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Road Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020


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1 minute ago, 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 :bowdown:

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

 

Spoiler

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

 

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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.

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First austrian gold at summer olympics since 2004 apparently.

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1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

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

So just like the french "team"?

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

 

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

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