Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 15,135]

Should be Germany - China for gold and Netherlands - ROC for bronze (assuming no weird stuff happens in the first round, of course) and both could be very tight.

[Gianlu33 4,553]

Team pursuit Finally we have the serious stuff in the velodrome

[heywoodu 15,135]

Right, time for some other things while waiting for the team sprint to be back  

[Quasit 865]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Pretty thin field. LTU/POL/MEX/UKR will be walking byes.

I wonder why Australia pulled out.

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, Quasit said:

I wonder why Australia pulled out.

Morton retired, and they probably decided that the replacement was not worthy.

[heywoodu 15,135]

5 minutes ago, Quasit said:

I wonder why Australia pulled out.

Stephanie Morton retired last year.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/24/stephanie-mortons-retirement-marks-transition-phase-for-australian-cycling

[dcro 10,210]

Here we go, they are already talking about "circulating air".

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, dcro said:

Here we go, they are already talking about "circulating air".

Speed skating vibes  

[Gianlu33 4,553]

I was expecting a little more, I'm a little disappointed. Barmieri fell off too soon. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

That WR is going to be absolutely destroyed if these are already the French and Italian times.