Olympic Track Cycling

Craig1981 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:34

Dj_Jestar said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:43

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

2nd is the 1st loser

ps3ud0 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:44

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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:45

alx said:
2nd is the 1st loser

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

[DOD]Asprilla · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:45

The_One said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:53

mmj_uk said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:54

Im going to miss the cycling

Cosimo · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:57

Nice to see Sir Steve congratulating Sir Chris.

So will it soon be Sir Bradley and Lord Chris?

qqg3 · 7 Aug 2012 at 18:58

mollymoo said:
Im going to miss the cycling

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

mollymoo · 7 Aug 2012 at 19:06

qqg3 said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 19:08

Laura Trott is lovely.

SDK^ · 7 Aug 2012 at 19:18

touch said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 19:21

SDK^ said:
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^ · 7 Aug 2012 at 19:34

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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 20:09

Pighardia said:
Laura Trott is lovely.

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

NZB · 7 Aug 2012 at 20:26

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

msmalls74 · 7 Aug 2012 at 20:36

NZB said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 20:43

msmalls74 said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 21:05

Dj_Jestar said:
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 · 7 Aug 2012 at 23:21

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!