The Olympics ! (spoilers etc..)

[MrJamie]

It looked like we pulled away from them in all 3 parts, or is that just a side effect of being slightly ahead on the acceleration curve from the start? Ive not really watched this before, but it looks like the young guy had the most important job getting the team up to speed.

 

[Jon Baines]

Wonder if we could see Hindes go over to the Match Sprint in future, certainly looked good enough against Bauge there.

 

[MossCommuter]

No spoilers here then LOL

 

[thom]

Wonder if we could see Hindes go over to the Match Sprint in future, certainly looked good enough against Bauge there.

For sure he'll be there or there abouts - great thing is he's the next generation and will be around with Kenny for a while yet.

 

[Jon Baines]

Certainly not a bad start winning your first medal aged 19, Chris Hoy might worried about his gold medal record :P

 

[tug benson]

19 year old and leading the group! What a guy

19 years fecking old

 

[The Brewer]

Sir Chris had a little tear during the ceremony

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Is anyone else completely hacked off by the amount of empty seats. Can't believe i applied for every session at the velodrome, got nothing and have been refreshing the ticket page 100s of times a day on the off chance, but some lucky free loaders who have tickets can't be bothered turning up.

yes

 

[iLB]

Anyone else see Hindes appear to admit to cheating in the first round on interview?

 

[Paul_L]

Did anyone see the GB golden trio being interviewed by Jill Douglas earlier. Hindes pretty much admitted he hit the deck in the qualifying round because he knew he messed his start up. Nothing to do with a mechanical. Kenny and Hoy looked at each other with a look of "shut the F up man".

Nothing wrong with a bit of gamesmanship but a bit of youthful lack of tact to admit as such.

 

[Browser]

No spoilers here then LOL

Oops!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Anyone else see Hindes appear to admit to cheating in the first round on interview?

Do you know if there's a link to that interview, I haven't seen it?

 

[Baggy]

Shame about the ladies, they could almost do with some very small time penalty, enough that a mistake downranks you a bit rather than disqualifies completely imho.

I think the the rules mean they were relegated in the heat they compete in, rather than being disqualified, hence China still winning silver. Same difference though

 

[Pottsy]

Anyone else see Hindes appear to admit to cheating in the first round on interview?

I saw that and was a bit horrified. So basically if you have a rubbish start the tactic is to throw yourself off the bike or pretend to have a mechanical and hence get a restart. Surely not!?!

 

[ianrauk]

I am going to move this into the Olympic (Spoilers) thread.