world comment on her sexual appetite, her supposed lack of femininity, her 'difficult' and 'uncooperative' character, all apparently designed to illustrate why her gradual exclusion from the inner circle was her own fault, whereas in fact all of these comments only demonstrate the structural and individual sexism and prejudice of the sport. But as she says in the article, "they don't even know it". That's the thing. The men (and women - because yes, many women absorb and reproduce the same sexist attitudes) who say these things don't even know that they are part of the problem. They really think they are 'explaining' rationally and all the time they are both illustrating and reinforcing the problem they don't even recognise. I really wish someone like Nicole Cooke was the President of the UCI...
This comment seems to sum up the thread.
All too believable. BC's approach to disabled cyclists seems to be to obstruct their inclusion at any level with such measures as spreading the competition ban on recumbents to sportives and also banning e-bikes from them. Hand cyclists are tolerated but must fly "a vertical, visible flag placed at the back of the hand cycle" - maybe a black triangle would be to their liking? Organisers have to comply with these requirements by BC threatening to refuse to list or insure the sportive. Basically, unless you're a full-on para-cyclist, https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/disability/ seems to have nothing for you.But only suspended when the allegations of his comments on disabled sportsMEN became public. BC thought they could ride this through - only a few women complaining. IMO, this is a deeper cancer than one man.