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  • #482
    Hunterbiker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Hunterbiker


    I hope there is still charge left in the pacing bike.


  • #483
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Where was the gun?


  • #484
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    YES


  • #485
    Mint Sauce
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    Arise Sir Jason Kenny!


  • #486
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,750 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Derny got off quick that time. Amazing finish from kenny

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #487
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,601 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Superb from Kenny.


  • #488
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,328 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    That was brilliant


  • #489
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Fcukin hell that was an incredible ride from Kenny there fcuk!

    The derney messing, madness, madness madness. Never even seen it come near to that happening before. Madness. The pressure :eek:


  • #490
    pats22b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭pats22b


    Top class


  • #491
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,328 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    ednwireland wrote: »
    Derny got off quick that time. Amazing finish from kenny

    He actually seemed to pull away from them that time.......superb race


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  • #492
    Hmmzis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Hmmzis


    Bloody hell! My heart rate went through the roof on that last one (and that's just sitting on the sofa watching). Well done to Kenny, cool as a cucumber!


  • #493
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,750 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Great rides for silver and bronze. Great to see Awang get a medal

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #494
    Hunterbiker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Hunterbiker


    a great way to complete a track programme


  • #495
    check_six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭check_six


    The keirin is kind of exiting ain't it? Super race.


  • #496
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    That's the first and last Olympics that Glenamaddy rides the derny. Spit of him.


  • #497
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    ednwireland wrote: »
    Great rides for silver and bronze. Great to see Awang get a medal

    Yea. Cracking drive through the gap by the Dutch rider.


  • #498
    pelevin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Great composed & powerful ride by Kenny there. Wouldn't expect there to be too many shrinking violets focus on riding that event.


  • #499
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    BMX and XC still to come


  • #500
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,672 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    BMX and XC still to come


    Sagan in MTB XC too :)


  • #501
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    10 events on the track, equaled 30 medals up for grabs.

    Team GB won 11 of them, medaling in every event barr one, with every member of the team collecting at least one.

    Wow!


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  • #502
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,468 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    The one they did not medal in was the one they did not qualify for - the Women's Team Sprint

    After failing to qualify they were able to ditch Jess Varnish who was disruptive within the squad and maybe even holding back the likes of Katy Marchant. Without Varnish, and indeed without having to spend any time practising standing starts, the Women sprinters have really flourished


  • #503
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Beasty wrote: »

    After failing to qualify they were able to ditch Jess Varnish who was disruptive within the squad and maybe even holding back the likes of Katy Marchant. Without Varnish, and indeed without having to spend any time practising standing starts, the Women sprinters have really flourished


    Don't know of you can say that, you don't know how disruptive or not she may or may not have been, an awful lot of riders came out and supported her.

    Not sure about the lack of standing starts being the key to success. Didn't hurt Vogel or Kenny in their sprints...
    Practising standing starts helps my power no end, and I'm far from a pro. I can't imagine it would rob the pros of any!

    ETA even though they were dq's, Varnish and Pendleton went fastest in London and GB got gold on the match sprints there so she didn't disrupt that much when she was in the squad then!


  • #504
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    Beasty wrote: »
    The one they did not medal in was the one they did not qualify for - the Women's Team Sprint

    After failing to qualify they were able to ditch Jess Varnish who was disruptive within the squad and maybe even holding back the likes of Katy Marchant. Without Varnish, and indeed without having to spend any time practising standing starts, the Women sprinters have really flourished

    Spot the Shane Sutton fan club member ^^^

    Edit: Well spotted pelevin. Wrong Sutton.


  • #505
    pelevin
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Spot the Chris Sutton fan club member ^^^

    Shane Sutton?! For me it was the f....g gimps who were disrupting things.


  • #506
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    pelevin wrote: »
    Shane Sutton?! For me it was the f....g gimps who were disrupting things.

    No, no. Beasty is a closet Norwich City fan!


  • #507
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Cycling medal table so far:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/olympic-games-great-britain-well-in-front-on-cycling-medal-table/

    Includes RRs and ITTs


  • #508
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    jo roswell on the bbc last night - her massive neck kept freaking me out! looked more like a weightlifter.


  • #509
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,672 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    mr spuckler wrote: »
    jo roswell on the bbc last night - her massive neck kept freaking me out! looked more like a weightlifter.

    I quite fancy her ....


  • #510
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    mr spuckler wrote: »
    jo roswell on the bbc last night - her massive neck kept freaking me out! looked more like a weightlifter.
    All track riders do weightlifting as part of their training. I think she looks great.


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  • #511
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    nak wrote: »
    All track riders do weightlifting as part of their training. I think she looks great.

    yeah i don't doubt that and normally (according to google image search anyway) she doesn't look as pumped but her neck last night looked massive.


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