Olympic Track Cycling

[Craig1981]

I hate people who think being 2nd BEST is a let down.

Yeah its a fairly weird mentality. Even bronze is a result to be proud of.

 

[alx]

I hate people who think being 2nd BEST is a let down.

2nd is the 1st loser

 

[ps3ud0]

Just a shame they dropped the individual pursuit - used to love that especially when you actually got passes.

Kudos Sir Chris, maybe in a few decades he will be one of the people trying to bring another olympics to the UK

ps3ud0

 

[Craig1981]

2nd is the 1st loser

I'd rather be the best loser than the worst winner!

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

shanaze is best in the world, shes also pretty handy in the velodrome too

Her peak power output is higher than Cav's by some considerable distance. She kicks ass.

 

[One]

Is that the velodrome over with then? dammit golds will dry up now.

Korea are our closest rivals. They have to get 12 Golds to surpass us in the table (sorted by gold). Sorted by number of medals alone then Russia are only 3 behind, but tbh, we have 22 golds they have 8, even with more medals overall we can still easily claim to be much better than them.

 

[mollymoo]

Im going to miss the cycling

 

[Cosimo]

Nice to see Sir Steve congratulating Sir Chris.

So will it soon be Sir Bradley and Lord Chris?

 

[qqg3]

Im going to miss the cycling

Yeah, not only are GB good at it, but it's also a great, exciting spectator sport.

 

[mollymoo]

Yeah, not only are GB good at it, but it's also a great, exciting spectator sport.

Yeah its been my teatime thing, no-ones been allowed near the tv

 

[Pighardia]

Laura Trott is lovely.

 

[SDK^]

Liam Kileen and Annie Last i think for MTB?

Yup.

I've raced with Liam Kileen in the Midlands XC Series and he lapped me. On the world stage he is outclassed though, probably ranked 30+.

 

[touch]

On the world stage he is outclassed though, probably ranked 30+.

Oh, really?
I knew that he wasnt realistically expecting a medal, but i thought he was nearer top10.

edit: actually, it's about time we had an olympic mtb thread now that the track stuff is done.

 

[SDK^]

Kileen has not finished in the top 10 in any recent World Cup or Champs event.

At the last Olympics he was tipped for a medal but crashed about 400 metres into the event, dropped to last place but fought back to 7th.

His best days are gone now.

 

[One]

Laura Trott is lovely.

Yup. Also look at her wiki page, all she has on her medal list is gold

 

[NZB]

Damn, that's an awesome track record to have in such a short time.

 

[msmalls74]

Damn, that's an awesome track record to have in such a short time.

Reckon she might win more golds than Sir Chris! At least 2 maybe 3 more games?

 

[Skeeter]

Reckon she might win more golds than Sir Chris! At least 2 maybe 3 more games?

The rules unfortunately limit her opportunities, but I would imagine she will be in at least 2 more games in at least 2 events in each.

The future of British cycling is looking brilliant, and thats from a past and present that ain't been to shabby either!

 

[Amp34]

I hate people who think being 2nd BEST is a let down.

First Loser don't you know...!

Seriously though if you've been training for years and been expected to win gold getting silver just isn't good enough for you in most cases, very different if you don't think you stand a chance and come from nowhere to pick it up.

Now if the rules hadn't been changed how many Triples ad doubles would we have picked up? I'm thinking at least the Men and Womens Sprints.

 

[qqg3]

Hoy didn't seem to agree with the UCI change of rules when discussing it with Lineker earlier. It does seem odd that you're basically limiting the best in the world from competing.

I.e. Imagine the 100m final with only 1 competitor from the US and Jamaica? They're just upset Britain are actually good at a sport!