http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/...-race-20120729

You needed to qualify the "we" bit- South African we, not British or Aussie!

It was a great swim though.

I really enjoyed watching Sprenger celebrate. That's what the olympics is about. He was overjoyed with winning silver.

Yeah right, I'd never met such a bunch of whingers til I moved to WA. And, yes, they are all Aussies...especially the older generation.

'We' for me means GB or Aus. If either appear to be beating the other there would be a momentary 'agh what do I do' but then it's a cheer for whichever. I very weirdly did cheer the French on when they beat the US in the 4x100 freestyle. Don't think I've ever cheered the French on for anything before.

Yes indeed!


S.A. is on the medals list!

i'd cheer anyone beating USA, China or Russia.

Weapons of Mass Destruction? what a laugh, who was their coach, Hans Blix?

Aussies didn't have anyone capable of taking on Cav 1-1. Goss would be an also ran, the only Aussie capable of that is the one they keep leaving out of the team (and worlds) in Renshaw. Gorilla can and has taken him on and won, he was the danger. Sagan was never going to be a threat as he had nobody to deliver him. Germans played a smart game until Martin dropped out, then they needed to step up.

After the 9th climb it came back together but the GB matches were burnt. I predicted on other road racing forum that the break would come after BH. I race on that loop, a lot, and it's the time to make the break. I think GB knew that was a risk but couldn't pull it back. Tempo drilling on the front works well when you have 8-9 riders, not 4 and a sprinter keeping his powder dry.

My pick before the race was Sparticus, that course had 'Classics' written all over it. It's a shame he crashed.

Good race though, fantastic win by Vino, not popular though for obvious reasons.

This thread is TL;DR so apologies for butting in to your collective bitchfest without reading first to see if it's been covered.

Anyway, who else is trying to watch the coverage on the BBC Sports web site? anyone having trouble with loads of buffering, making it unwatchable? which is a great shame as it looks like it could be great.

Can't speak for the buffering, but I advised on my tri forum if they could figure a workaround they could watch BBC.

One guy came up with this, reckons it was ok:

http://unblock-us.com/

Might help

Thanks mate, I already use them, excellent service but I just think it's the BBC servers are getting smashed.

Had a laugh out loud moment earlier. After the wailing and gnashing of teeth from a few about the 4x100mtrs Freestyle, saw a reporter on Foxtel asking their coach what had gone wrong. He just looked at the reporter and said 'they didn't swim fast enough'. They're not all up themselves.

No worries. I hope they don't hike the licence fee to replace the servers next year

Where the hell did Italy come from. They're a solid 3rd in the medal race. I suspect it won't last but bugger me that was a surprise.