Loretta, Shane, Graeme, Stu & Flying Ryan



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'tis good! :D :D :D

Two more golds complete Australian domination - Track Day 6 Round Up http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/aug04/aug26news
The track portion of the Olympic cycling program concluded last night with the men's keirin and Madison, and the women's points race. Australia confirmed its status as the dominant nation in track cycling by adding two golds and a bronze to its tally of nine track medals (including five gold) in the keirin and Madison, while Russia added the women's points gold to the men's points title it won yesterday.

It's for you, brother
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10572121%255E11088,00.html
Gutsy Loretta Harrop dedicated her triathlon silver medal to her brother Luke, who was killed in a car accident more than two years ago. Harrop went agonisingly close to winning Australia's first Olympic triathlon gold -- but the winner was as Aussie as they come. Geelong-born Kate Allen, who has switched allegiance to Austria, ran down Harrop in the last vital metres.

Olympics: Aussies dominate Olympic cycling with six golds
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/103143/1/.html
Australia confirmed their status as the new force of world cycling after dominating the Athens Olympics with six gold medals, two of them on a memorable closing day's competition at the Velodrome. Ryan Bayley clinched the sprint-keirin track double and Stuart O'Grady and Graeme Brown teamed for a dynamic victory in the 50km madison to round off Australia's greatest cycling performance at an Olympics.

Two more gold in cycling blitz
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10572392%255E601,00.html
Speed king Ryan Bayley and Graeme Brown claimed an Olympic double each tonight as Australia completed its dominance of cycling at the Games with six gold medals.

Bayley won the keirin in an electric show of speed to go with yesterday's sprint gold only minutes after 4000m team pursuit champion Brown teamed with Stuart O'Grady to win the madison race.
 
cfsmtb said:
'tis good! :D :D :D



It's for you, brother
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10572121%255E11088,00.html
Gutsy Loretta Harrop dedicated her triathlon silver medal to her brother Luke, who was killed in a car accident more than two years ago. Harrop went agonisingly close to winning Australia's first Olympic triathlon gold -- but the winner was as Aussie as they come. Geelong-born Kate Allen, who has switched allegiance to Austria, ran down Harrop in the last vital metres.

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dontchya just love the way the media is claiming Kate Allen as Australian ( place of birth, date of birth etc). Austrian is a spelling mistake of course! And naturally, if you're Australian (ie a *true* Australian who never gives up ;)) then it's genetic to win Olympic gold, particularly if you have two wheels underneath you!

Seriously, I watched the end of the triathlon and my heart went out to Loretta. Allen ran an excellent race - very strategic and finished strongly. Harrop bust a gut and raced her heart out. Both women deserve accolades, even with spelling mistakes in their nationality :p
 
When I saw the Women's Point Race my first though was where's the rest of the field?
Surely that made it much harder to get a lap as against the Men's.

As far as Allen, my understanding is she fulfilled the Aussie dream of marrying into a Pub, then became a serious athelete. Not the sporting mercenary that some are claiming.
 
"warrwych" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> dontchya just love the way the media is claiming Kate Allen as
> Australian ( place of birth, date of birth etc).

It's pathetic. We claim every foreigner who spends five minutes growing up
here as our own and we won't let anyone go either. She married an Austrian,
she left Australia eight years ago, get over it.

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"warrwych" <[email protected]> wrote in
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[...]

> dontchya just love the way the media is claiming Kate Allen as
> Australian ( place of birth, date of birth etc).

It's pathetic. We claim every foreigner who spends five minutes growing up
here as our own and we won't let anyone go either. She married an Austrian,
she left Australia eight years ago, get over it.

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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
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Well she did only leave Australia 8 years ago. Most of her life was spent here. However she changed her allegience to Austria, so she's Austrian. We don't call Irena Lashkow or Lauren Mark Russian or American. I think we have our fair share of foreigners turned Aussies.
 
cfsmtb wrote:
> 'tis good! :D :D :D
>
> Two more golds complete Australian domination - Track Day 6 Round Up
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/aug04/aug26news
> The track portion of the Olympic cycling program concluded last night
> with the men's keirin and Madison, and the women's points race.
> Australia confirmed its status as the dominant nation in track cycling
> by adding two golds and a bronze to its tally of nine track medals
> (including five gold) in the keirin and Madison, while Russia added the
> women's points gold to the men's points title it won yesterday.
>
> It's for you, brother
> http://tinyurl.com/5tmze
> Gutsy Loretta Harrop dedicated her triathlon silver medal to her
> brother Luke, who was killed in a car accident more than two years ago.
> Harrop went agonisingly close to winning Australia's first Olympic
> triathlon gold -- but the winner was as Aussie as they come.
> Geelong-born Kate Allen, who has switched allegiance to Austria, ran
> down Harrop in the last vital metres.
>
> Olympics: Aussies dominate Olympic cycling with six golds
> http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/103143/1/.html
> Australia confirmed their status as the new force of world cycling
> after dominating the Athens Olympics with six gold medals, two of them
> on a memorable closing day's competition at the Velodrome. Ryan Bayley
> clinched the sprint-keirin track double and Stuart O'Grady and Graeme
> Brown teamed for a dynamic victory in the 50km madison to round off
> Australia's greatest cycling performance at an Olympics.
>
> Two more gold in cycling blitz
> http://tinyurl.com/5xgmd
> Speed king Ryan Bayley and Graeme Brown claimed an Olympic double each
> tonight as Australia completed its dominance of cycling at the Games
> with six gold medals.
>
> Bayley won the keirin in an electric show of speed to go with
> yesterday's sprint gold only minutes after 4000m team pursuit champion
> Brown teamed with Stuart O'Grady to win the madison race.
>
>
Can someone please, think of the children, and pronuonce [sic] "keirin"
coorectlu [sic] as "kay - rin"?
Admittedly, Kirin ("key-rin") beers (aka biiru) are [nihongo de] sugoku
umai ando teisutorii juroppsu [tasty drops, but ... umm, I'll just get
back in my box]

Anyway...
We ROOOOOOOL! (in track cycling, at least...)
***
fred
 
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