Mens Road Race about to start.
GB, NZ and Australia thus far into the final of the womens doubles in rowing.
GB, NZ and Australia thus far into the final of the womens doubles in rowing.
London 2012 Olympic Competition
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Cavendish the shit hot favorite for the road race imo with such a flat finish, although he'll be counting on his team mates to help him through box hill. Not a bad team to do that mind you. Aussies aren't that bad, but the only way they'll win is through a break away. Goss doesn't have the explosive pace over Cavendish in an all out sprint.
Sagon the second favorite imo
Sagon the second favorite imo
Should be good this, plenty of attacking opportunities.
Why is our team helping cavendish win? Why don't they try win it themselves? Or if 1 wins do they all win
Unless there's a successful break away, cycling is fundamentally a team sport. Its like the tour de france, any rider can win it, but in the end, the whole team of 10 riders usually work towards the success of one rider. Cavendish as it stands, is the fastest sprinter in the world, and should it come down to a sprint finish, you'd bet your house on him, especially with riders like Wiggins, Millar and Froome who have a good turn of pace in order to lead him out with. Those 3 rider don't have the pace to take on the top sprinters in the world so effectively, they ride to help Mark win. He wins and its like a gold medal for them.
In that respect, the Oympic cycling is slightly flawed, whichever team wins the gold medal should be collective, albeit in a smaller size for the team members who don't 'win'
Still, Cavendish is a good shout for this gold.
Still, Cavendish is a good shout for this gold.
Which event will see the first medal be given out?
That's cycling I guess. There are guys that bust their arse their entire career and never win a race, but other riders owe virtually their entire success to them. Mark Renshaw is one for example, George Hincappie another who have busted their arses for the glory of others.
Women air rifle final starts in 15 minutes. That'll be it.
break away in the cycling, lead namely by Australian Stuart O'Grady. Not sure who else is in it.
Annoying that Thor Hushovd isn't racing in this as the course is practically tailor made for him.
Annoying that Thor Hushovd isn't racing in this as the course is practically tailor made for him.
Why do we need separate events for men and women in sports like shooting where there is no element of speed or strength?
I take it you've never fired a rifle?
Looks piss easy. Hold the gun and pull the trigger.
Well I'm not sure what the Olympic rifles are like, but recoil + general arm strength to balance the rifle at the finest of targets is necessary.
Team GB are officially riding for Cavendish. Breakaway is out to 5 minutes. If they are to succeed, they'll need 5 minutes after finishing the box hill circuit.
As I speak its apparently piss break time...
As I speak its apparently piss break time...
I'm not sure there's much strength involved in the shooting they were just showing... the women taking part were tiny.
Siling Yi of China wins the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics with victory in the women's 10m air rifle.
Fair enough, you're probably right. Guess they don't want to set a precedent as I doubt any other individual sport mixes genders.
Is this a thread for every event? It's going to get messy pretty quickly.
Anyway, I've no idea what to watch. I can't handle being able to choose between everything, I'm going to miss all the good stuff.
Anyway, I've no idea what to watch. I can't handle being able to choose between everything, I'm going to miss all the good stuff.
fecking Dressage 
... yet golf is still four years away
edit: Breakaway in mens road race is 3.50 with 4 laps of boxhill done. Britain look very strong.
Also how different is this course to the Beijing one
... yet golf is still four years awayedit: Breakaway in mens road race is 3.50 with 4 laps of boxhill done. Britain look very strong.
Also how different is this course to the Beijing one
Cycling tactics are fecking weird
Judo on now BBC1
Tennis on BBC 3 red button.
Let's go Nevin!!
Good lad John Joe......
Phelps barely qualified?
Nevin won that round anyway....hes great feet (in a boxing sense!)
Nevin doing well, and should win this from here.
8-2, happy days....
Wierd as feck I don't get it. People are ahead of GB and the commentator is making out it's a shit thing to do.
Cycling is weird. Nothing the commentators say make sense, the whole GB team is racing for one man? Only he can get a medal?...So why don't the others want one?...And the guys who are leading the race aren't in a good position tactically?
My brain hurts.
My brain hurts.
We'll never understand cycling guys.
cycling to me is a lot like NASCAR...
don't like either.
don't like either.
Cavendish is the best sprinter at the end. They all take it in turns to save energy for the other riders (mainly Cavendish) as there's less air resistance, just like a slipstream in motor racing.Cycling is weird. Nothing the commentators say make sense, the whole GB team is racing for one man? Only he can get a medal?...So why don't the others want one?...And the guys who are leading the race aren't in a good position tactically?
My brain hurts.
The Germans seem to be being selfish, making GB lead the pack which takes more effort.
Or something.
Or something.
The guys that were leading for 4 hours use alot more energy than the peleton 'main group with team GB' Unless you can stretch the gap to 3-5 minutes, the peleton will who have higher energy reserve because they stretch it out over the day, will hunt the leaders down.
The reason that its making harder for team GB is because they're having to break the wind first for everybody else which uses more energy.
So they'll keep the main sprinter (in this case Cavendish) in there slip stream the whole race, in order to save his energy for the end sprint?
But none of them (bar Cav) will win any medal for this?..That really is an incredible attitude to do all that work for someone else.
Yup, pretty much from what I understand. I'm no expert but cycling may just be the ultimate team event in terms of sacrifice. They're all playing crucial roles, but by merit Cavendish IS our best hope here, and so deserves the team's focus.