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  • SnowyS Offline
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    @chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Sounds like Gaze and Cooper would be happy enough just to set up a boxing ring at the top of the hill and stop off for a couple of rounds against each other!

    I got that distinct impression as well. Not much love lost between the two it appears.

    Healthy rivalry to bring the best out of the boys.

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    @chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @higgins said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @virgil said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Shame there isnt 20 different lengths they can race and do it backwards, forwards...
    Have 150 medals up for grabs, then we would be up there with Oz on the medal table.

    Not to mention the team and individual pursuit and the freestyle and medley relays so ideally suited to mountain biking. Full contact roller derby style racing would be a real crowd pleaser as well, again teams and individual categories.

    Sounds like Gaze and Cooper would be happy enough just to set up a boxing ring at the top of the hill and stop off for a couple of rounds against each other! 🙂

    Gaze not happy that Cooper attacked whilst he had stopped for a puncture.

    They really don't like each other do they? Oh well, always good to have a rival in your line of work.

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    @sneakdefreak "There is good sportsmanship and there's not, and I feel like that wasn't there today. It's a bit of a shame really, I've got the utmost respect for the guy, still, even with that move.

    "That's racing, you can't get along with everyone."

    When asked if getting back to win the race after the incident was satisfying, Gaze replied: "the good guys always win".

    Cooper also produced the "that's racing" line to describe the dramatic conclusion to the race, but didn't think it was a case of bad sportsmanship.

    "I didn't know what was happening. I saw he pulled in there and thought it was quite odd because it seemed like he had all the air in his tyre, I'd followed him all the way down the downhill, so I thought it can't be a puncture and thought something must have drastically gone wrong.

    "It's not my job to sit around and wait at that point, that's mountainbike racing, and I thought at that point I was going to have to get rid of South Africa if I wanted a chance at winning so I dropped the hammer up there."

    In road racing, if a leading rider has a puncture mid-race the peloton will often slow up to wait for them, but Cooper said no such etiquette existed in mountainbike racing.

    "There's nothing like that. I can't think of a situation where anyone would sit and wait. If someone has a mechanical issue, that's rider-error. It's the same as making a poor line choice, it's just part of the game.

    "You have to nurse your bike home and you have to have the good legs to get the job done. That's life."

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    Yeah I can't see why he should have waited, it's not like they are slip streaming over dozens of miles. But I only ride MB not follow them, is there often people stopping when someone blows a tyre???

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    We're closing on the Indians on the medal table, but need a couple of quick golds to get past them.

    I see the Indians have picked up a dozen medals in the shooting. Are we costing ourselves glory by not arming our dairy owners? 🤔

    Taika Waititi will not be pleased!

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    @chris-b build pools, buy shotguns. pad the table.

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    @chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    We're closing on the Indians on the medal table, but need a couple of quick golds to get past them.

    I see the Indians have picked up a dozen medals in the shooting. Are we costing ourselves glory by not arming our dairy owners? 🤔

    Taika Waititi will not be pleased!

    I love the blatant casual racism in this post. Long may it continue.

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    India included archery at the Delhi Comm Games and did well with a bow and arrow. No surprises there!

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    @bovidae said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    India included archery at the Delhi Comm Games and did well with a bow and arrow. No surprises there!

    alt text

    cheating!!

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @bovidae said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    India included archery at the Delhi Comm Games and did well with a bow and arrow. No surprises there!

    alt text

    cheating!!

    What the fucken fuck? How did you find that? What did you type into Google to spit that out

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    That is so awesome, Bollywood is the best

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    @virgil said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @bovidae said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    India included archery at the Delhi Comm Games and did well with a bow and arrow. No surprises there!

    alt text

    cheating!!

    What the fucken fuck? How did you find that? What did you type into Google to spit that out

    my google history is best left unsaid

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    @mariner4life Ha. Mine is truly scary.

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    @mokey said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @mariner4life Ha. Mine is truly scary.

    "research"

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  • MokeyM Offline
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    Judging by the photos that are appearing, 'no love lost' is a mild term to describe the air between Gaze and Cooper. I'd say more seething hatred.

    A NZ official would do well to take them both quietly aside and tell them to pull their heads in.

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    @mokey said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @mariner4life Ha. Mine is truly scary.

    You don’t have a wife to hide yours from
    ( speaking on behalf of everyone except me)

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    @virgil said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @kiwipie said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @donsteppa said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @no-quarter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    WTF is going with this coverage. There's live athletics going on and I just watched a "segment" of journalists having a fucking race or something earlier in the day, followed by ads.

    This is honestly close to unwatchable.

    We’ve all but given up. Mainly tracking the results online...

    I gave it a go last night for the first time, I fancied settling down in front of the athletics for a few hours. Hopeless, no feel for sport at all. Ad breaks too often and too long, pointless cuts to studio etc etc. Gave up and went to bed. Luckily I don't care about the Comm Games which are a pointless anachronism where some events are very competitive (netball, sevens) and most aren't and it isn't the main focus of a lot of the top athletes who turn up - world class athletes are focused on the Diamond League (late NH summer) rather than this.

    courtesy of Shit Towns of New Zealand

    "The Gold Coast is currently hosting the Commonwealth Games, which only exists to give white people who are too shit for the Olympics the chance to win medals, making it the Caucasian Special Olympics"

    That page is always the highlight of my Facebook experience.
    Reading the comments from those offended is the icing on the cake

    Thank you so much for introducing me to this!

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    #455

    Pair o dickheads it seems

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    wrote on last edited by MajorRage
    #456

    It's NZ's own Prost vs Senna.

    Embrace and enjoy it!

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  • MokeyM Offline
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    Gaze has just put out a statement apologising for being a dick. Guess someone did have a quiet word.

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