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Donny osmond wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:40 pm That last overtake was pure guts, although I guess if I was on the wrong end of it I wouldn't be happy

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:05 pm

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:40 pm That last overtake was pure guts, although I guess if I was on the wrong end of it I wouldn't be happy

Indeed. The sheer minerals on that man to just commit completely and entirely to being first through that section - utterly fearless and dedicated to win or nothing.

You feel for Koretzky a bit - he put in an astonishing effort through the race. Pidcock tried so many times to break from him and lose him on a climb, and every single time, Koretzky reacted and went with him like he was glued to his back wheel, then still had the energy to break and surprise Pidcock on a climb himself. I thought it was all over at that point. Incredible race.

Puja

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:39 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:05 pm

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:40 pm That last overtake was pure guts, although I guess if I was on the wrong end of it I wouldn't be happy

Indeed. The sheer minerals on that man to just commit completely and entirely to being first through that section - utterly fearless and dedicated to win or nothing.

You feel for Koretzky a bit - he put in an astonishing effort through the race. Pidcock tried so many times to break from him and lose him on a climb, and every single time, Koretzky reacted and went with him like he was glued to his back wheel, then still had the energy to break and surprise Pidcock on a climb himself. I thought it was all over at that point. Incredible race.

Puja

Its taken up my entire mental space for the last 2 hours.

On the overtake, I don't even think the french guy can be upset, although I'm obv biased, but Pidcock stayed on the left side of the track even after the separate paths came back together. It was just an outrageous manoeuvre and the french guy could do nothing about it.

On the race overall, Pidcock rode him down, and this is where I'd be pissed off with myself if I was the french rider. At one point he was over 40s clear of Pidcock. Either Pidcock is a freakish athlete and much much more so than the others, or Pidcock is on drugs, or the french guy let it slip. I'd tend to the latter, and I think it'd be something that would haunt me if I was in that position.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:50 pm Team GB are like a total of about 5cm away from about 4 more gold medals. Can't imagine how frustrating it must be for the athletes concerned.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:48 pm

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:11 pm I really hope the opening ceremony is a huge success

Go France

Having the athletes come thru in boats hasn't worked, not a good idea, it's in Seine


#noyoufuckoff

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:40 am

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:48 pm

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:11 pm I really hope the opening ceremony is a huge success

Go France

Having the athletes come thru in boats hasn't worked, not a good idea, it's in Seine


#noyoufuckoff

Unluckily, no one else will be going in Seine.

Puja wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:53 am

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:40 am

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:48 pm

Having the athletes come thru in boats hasn't worked, not a good idea, it's in Seine


#noyoufuckoff

Unluckily, no one else will be going in Seine.

Always felt like a massive gamble, especially considering there were co-ordinated efforts to protest the government by shitting upstream and making it impossible for the minister to go for a test swim before the games.

Puja

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:57 pmHow the fuck can their not be a contingency plan

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:32 pm Well done Canada

That's not the huge upset it'll be called

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:52 pm

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:32 pm Well done Canada

That's not the huge upset it'll be called

Yep, it's an upset, for sure - but not "the biggest upset in the history of women's 7s" as claimed

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:11 pm

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:52 pm

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:32 pm Well done Canada

That's not the huge upset it'll be called

Yep, it's an upset, for sure - but not "the biggest upset in the history of women's 7s" as claimed

Exactly, they showed they were very capable in previous matches