Indeed, the British press would never want to do that
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 31/07/2012 07:59:04 PM
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 31/07/2012 07:59:04 PM
Or possibly they just don't think anyone cares about it, since it changes nothing about Cavendish not getting a medal. I did see his post-ride BBC interview, by the way, his disappointment and dejection was a side of Cavendish I for one haven't often seen...
I suspect it is more a sign of the ignorance of most British sports journalists about cycling.
I guess you've probably seen less interviews with Cavendish after not winning than we see over here - he does hit some serious lows, I doubt there are many sportsmen out there who take so much onto themselves and so obviously feel like they've let people down when they don't win.
Yeah. Dominant in a way that nobody in men's cycling could be - what with women's cycling being such a small sport in terms of funding and attention, there's just not enough room for enough riders to have a comparable level of competition. Jeannie Longo is only the most extreme example of that.
That is true, there is to some extent an element of being a big fish in a small pond that does help.
Well, the sale to Kolobnev only really was substantiated a year or more later as well, but one does suspect Vino would be smart enough to not leave such obvious financial traces this time, so yeah, guess we'll never know for sure. Either way, it's a sad spectacle, this guy who was once so widely respected, then smashed his own reputation to bits but still keeps riding because he's such good pals with the Kazach government. And a very sad gold medal winner.
It is a real shame he didn't retire when he first said he was going to, cycling really doesn't need people like him hanging around the sport... but I'd not be surprised to see him stay involved with Astana even once he does retire from rider.
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What's everyone looking forward to in the Olympics?
- 28/07/2012 01:50:18 PM
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Them ending, to be honest
- 28/07/2012 10:16:24 PM
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Same here. I don't care at all about the Olympics.
- 30/07/2012 06:35:39 PM
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Well, other than watching Chinese sportspeople smash WRs for fun...
- 28/07/2012 11:04:53 PM
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Yeah
- 28/07/2012 11:46:20 PM
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The big fuss over here doesn't seem to have made much of an impact in the UK?
- 30/07/2012 11:23:47 PM
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No, I don't think any of the mainstream media has picked up on it
- 30/07/2012 11:59:27 PM
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I suppose they don't want to rain on the parade. 
- 31/07/2012 06:35:49 PM
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- 31/07/2012 06:35:49 PM
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Indeed, the British press would never want to do that
- 31/07/2012 07:59:04 PM
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- 31/07/2012 07:59:04 PM
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Also, in one of the lowest points of journalism in olympic history
- 31/07/2012 12:06:37 AM
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Her
- 29/07/2012 01:56:39 PM
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She's not competing as far as I know.
- 29/07/2012 02:43:16 PM
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*NM*
Dang. And here I thought there might be something worth watching afterall. *NM*
- 30/07/2012 10:55:03 PM
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Also, this is a good article - about Ruta Meilutyte, Ye Shiwen and child prodigies in sport.
- 31/07/2012 10:04:57 PM
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I disagree with the conclusion that their careers are finished by having won so young.
- 01/08/2012 10:53:35 AM
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Yes, it seems to rely on a shakey assumption that people aren't going to want to keep competing
- 01/08/2012 12:53:32 PM
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