Road Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 7/25/2021 at 8:17 AM, dcro said:

My favorite moment of the Games bar none. I doubt I will get as emotionally involved for any other (non-Croatian) medalist.

 

Anna Kiesenhofer

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Since it's not cycling I'll obviously put it in a spoiler, so open at your own risk (swimming):

 

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The Tunisian dude is high on my list, but yeah, number two behind Kiesenhofer  

 

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 7/25/2021 at 8:18 AM, De_Gambassi said:

Seems like shed did

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No, she did not.

[Dennis 746]

Amazing race from Kiesenhofer! This is why I love the Olympics. It makes for such great stories!

[OlympicsFan 860]

A complete nobody like Kieselbauer taking minutes off all the favorites. Not suspicious at all in combination with the fact that she took years off and came back stronger than before (just like Armstrong in 2016). I think even Vinokourov in 2012 was a more believable olympic champion.

[NearPup 3,168]

Anna Kiesenhofer has 750 twitter followers.

[Grassmarket 3,605]

Don’t think the Austrians even have a team there: she’s on her own, there’s no soigneur to help her.

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 7/25/2021 at 8:20 AM, NearPup said:

Anna Kiesenhofer has 750 twitter followers.

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Make that 751  

[OlympicsFan 860]

First austrian gold at summer olympics since 2004 apparently.

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 7/25/2021 at 8:21 AM, Grassmarket said:

Don’t think the Austrians even have a team there: she’s on her own, there’s no soigneur to help her.

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So just like the french "team"?

[heywoodu 15,333]

Oh, I take my earlier words back: Van Vleuten was heard saying "I thought I was first", according to word on the street  

 

Still, she was definitely still happy when knowing it was silver and rightfully so.