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Top 3 into final lap have a 11 sec lead
Masterclass.
That was epic.
What a race. Any chance of an appeal from the French for that last move?
So because his tyre was in front, pass legitimate
I'd have thought so...
Not sure Pidcock will be welcome in France tonight given this crowd! What a race though!
What a move!!!!!
not sure on the rules, but Tom overtook on the dual route and had his wheel in front by the time they rejoined and came together.
Classy booing by the French fans - NOT!!!!
Feel a bit for him - but he lost it as soon as the track split.
Amazing pidders. That's racing!
I’d have thought so…
Kinda felt like sending it up the inside in F1, but I guess there were two alternate routes and Koretzky should have been covering that.
it was a fair move, and a great move. He lined him up, drifted his rear tyre mid-kink to square it up and was away. Koretsky had nothing left, so basically say up for silver. Great ride Tom.
I personally think that was a naughty move from Pidcock as he knew full well he was going to go in to the side of Koretzky and gambled on coming out of the tangle best. He's done way worse week in week out so no surprise and ultimately he was prepared to take the extra risk so comes away Olympic champion
I think they create dual routes like that to encourage naughty moves like that. Proper racing, proper drama, probably exactly the outcome the course designers were hoping for.
Just rewatched the move a few times pausing at the points before and after contact. Pidcock hits the inside line accelerates and holds it, Koretzky shifts his line left to close the door as the lines converge far too late, Pidcock has nowhere else to go and just held his line, absolutely no issue with that overtake.
Such a good move. Proper race today.
Simply awesome, heart rate was through the roof watching that.
The tv footage didnt capture it but when Koretzky attacked and had the gap late on then next thing you see is Pidock on the front again it was due to this
https://twitter.com/YntoTheRide/status/1817922512035917834
If you watch again, both front wheels were level then Pidcock locked his back wheel to shorten his route, edge slightly in front and jut in to the side of Koretzky in the process. He was fully expecting contact and went full commit to edge in front by any means necessary. I'm not saying you can't do it, but it was an all or nothing move in typical Pidcock style and it's won him a gold medal. No-one deserves to be booed over the line
it was due to this
Got to feel for him, leading for so long then that late pressure, knowing you are a good sprinter and your main rival has had to close a 40 second gap, he must have thought he was on the top step!
I personally think that was a naughty move from Pidcock as he knew full well he was going to go in to the side of Koretzky and gambled on coming out of the tangle best. He’s done way worse week in week out so no surprise and ultimately he was prepared to take the extra risk so comes away Olympic champion
Hi emerged a wheels length in front & had no where to go, all or nothing racing makes for great TV
F'ing amazing from Tom, to pull off the move yes, but also to come back from the deficit due to puncture. Amazing.
Didn't he have a similar move to win at the World Champs in Glasgow last year?
Great final laps, Pidcock went all in on that move, I doubt he'd had done that if this was his sole target for the last 4 years.
Best bit for me was Evie Richards cheering Tom on whilst running alongside him. Shame she wasn't 100% for her race.
I personally think that was a naughty move from Pidcock as he knew full well he was going to go in to the side of Koretzky
Actually looks like Koretzky comes across and bumps TP....
https://twitter.com/TeamGB/status/1817927139175416050
Thanks for the link @OmarLittle I did wonder what happened there and how Pidcock came out in front. Cracking race!
Koretzky was on the left and heading lefter to try and squeeze Pidcock, I don't think he was expecting TP to be as quick through the alternate line as he was and put himself into the side and then stumbled. Hard and fair by both, shame for Koretzky as he rode a really good race to then and had the gas for the win but just let the pressure get to him in the last couple of minutes.
Great race, brilliant battle for the win by Pidcock and Koretzky, but (slightly) tarnished by unsporting behaviour from the audience at the finish line. Fair enough if you're upset that the home rider didn't win, or you don't understand the rules, but it's an Olympic final; show some deference.
Fantastic race. Booyaa to the French.
Course looked fast and flowy, not sure all the criticism was deserved.
An excellent race...not a massive surprise at the booing...the home rider looked almost set to take it home halfway through, so clearly a few disappointed fans.
Charlie did very well...any see how he managed to remove his left shoulder material from his top?
The tv footage didnt capture it but when Koretzky attacked and had the gap late on then next thing you see is Pidock on the front again it was due to this
Major cock-up! Looks like the Frenchy was pretty spent to make that mistake. In fact, he was lucky to lead for as long as he did. Without the puncture I think Tom would have led the race till the end.
Be interesting to see what the French press says about the overtake.
Koretsky theoretically has a better sprint (I’m told).
The smart move might have been to accept Pidcocks move and sit on his wheel for the sprint.
However as was Koretsky tightened into Pidcock when Pidcock was ahead - and as I coach the youngsters, no contact please but if there is you’re always safer on the inside line and being slightly ahead. Which is what we saw today.
Looks like Koretsky figured out he should be covering the inside line but Pidders came through at such a speed he couldn’t do it. And either the track or Pidders shaped his bike so that had they properly come together it would definitely have been a case of Koretsky hitting him. Smart racing to cap off a fine contest.
Looks more like he was coming back left to avoid the tree. Don't think there was much thinky about covering a line more "merde, arbre"
Im not seeing any problem with that, he pounced at exactly the right moment with explosive power and got ahead. Very impressive from an athlete at the top of their game
The vid with the Frenchy losing his front wheel, is that immediately before the winning move or some other Time?
Evie Richards needs to be congratulated too. After being badly concussed earlier this year she's hardly done much racing and came in 5th in her race. She also cheered Tom on (which she's done before), such a great female rider.
Koretzky swung across as the course rejoined, obviously hoping he was going to beat Pidcock but clearly didn’t have the acceleration and clipped Pidcock. I’ve watched it several times, and Pidcock had the best, straight line and the speed, Koretzky misjudged the line, timing and just how fast Pidcock was able to put the hammer down and get his wheel in front.
No bias, it’s perfectly clear that Pidcock had the speed in his legs, and the absolute determination to get in front.
Brilliant performance, great racing.
Why is Archery such a thing in S Korea?
It’s part of their history and culture, I think going back to horse-mounted warriors and possibly back to the Mongol horse archers. They really are the team to beat in international competitions. It’s a shame that archery isn’t a bigger part of our culture, considering our history of using archers in battle, even as recently as the 1700’s - musketeers were used extensively at that time, but there were still trained archers in the British army. A warbow practice distance as set by law was twelve score yards (240), or 219 metres, a range that’s now been easily beaten by longbow archers using bows made to medieval pattern, so somewhere close to 8-900 feet.
Trouble there, is, finding the space to safely shoot a bow to those distances, international competitions shoot at 70m, 230ft, at the club I shoot at, I changed from 30 to 40 yds, while changing my sight an arrow just went over the top of the target and I found it at the 70m line; there is a 10° limit on the elevation that you can shoot at, to avoid the risk of arrows going outside the club boundary.
Especially true when shooting compound bows, which aren’t included in Olympic events. Yet.
Someone really needs to explain the judging on the boxing to me. I've seen a few fights now and each time the fighter who's been on the front foot more, Landed more connecting jabs, and more significant blows hasn't won. Latest is the British boxer Delicious Orie.
Bbc4 has an interesting programme on the building Eiffel tower. A tenuous link to the Olympics but interesting.
Latest is the British boxer Delicious Orie.
Just watched that, it was an absolute travesty.
Last lap showed two superb riders at the top of their game. I'm not sure Pidcock would have beaten him up that last slope given how Koretzky went past him to the top. It would certainly have been close.
I did wonder if he'd gone right to cover a potential overtake.
Great race from both (all) riders.
Just watched that, it was an absolute travesty
Not just me thinking that then
I was an archer back in my late teens and we had a woman push a child in a pushchair behind the targets one morning. Had ignored all the warning signs etc. When asked what she was doing she said she thought it was ok as she was behind the targets and not in front...
Koretzky lost that bad, the mistake, then picking the right hand long way, when Pidcock went left via the touch shorter route
bit amateur hour from the pits though, even though they didn't rush or panic in the moment, front wheel/back wheel should have been ready to go every lap without them being surprised it was needed as well as fluids/gels, hell of a come back though
Tom looked casual as **** though, didn’t even take his hand from the bars and drank from the bottle, class!.
Some of the French fans need to go and sit in a quiet room and have a think about how they behaved.
If Pidcock hadn't had the wheel change he would have left Koretzky for dead long before his smart line choice that got their pants in a twist.
I hope Tom had time to shout " ON YOUR LEFT" 🙂
bit amateur hour from the pits though, even though they didn’t rush or panic in the moment
You could argue that he overshot the pit box. Yes they should have been looking out every lap but they had to back up a bit to grab a wheel.
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Koretzky made two mistakes in the lap that ultimately cost him gold. Pidcock said that the right line was smoother the left line had a hole but any gap at that stage he was going for it.
Pidcock moment of the race for me was leaving the pits with a bottle in his mouth, going full throttle, and then clearing the drop off & jump still clenching the bottle in his teeth. Chapeau!
https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1817954468060635394
Just been taking a look at the road race course. There are some steep fast descents on city streets. I hope to god it doesn’t rain or there will be carnage.
Happy birthday Tom.
Pidders has been doing quite a lot of interviews this morning and he confirmed what others have said above, that the mechanic didn't see him waving from the top, pointing out the puncture. I too couldn't understand why the wheels weren't nearer the front, puncture ready. However the change was quick in the end. It was very dusty in the bunnyhop household when Pidders passed that line in gold medal position.
Tom said he was shattered after that race. I'm not surprised. He's now looking forward to Saturday's road race.
Unfortunate, or fortunate depending on how you see it that the Triathlon has been delayed. Speculation that rain may prevent it happening tomorrow too. Which would be a bit shit
Tests are being carried out daily on the water quality in the Seine, which is also due to host the triathlon mixed relay on 5 August, the Olympic marathon swimming on 8 and 9 August, and the Para-triathlon event at the Paralympics, which start on 28 August.
Organisers said about 1.4bn euros (£1.2bn) has been spent on a regeneration project to make the Seine safe to swim in after a 100-year-old ban from doing so.
But as recently as June this year the level of E coli bacteria was 10 times the acceptable level imposed by sports federations.
Which would be a bit shit
Literally 🙂
Just been taking a look at the road race course. There are some steep fast descents on city streets. I hope to god it doesn’t rain or there will be carnage.
I think there is more risk of the tarmac melting now.
Both possibly. It’s going to be 36 in Paris today, then a big Thunderstorm warning from 5PM. I’m due to fly into CDG this afternoon and the wind is Variable 20kts, gusting 50kts!! That’s the sort of wind forecast you usually see in USA with supercells, so going to be a fun evening ??
I'm watching the high speed table tennis gold medal match at the moment. Fast and furious.
I'll watch some BMX tricks later on..
It's sad that Charlotte Worthington has not qualified for the BMX.
Men's trap finals (clay pigeon) on at the mo. GB currently in the lead. Not sure how many clays are involved in the competition.
Not sure how many clays are involved in the competition.
From the BBC site...
The competitors each shoot at 25 targets, at which point the sixth-placed athlete is eliminated. The lowest ranked competitor is then eliminated after every subsequent five shots each.
When only two athletes remain, they each shoot at another 10 targets (thus completing a total of 50 targets in the final), with their overall score determining the winner.
The GB competitor (Hales) scored 24 out of 25 in the initial set.
Silver or gold for GB Nathan Hayles
I read that as "when two athletes remain they shoot at each other"........a new meaning to sudden death final I guess