Olympic Track Cycling

robfosters · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:25

Now the chinese might be in trouble!

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:25

Here we go again with a problem.

NZB · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:26

Being a bit anal tonight

DcD · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:26

touch said:
Sometimes its not the plan and one guy cant keep up the pace of the rest of the team and so he drops off.

Like what happened with Australia when it went a bit wrong for them?

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:26

NZB said:
Being a bit anal tonight

Do it for one and you have to do it for the others.

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:28

I dont understand how that relegation worked.

Skeeter · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:28

Hang on, thats a different line to the one of the pic of the British pair?

robfosters · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:30

German cyclists are a bit tasty if I may say so.

qqg3 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:30

Both top women's teams relegated, China and GB were way ahead of the competition.

touch · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:30

DcD said:
Like what happened with Australia when it went a bit wrong for them?

Yep.
Looked to me like Bobridge was really strong in the Australian team (as the commentators pointed out), and thats not always an advantage. If you have a fast guy in your team it can make the pace go up when he has his shot on the front and the acceleration makes it difficult for the rest of the team, especially the guy who has just come off the front and is trying to get onto the back of the line again.

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:31

I'm lost now. Why relegated and not DQ'd?

Aesir · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:31

This is a farce

Nexus · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:31

The communication is poor, especially when the gold medal winners don't even know that they are now the winners. I think that its not just the Olympics though, I'm sure at the Worlds they've been just as poor.

ps3ud0 · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:31

WTF is up with the IOC and not being capable of providing timely replays?

ps3ud0 :cool:

awaybreaktoday · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:31

that call is trash, judge has got it wrong

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:32

I dont understand how China get relegated from 1st to 2nd place, but GB got relegated from 2nd down to 8th? Surely they should have been relegated into the bronze medal fight?

Cosimo · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:33

So a TV presenter tells them the news. It is a farce.

mmj_uk · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:33

GB and China should have an unofficial rideoff for the crowd.

touch · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:33

simulatorman said:
I'm lost now. Why relegated and not DQ'd?

They still worked their way through to the final legitimately. It wouldnt be fair to lose eveything for a mistake in 1 race. Its fair that they lose that race though. So they get the silver medal for losing the final.

The same thng happened to GB.

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 18:34

What a terrible camera angle! If you have a line, have the camera on the friggin line!