Commonwealth games

Slideshowbob

Any latest news on who is/ is not going going there with the apparent lack of safety and facilities being reported?

On one hand it who be hard for governing bodies etc to send athletes

On other hand it smacks the face of what sthletes probably had to put up with in the past and shows current athletes as premadonnas?

Does it expose the cg as poor silly and antiquated cousin of the olympics. If nothing else very embarrassing for the cg IOC equivalent

Will phil lavery still go?

Chips Lovell

Didn't realise Lavery was going. Do Northern Ireland send a team?

RobFowl

Yep all the "home" nations are allowed enter teams. The Isle of Man enters a team too.
From what RTE are saying the NI team participation is in the balance

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0924/commonwealth.html

Beasty

Some of the top names are not going because it clashes with the worlds. Individual athletes have also pulled out for safety reasons - I suspect more will

Now I wonder which team competed under this flag in 1930?

Junior

The place looks like a proper kip link

Hungrycol

It's looks so bad for India. BBC new reporter saying this morning that they leave everything to the last minute and this time it hasn't worked.

<edit> they have also been victims of massive flooding, something they cannot control.

ednwireland

Health and security concerns have made more riders reconsider their participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, starting on October 3 in Delhi, India. After Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh, Ian Stannard and Ben Swift of British Team Sky have already announced their withdrawal, their New Zealand teammate Greg Henderson has also cancelled his participation.

looks like there wont be too many cyclists going most reckon they gant afford to get ill (dengue fever risk after all the flooding recently)

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/more-riders-reconsider-commonwealth-games

got to feel sorry for india but looking at the pictures it doesnt look good (esp after that bridge collapse )

petethedrummer

Slideshowbob wrote: »

On other hand it smacks the face of what sthletes probably had to put up with in the past and shows current athletes as premadonnas?

It said on the news this morning that the Scottish team's rooms had construction rubble in them and cow and sheep paw prints on the bedsheets. If thats the case, then the concerns seem justified.

Beasty

petethedrummer wrote: »

It said on the news this morning that the Scottish team's rooms had construction rubble in them and cow and sheep paw prints on the bedsheets. If thats the case, then the concerns seem justified.

They have, however, confirmed this morning that they are going.

petethedrummer

Beasty wrote: »

They have, however, confirmed this morning that they are going.

I'd probably go myself. If everyone else pulls out there would be a handy medal to be won.

Beasty

petethedrummer wrote: »

I'd probably go myself. If everyone else pulls out there would be a handy medal to be won.

They don't to Goldsprints - anyway, which team do you qualify for? (there are 2 I could represent, and now I can't get a medal from the IVCA Track championships, this may be my only chance)

petethedrummer

Ok, if I were a commonwealth standard athlete I would go.

markcroninbsc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPYWG3uoenE

Caroline_ie

afaik Martin Irvine is going

RobFowl

Caroline_ie wrote: »

afaik Martin Irvine is going

Cycling is being represented by these riders


Wendy Houvenhagel
David McCann
Michael Hutchinson
Philip Lavery
Heather Wilson
Martyn Irvine
Adam Armstrong

Slideshowbob

any more updates on those travelling / not travelling?

when is men's road race on? tried googling it - not much info - rather poor!!!

Beasty

Slideshowbob wrote: »

any more updates on those travelling / not travelling?

when is men's road race on? tried googling it - not much info - rather poor!!!

All 71 (I think that's the number) countries have indicated they are going, although I don't know how many individuals have pulled out of their respective teams

RobFowl

Track cycling finals schedule (all times BST)

Tuesday October 5
0900 - Women - 500m time trial
0940 - Men - kilometre time trial
1040 - Men - 4,000m individual pursuit

Wednesday October 6
0800 - Women - 25km points race
0855 - Women - team sprint
0935 - Men - keirin
0940 - Men - 40km points race

Thursday October 7
0830 - Women - 10km scratch race
1020 - Men - 4,000m team pursuit
1035 - Women - sprint
1045 - Men - sprint

Friday October 8
0835 - Women - 3,000m individual pursuit
0915 - Men - team sprint
0935 - Men - 20km scratch race

Road schedule

Sunday October 10
0430-0745 - Women - 112km road race
0830-1300 - Men - 168km road race

Wednesday October 13
0600-0720 - Women - 29km individual time trial
0830-1045 - Men - 40km individual time trial

RobFowl

Martyn Irvine 6th in the Individual Pursuit and both he and Philip Lavery are through to the mens points race final.

bcmf

just watched the mens Kerin final. What a race!!
The winner has just been disqualified for excessive argy bargy

ednwireland

shame all the top GB riders arent there (mainly because they are all going to the europeans as its a 2012 qualification competition)
might make the aussies look a little less all conquering

Beasty

ednwireland wrote: »

shame all the top GB riders arent there (mainly because they are all going to the europeans as its a 2012 qualification competition)
might make the aussies look a little less all conquering

The Isle of Man have sent a pretty strong team though

Does anyone know what event(s) Cav is due to ride? - is he going to try to defend his track scratch race title, or is he sticking to the road race?

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

The Isle of Man have sent a pretty strong team though

Does anyone know what event(s) Cav is due to ride? - is he going to try to defend his track scratch race title, or is he sticking to the road race?

He's down for both the Scratch and road races.

ednwireland

Beasty wrote: »

The Isle of Man have sent a pretty strong team though

Does anyone know what event(s) Cav is due to ride? - is he going to try to defend his track scratch race title, or is he sticking to the road race?

says road race here
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/499905/cavendish-confirms-commonwealth-games-participation.html
and here
http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/delhi-2010/0512706-commonwealth-games-cavendish-declines-delhi-five-star-hotel

liked this though

Mark Cavendish has declined the offer of his HTC-Columbia team to put him up in a five-star hotel in Delhi

His American-based team had read reports of problems at Delhi's athletes village - which just two weeks ago was described as ‘unfit for habitation' - and offered their star man five-star accommodation.

RobFowl

Contains results of todays points races

Heather Wilson 5th in the points race final and
Martyn Irvine 7th in the mens final, won by Cameron Myer.

bcmf

Slight understatement to say it was won by Meyer. He grabbed it by the balls and made it is bitch!!!!!

RobFowl

Link contains results
http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_5266.shtml

StudentC

Anybody watching this morning?

bronze for northern ireland in the mens' team pursuit!

RobFowl

Mens TT results

CYCLING GOLD FOR SCOTLAND Last man out David Millar powers through the 40km course on the Noida Expressway to win gold in the men's time trial after clocking a time of 47 minutes 18.66 secsonds. England's Alex Dowsett claims an impressive silver medal while Australia's Luke Durbridge completes the podium places.

ednwireland

RobFowl wrote: »

Mens TT results

CYCLING GOLD FOR SCOTLAND Last man out David Millar powers through the 40km course on the Noida Expressway to win gold in the men's time trial after clocking a time of 47 minutes 18.66 secsonds. England's Alex Dowsett claims an impressive silver medal while Australia's Luke Durbridge completes the podium places.

finally australia dont win a gold medal !

Junior

Was reading Dr Hutch's blog and he said the other day he was behind Millar on the TT course and he was having to do 400 Watts to keep 50 Metres behind him.

Malari

McCann was a DNF, must have thought "to hell with this" when he saw Millar go past

RobFowl

Malari wrote: »

McCann was a DNF, must have thought "to hell with this" when he saw Millar go past

His one minute man caught him as well, Millar was his 2 minute man.
He had a very full program though. Won a bronze in the team pursuit, an aggressive fighting fifth in the road race and was a bit sick following that. Don't forget he's been racing full on since Feb as well.

Malari

RobFowl wrote: »

His one minute man caught him as well, Millar was his 2 minute man.
He had a very full program though. Won a bronze in the team pursuit, an aggressive fighting fifth in the road race and was a bit sick following that. Don't forget he's been racing full on since Feb as well.

Yeah he was impressive in the road race. He's probably used to racing in that kind of climate too.