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Dec 17th 2012, 7:38 am

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Originally Posted by Autonomy

err...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1742434.html

"Mo Farah Wins Olympic 10,000 Meters While Training Partner Galen Rupp Takes Silver"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/sp...pics.html?_r=0

"Last Saturday, Farah won the 10,000 meters while his American training partner, Galen Rupp, took second with their patient sit-and-kick approach."

Any chance those comments are like that because they are American news feeds?..

Dec 17th 2012, 8:04 am

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No - if not a Brit, it doesn't count........... I can think of sports where that approach would get both competitors disqualified......... most long-distance races are solo efforts.

Ok - I was being a bit contrary - however a lot of long distance races do involve "team tactics" and / or pace setters. In a similar way to TDF teams rotate leaders to push or control the pace while setting up their potential tour leader and / or sprint specialist...

And I'm not taking anything away from Wiggins or Farah by saying this. They are both sporting greats.

Dec 17th 2012, 8:06 am

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You're just bitter that Murray didn't win.

Dec 17th 2012, 8:16 am

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Pace setters are usually ONLY used in athletic meets where a specific athlete is going for a world record, it's to keep the pace up to the schedule without exposing the aspiring record holder to having to lead and set the pace, the pace setter usually drops out a few laps before the end. The Olympics is about individuals, excepting team events of course.