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What come back to Olympic Park, the immigrants are normally behind me | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
all stock -- welcome back to Olympic Park. It is another busy | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
day on basics and Britain has four medals, two gold medals and two | :00:42. | :00:50. | |
silver has already today. Go we have seen Victoria Pendleton and | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
the Jess Varnish disqualified from the women's team sprint but it is | :00:54. | :01:02. | |
We have had the excitement of the setting what records and the | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
despair of seeing an elimination from the winning team's sprint -- | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
the excitement of setting world records. Mark Cavendish has been | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
busy watching the action unfold and there is more action to come in the | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
men's team sprint. If you were with us on BBC One, we were not able to | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
bring you the Australian effort in the men's team sprint. The time to | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
beat his impressive. Australia were looking to topple Great Britain, | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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who have set the fastest time so arena, the countdown. Bobridge is | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
the world record holder. It looks like he's going to go two today. | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
The second position is the most difficult of the entire race, they | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
get no aerodynamic assistance, there is no slipstream until at | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
least half a lap. Then the first Mans wins out of the way and you | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
have to raise the speed. I think they have put him go in second | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
position, Bobridge will do the lion's work today. We will see | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
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whether that news is correct. The moment, they do tend to back in in | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
the closing stages. Bobridge has already gone into doing massive | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
turns from the start, taking on the second man job of raising the pace | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
and starting with big turns, they are confident in his form. The | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
coach at the side of the track showing them they are well up on | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
the schedule and they are going to use at least the time of the | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
British Board. It is not as quick as Great Britain. He -- the British | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
squad. There is still a long way to go. It's certainly is, there may | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
have chosen a different strategy, which is to do it enough to qualify | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
in the place that they want to. top eight teams go through to round | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
one tomorrow. We will go right through tomorrow to the crowning of | :03:32. | :03:40. | |
the Olympic champion. Nice, smooth style by the Australians. | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
slightly different pacing strategy, rather than choosing the time for | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
each lap. The coach is showing them the cumulative amount by are up or | :03:50. | :03:56. | |
down on their schedule. -- amount they are art. Just stepped back a | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
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champions and world champions on five occasions. They have not got | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
the answer to Great Britain here. Not at the moment, it is all about | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
the final. You have to be in the final first. The coaches were | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
saying they felt they were over a second off the pace of Great | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
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Britain. That is the way it is It is, he has dropped out. How | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
costly is that going to be? It is disastrous, they have over it, two | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
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to go. It looks like to protect O'Shea... He is going to struggle. | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
They are not having a good time and a real surprise from the Australian | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
team. They are aiming to but the time of New Zealand under pressure, | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
and they are ragged, this is not fluid. They are not coping well at | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
all. A real surprise. We expected they would be the big threat, they | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
are going to struggle to get into the final at this rate. They are | :05:24. | :05:34. | |
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very close to the time of New Zealand. Who went 3:57.Six. Clearly | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
they are not happy. They are at the end of the race and this cannot | :05:40. | :05:48. | |
happen quickly enough. He they have got to keep it together, nearly 3.5 | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
seconds in arrears. They are going to be pretty close to New Zealand | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
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who went 3:57.6. They are second. Australia, they are just coming up | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
to complete the a slap. -- it is China versus Australia,, they are | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
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coming up to complete the first going to be closed. Australia take | :07:10. | :07:17. | |
it. -- they come up to the line, it is going to be close. It was a | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
sharp right from the Australian three. They are going to be happy, | :07:20. | :07:27. | |
they got out of the box well. -- sharp ride. They got out of the | :07:27. | :07:37. | |
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blocks well. There were no problems. Technically an excellent race. | :07:37. | :07:45. | |
thousandth of a second quicker than the time they posted in Melbourne | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
when they won the gold medal. He really does fight his bike around | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
the concluding 250, a former junior world champion. This is a great | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
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champions many times, they have versus New Zealand. Bauge will lead | :08:35. | :08:45. | |
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off for France, Sydow will do the sprint title, that takes place | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
later. New Zealand won and sells a bronze medal in the world | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
championships begin it. -- themselves a bronze medal. There is | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
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no change to either squad from the previous round. On a book, -- on | :09:20. | :09:30. | |
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round one of the men's team sprint. Electric start from Bauge of France. | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
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His two team-mates... New Zealand are going to be on the rack, it | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
will be interesting to see if they are OK and that they haven't broken | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
any of the rules. It was a terrific start. It put them in front of | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
France. We are on to the closing stages and France have settled down | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
to the task in hand and they come back to the line. Here come France, | :10:07. | :10:17. | |
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up to the line. 42.991, a cracking time. It makes France the quickest | :10:18. | :10:25. | |
so far in the contest. Mitchell started at 4 Australia, for New | :10:25. | :10:35. | |
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Zealand, rather -- Mitchell started world. Go -- fastest starter in the | :10:43. | :10:53. | |
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world. Go it is but Strinic quickly between Great Britain and Japan | :10:59. | :11:09. | |
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record that was posted in the 19 years of age. The noise is | :11:45. | :11:55. | |
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deafening. Then it will be jays and and Hoy are in fantastic form. It's | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
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not busts in training, it is bound Japan, what an opening lapped. | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
they are already well ahead. Kenny releases Chris Hoy it. This is | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
staggering. Japan are completely blown away. Here comes the big | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
banner, up to the line. -- the big fellow, up to the line. A world | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
record! There are celebrating trackside, the crowd cannot believe | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
it. They are all standing up and waving the Union flag, what a ride. | :13:08. | :13:14. | |
It was all set up by the staggering opening 250 by Hindes. Talk us | :13:14. | :13:23. | |
through this. It is phenomenal. took zero. Sue of a second off his | :13:23. | :13:32. | |
personal best, what a time to do it. best. It was a different man who | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
came out of the blocks, a blistering start and what the other | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
Dott did. It justified that form at the moment. -- what the other two | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
did. If he can do that in the final, surely they are going to get a gold | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
medal. Even the French team are not going to touch that. What it means | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
now, it is the old battle, Great Britain versus bronze or the wide | :13:57. | :14:06. | |
off for gold and silver. Look at the opening times. Go -- Great | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
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Britain versus France for the ride said, maybe 17.3. But is a long | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
shot. He has gone and eclipsed that with his 17.2. A fantastic time. We | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
just need him to do it again. pressure! That is what this event | :14:31. | :14:41. | |
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is all about. It certainly is. Well, track now. This is going to be the | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
ride off for bronze in the women's team sprint. It is going to be | :14:53. | :15:01. | |
between Australia and Ukraine. This could be a one-sided affair. Great | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
Britain has been disqualified from the competition, sad little | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
Australia will be starting in the home straight, they have been the | :15:10. | :15:17. | |
world champions. On several occasions. The experienced pair of | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
Anna Meares. Being held back as they repaired the finishing line | :15:22. | :15:30. | |
taped. Not ideal in this event. Caley McCulloch, getting yourself | :15:30. | :15:40. | |
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it comes to completing the first 250. The Olympic champion from | :15:47. | :15:51. | |
Athens or the 500 metres. The event that no longer takes place in the | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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winners in the world championships in Melbourne, beaten by Germany, | :16:08. | :16:15. | |
the world championships in 2011, 2010 and they are going to be the | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
side to lookout for here, in this clash for the bronze medal. To the | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
left of hours Greene is Australia, the right, starting in the back | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
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go to Australia, who were clearly quicker than Ukraine in the | :16:39. | :16:49. | |
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a second, country mile clear off Ukraine. The dust -- the bronze | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
medal is destined to go to Australia because Ukraine will | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
never catch 0. 7th of second. Australia up to the line, the | :17:03. | :17:13. | |
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Anna Meares, a great, strong opening lap, slightly lower -- slow | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
on this occasion but it was enough to do the job. Kaarle McCulloch, | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
she is not in the best form we have ever seen her but enough to secure | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
a medal. It was not the medal they were here for. No, they were hoping | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
to be in the final, that is for certain. Well, this is the first | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
time this event has been held in the Olympic Games and it appeared | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
in the world championships in 2007. China have never won a world We | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
Shall Overcome but they have won bronze medals and silvers and their | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
opponents here, Germany, are the current world champions and they | :17:54. | :18:02. | |
were the world record holders. China now have set that new world | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
record as we confirm the teams in the gold and silver medal Clash, | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
China versus Germany and it will be China in the home straight and | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
Germany, the world champions, in the back straight. It is close to | :18:16. | :18:26. | |
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call, this? Well, China have really got their act together. They have | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
been scoring their way forwards. It is good to see her in this position. | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
She has worked hard, she has been second many, many times. Now they | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
have a great possibility here. They have their team to the right form | :18:43. | :18:53. | |
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the world record again? They stopped the clock twice inside the | :19:00. | :19:07. | |
mark, 32.47 is the world record they have set. They raised to that | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
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something here because they are 0.3 of a second slower than China and | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
it is all down to the first lap. China were not 0.3 faster than | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
Germany. Germany have to try to hold China in the first 250m. The | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
final of the women's team spent gets under way, the contest for | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
gold and silver medals. The first split is 125 metres, you can see | :20:03. | :20:11. | |
who comes come out of the gate better. China have gone quicker, | :20:11. | :20:21. | |
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five at one hundredths of a second. China are leading but it is very | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
close. Here they come back to their starting station. China take the | :20:28. | :20:38. | |
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gold medal here, 32.619 and Germany get the silver. What a contest, | :20:41. | :20:47. | |
very hot indeed. You could see from the instant the Chinese took the | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
front, she was the better of the two. A very low gear she chose. It | :20:53. | :21:00. | |
is good acceleration off that. The coach is delighted. They deserved | :21:00. | :21:06. | |
that medal. It was a great ride by them. A polished performance by | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
China, two world records and a gold medal. They have come through since | :21:11. | :21:14. | |
the World Championships that took place in Melbourne earlier this | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
year, when they ended the competition with the bronze medal. | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
It was Germany, the world champions on that occasion, who are settling | :21:22. | :21:32. | |
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for silver here. It was Australia men's team sprint to look forward | :21:39. | :21:49. | |
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arena, the result, as the Chinese Olympic champions celebrate. You | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
will hear more about these, they will ride well in the Keirin and | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
the sprint. That is often the way, in these events, when you get form | :22:12. | :22:22. | |
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they will take it all the way The German team looking slightly | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
rueful. They came in as the world champions and world record holders, | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
that has been smashed by China. China have Olympic gold, | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
congratulations to them. As soon as the race finished you said there | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
was something may be slightly suspect about the Chinese? | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
looked like one of the riders, behind ride at two, she had so much | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
speed out of the last term, from our perspective it looked like she | :22:50. | :22:55. | |
overlapped the rider in front. It definitely looked like it. He it is | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
difficult. It is out of the picture, to be honest come on the left. From | :23:01. | :23:06. | |
my perspective it looked like the pursuit line on the Medway, they | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
were neck and neck but even at that point rider one is still a good | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
point ahead of rider two, so I don't know. I'd -- it does not look | :23:17. | :23:23. | |
like they is too much activity from the commissaire. Not too much fear | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
from the Chinese riders. We can see the impromptu Mexican wave in the | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
Valegro. They are still celebrating that stunning performance, not only | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
by the Chinese women, who it has to be said people described them as a | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
dark horse, you would not have said they were favourites for gold? | :23:40. | :23:46. | |
I did not have them down as the gold medal contenders. They have | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
their sums right and they have done well today. Perhaps part of the | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
reason for the atmosphere in here and we will get into the specifics | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
of the men's team sprint, but we have seen three performance from | :23:58. | :24:01. | |
the freed British teams and all those China has obscured one of the | :24:01. | :24:07. | |
world records, we have seen three world records broken by Team GB. | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
is a fast track, first and foremost, but you need the legs and the | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
desire to go fast. We saw in the World Championships how strong we | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
are as a nation so to come to a home Games with technological | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
advances, it was always going to be the case that it would be fast for | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
tonight and for the rest of the track cycling. I imagine Chris Hoy | :24:31. | :24:34. | |
and the boys are thinking, excellent, now we can go faster. | :24:35. | :24:44. | |
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This team is not just about Chris Get ready for this, there is going | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
to be some fireworks. Beijing feels like a long time ago now. | :24:50. | :24:58. | |
COMMENTATOR: They are away, Kenny has released Hoy. Great Britain are | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
the Olympic team sprint champions. I could not be looking forward to | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
it any more than I am. It is very exciting, great to be 36 years of | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
age and feel full of the enthusiasm and the joys of the sport. We have | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
not really hit the heights in the team spent since Beijing and part | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
of that has been Jamie retiring, big shoes to fill, literate -- | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
literally and figuratively. He was a star and held the world record. | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
We have been trying different people, Ross and go, that Crampton, | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
but we find a settled on Philip Hindes. COMMENTATOR: Philip Hindes, | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
19 years of age. A good start by young Philip Hindes. His age, he is | :25:43. | :25:48. | |
making improvements all the time. We see him potentially pulling out | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
something very special on the day. COMMENTATOR: A lifetime best. | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
a great guy, he fits in, he has a great sense of humour. For a kid of | :25:57. | :26:05. | |
his age, he is almost half my age, he is sitting in really well. | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
a really good feeling, the sprint at the minute, the team spent. | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
Everyone is pitching to go quicker. It is a race to get Chris across | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
the line as quick as possible. There is no point being a hero. | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
There is a good team spirit, keeping our fingers crossed it goes | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
well. He is great, Jason Kenny, such a | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
quiet guy but phenomenally talented. All the talk there was about the | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
team spirit amongst these three guys. Give us an idea of what is | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
going through their minds as they sit down and keep warm and go for | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
gold again? As we saw, most of them have their heads bones on, | :26:42. | :26:48. | |
listening to their favourite music. -- headphones. At this point four | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
years ago after the second rider I got anxious, this is it, the gold | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
medal, I had a quick chat with the psychologist who calmed me down and | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
I was like, right, let's do it. I said, you had better be behind me, | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
I am going. Hopefully Philip has the same attitude. That was an | :27:05. | :27:10. | |
astonishing opening lap, 17.2, at far better than anything he has | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
ever done. Where he got that from, I am not sure, probably the crowd. | :27:15. | :27:19. | |
Chris Hoy dominates the headlines. What is he like as a team mate? Is | :27:19. | :27:24. | |
he a man motivator? Does he bring guys with him? He is extremely | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
funny. He is one of the most down to earth guys, a gentleman, but he | :27:29. | :27:35. | |
will ever meet. He is a true gentleman. He is funny. He likes | :27:35. | :27:39. | |
being centre-stage when you are training and warming up and stuff, | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
he is putting out jokes. He is a good lad. I am so happy for what he | :27:44. | :27:50. | |
has accomplished. He deserves every ounce of it. He works so hard. He | :27:50. | :27:54. | |
used to blow my mind when I was training with him, how much he puts | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
into every single effort. We're talking thousands of laps over four | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
years. I hope he walks away from these events with medals, basically. | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
Having stepped away from the trackside and focused on your road | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
Korea, do you miss the camaraderie and training every day, being in | :28:11. | :28:16. | |
developed Rome? To tell you the truth I don't mistake training. It | :28:16. | :28:23. | |
is monotonous, compared to the road. I definitely miss that bonds with | :28:23. | :28:28. | |
the guys. Whether it is the endurance guys, the spin guys, the | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
women, everyone together has a good time. It is a good atmosphere. You | :28:35. | :28:41. | |
need that to get through. You push yourself and I really do miss that. | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
OK, while we are sitting here having this conversation there are | :28:45. | :28:48. | |
discussions going on in the middle because they run doubt now about | :28:48. | :28:53. | |
the Chinese performance as they fought for the gold medal. The | :28:53. | :28:56. | |
question is whether that is going to stand. As we came into this | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
tournament we know the sports governing body were trying to clamp | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
down on this. GB had an issue with this in the World Championships. | :29:03. | :29:07. | |
Explain what they are looking out for and why it is such a hot issue? | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
It is in the rule book. You are not allowed to travel past the rider in | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
front of you. They are looking at the rules, not being any stricter | :29:17. | :29:21. | |
than they should have been. There is a new commissaire, hop on it. | :29:21. | :29:25. | |
Three or four team has got disqualified at the World | :29:25. | :29:29. | |
Championships. Everyone should be let's do this perfectly so there is | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
no question. It is a mistake from GB. Let's go live to Jill Douglas. | :29:35. | :29:40. | |
What is the latest down there? was one of the most bizarre moments | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
of these Games. The German team were waiting to go to the medal | :29:45. | :29:48. | |
ceremony, where they thought they would receive a silver medal and I | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
said, did you know you have won the gold? They did not know. I showed | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
them on the computer, the Chinese team has been relegated. It was | :29:56. | :30:02. | |
amazing. They have skipped down there as high as kites, thrilled to | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
have won the gold medal. Huge disappointment for China, your | :30:05. | :30:11. | |
heart goes out to them. Germany are now the gold medallists. Breaking | :30:11. | :30:16. | |
news are plenty of drama here this evening. Well done, Germany. Not | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
only are you the world champions but the Olympic champions as well | :30:19. | :30:23. | |
but not the way you want to win an Olympic We Shall Overcome, is it? | :30:23. | :30:28. | |
It is not but how they made that mistake, I really don't know. It is | :30:28. | :30:31. | |
hard technically from the perspective of the rider coming | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
around the turn, when to change, it is extremely hard. There are so | :30:35. | :30:40. | |
many things going through your mind. It was to accelerate as hard as she | :30:40. | :30:45. | |
could and she looked a bit of balance to be honest. We have a | :30:45. | :30:48. | |
good you here, she looked off- balance. She might have tried to | :30:48. | :30:52. | |
back-pedal, who knows. Until we look at some slow-motion video, we | :30:52. | :30:58. | |
will not know. A big mistake. That is the way it goes. Hopefully at | :30:58. | :31:08. | |
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super slow speed this will help you If you're up at the back wheel of | :31:10. | :31:15. | |
the front rider and -- if you look at the back wheel of the front | :31:16. | :31:20. | |
rider and different will of the back rider, they pass each other. | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
She had -- and the front wheel of the back rider. But whether that is | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
a genuine mistake, a technical error, or they are not aware of the | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
rules... This is the pursuit line, the middle part of the track. You | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
can be where they want at this point. It was 50 metres prior to | :31:40. | :31:50. | |
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Is this indicative of what happens in competition? Jess Varnish has | :31:52. | :31:55. | |
gone out of the gates thousands of times, is gearing up for a big | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
competition, so how do they make these mistakes? A lot of it can be | :32:00. | :32:06. | |
nerves, we will deal with nerves in a different way. Jess is an | :32:06. | :32:10. | |
extremely young athlete, even though it wasn't really her fault. | :32:10. | :32:15. | |
These mistakes happen, it is the Olympic Games. That is why it is so | :32:15. | :32:22. | |
hard and everyone is so anxious. is the same with the French. It | :32:22. | :32:27. | |
looks like there is some conversation with the French, I | :32:27. | :32:37. | |
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don't know what that is about. made a comment to one of the, CS at | :32:37. | :32:41. | |
the World Championships -- one of the commissaires at the World | :32:41. | :32:48. | |
Championships, they said they need to mark that point more clearly. | :32:48. | :32:54. | |
There needs to be a cone or something. They have put pats them | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
out, I am not sure they were there early on. -- they have put pads | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
down there. It was a clear error, whether she was not aware of the | :33:05. | :33:13. | |
Rolls, she should have been after the fiasco of the world | :33:13. | :33:20. | |
championships. -- aware of the rules. I'm sure the riders would | :33:20. | :33:28. | |
let it stand but the commissaires are strict. It is a strange | :33:28. | :33:31. | |
atmosphere at the moment. At the moment you could hear a pin drop, | :33:31. | :33:35. | |
everybody focused on those two Chinese riders in the centre. Chris | :33:35. | :33:42. | |
Boardman has been calling the racing for us. What is your take? | :33:42. | :33:49. | |
Myself and Sue Porter were watching that and we did think, we said in | :33:49. | :33:51. | |
commentary that Guo went through very quickly, but I thought it | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
might have been just in. We have seen the photo and it is marginal | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
at best. It could have been either way. But too little, too late. | :34:03. | :34:07. | |
There is no right of appeal, the commissar's word is final and they | :34:07. | :34:15. | |
won't go back on a decision. -- the commissaire's word is final. They | :34:15. | :34:18. | |
said at the World Championships they would be very strict on the | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
rules. The British team fell foul of it in Melbourne and here as well | :34:22. | :34:28. | |
with Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish. We see the rather dejected | :34:29. | :34:32. | |
Chinese riders and you have to feel for them. Years of hard effort and | :34:32. | :34:36. | |
it has shown that what they have been doing is the right thing to do. | :34:36. | :34:42. | |
Real frustration for them, to leave without the gold medal. Absolutely. | :34:42. | :34:44. | |
When you look at how they have ridden the whole competition, they | :34:44. | :34:50. | |
have broken the world record on two occasions. It is a huge improvement | :34:50. | :34:56. | |
from the world championships. To be so marginal, it is very difficult | :34:56. | :35:02. | |
to see the infringement. The commissaires are very strict. They | :35:02. | :35:06. | |
have seen it, they have looked on the camera. As Chris rightly said, | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
years ago you could appeal, now you can't, it has been wiped away. | :35:12. | :35:15. | |
Germany won the world championships earlier India, they are now the | :35:15. | :35:24. | |
Olympic champions. It is great disappointment for the Chinese. | :35:24. | :35:31. | |
High -- earlier in the year. Everyone is smiling and cheering | :35:31. | :35:34. | |
because they have gone all-American are at last, they have the kiss | :35:34. | :35:42. | |
camera on the big screen. -- American on us. Not the way that | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
Germany wanted to win the gold medal but they are what champions, | :35:45. | :35:50. | |
they will be delighted. They will, imagine being Jill Douglas and | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
getting to tell them as well, that was quite funny. I am going to | :35:54. | :35:59. | |
focus on the Chinese. Imagine being told you are Olympic champion, and | :35:59. | :36:04. | |
then you're not. It is desperately sad. The flipside is for the German | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
team. They were great competitors, they would have been disappointed | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
and then they got the bonus of a lifetime to say that it is a gold | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
medal for your troubles. They have to put it behind them, ahead are | :36:17. | :36:25. | |
five more days of competition. Guo, it looks like she is walking off, | :36:25. | :36:32. | |
she is not going to do the medal STUDIO: It looks like she might be | :36:32. | :36:42. | |
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It is looking like one of the Chinese riders is leaving the | :36:46. | :36:52. | |
Velodrome. Dejection for China, delight for Germany. This was the | :36:52. | :36:55. | |
moment that Jill Douglas got the privilege of breaking the news that | :36:55. | :37:05. | |
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Apologies for any bad language but given the circumstances, we can | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
forgive them. I think she said, we can't believe it, in German. | :37:28. | :37:36. | |
drama of the Velodrome and the emotion, it is incredible. We have | :37:36. | :37:39. | |
a British men's team pushing forward, going for a gold medal | :37:39. | :37:46. | |
this evening. It has taken the British Cycling to four years to | :37:46. | :37:56. | |
:37:56. | :38:00. | ||
find a first manned hi-hat who they It I kept telling them to give me | :38:00. | :38:04. | |
an offer to come back, I think I did do right thing four years ago. | :38:05. | :38:14. | |
:38:15. | :38:15. | ||
I was going to be 39 here. They have done the job by producing a | :38:15. | :38:24. | |
replacement. Just explain what Philip did so well. We are not | :38:24. | :38:33. | |
seeing Team GB here. Japan was why slower. He has gone up well over | :38:33. | :38:41. | |
two tents. The blink of an eye is about three tenths of a second. On | :38:41. | :38:45. | |
a track it is happening so fast. Whether he got out of the gate a | :38:45. | :38:50. | |
bit better, he is able to compose himself, it is reassuring. Once you | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
have the first ride out of the way, it is a huge relief, you know what | :38:56. | :38:59. | |
you're capable of and he has shown the coaches and his team-mates what | :38:59. | :39:05. | |
he is capable of. I feel calm. I feel I made the right decision, I | :39:05. | :39:09. | |
am happy to stand down. Every time I see these coaches, they say, do | :39:09. | :39:14. | |
you want to come back? Philip has been described as the find of the | :39:14. | :39:18. | |
century. He wasn't involved in British cycling at the team level | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
like this just months ago, here he is competing at the Olympics, it | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
tells you about his mental strength, to pull out a personal best when | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
the team have the chance to ride for a gold medal. At such a young | :39:30. | :39:38. | |
age, to be in his first Olympic Games, he could have easily thought, | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
what if I let these guys down? It is incredible, to do that. It is a | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
true show of what he is worth and why he will hopefully get a medal. | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
Explain why it has been so hard for Britain to find a new man to fill | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
your boots. It is kind of a unique position, the first rider needs a | :40:01. | :40:07. | |
lot of strength. I was a big fellow, I did a lot of weight training, up | :40:07. | :40:15. | |
from my background in BMX. When I was first started doing track, I | :40:15. | :40:22. | |
was a man two. I thought I was wasting my time trying to compete | :40:22. | :40:26. | |
these guys and I needed to focus on the number one spot. There is a lot | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
of dedicated training, a lot of starts and accelerations. He is | :40:31. | :40:36. | |
still young and I have no doubt that in four years, if he is still | :40:36. | :40:40. | |
interested in riding the bike, he will be going sub 17. It just takes | :40:40. | :40:48. | |
a lot of strength, that was my strength. I was able to produce a | :40:48. | :40:57. | |
lot of talk off the line, so just brute strength. He has the biggest | :40:57. | :41:03. | |
calves of anyone you will ever see! This is going to be dramatic. | :41:03. | :41:13. | |
I am excited. Gold or silver, hopefully they are calm or | :41:13. | :41:16. | |
collected her and hopefully they can do the same again. They had a | :41:16. | :41:22. | |
decent gap on France. The total time at the end of the three laps. | :41:22. | :41:26. | |
They have a bit of give. I think they need to go out and do a good | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
ride, they have to try nothing special, just go out and repeat. | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
had the beating of the four years ago. We will bring you the men's | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
team sprint riding for gold very shortly. After the discussion and | :41:40. | :41:43. | |
conversation about China and whether they should get the right | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
to pick up a gold medal, it seems it is not to bid. Germany have been | :41:48. | :41:56. | |
promoted to a gold medal in the marching out, and ready for the | :41:57. | :42:06. | |
:42:07. | :42:07. | ||
medal ceremony. I am pleased that the riders from China are there. It | :42:07. | :42:13. | |
appeared that Guo -- Gong was marching out of the arena, but they | :42:13. | :42:21. | |
are back and present. It is a moment that my co-commentator | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
alongside Mick has been a part of, he knows what it is like -- | :42:26. | :42:30. | |
commentator alongside me. I know what it is like to have it all | :42:30. | :42:38. | |
going well. I feel sorry for the Chinese. Desperately sad, but the | :42:38. | :42:41. | |
rules are the rules, they knew them when they came in, as did every | :42:41. | :42:48. | |
other competitor. The IOC vice- president of Germany will present | :42:48. | :42:58. | |
:42:58. | :43:09. | ||
The flowers will be presented by In third place, and winners of the | :43:09. | :43:19. | |
:43:19. | :43:20. | ||
bronze medal, the team of Australia. Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch. | :43:20. | :43:27. | |
Anna Meares won the gold in Athens in the 500 metres. She gets a | :43:27. | :43:30. | |
bronze medal in the first ever women's team sprint being held in | :43:30. | :43:40. | |
:43:40. | :43:52. | ||
the Olympic Games. Now Kaarle The flowers, being handed out now, | :43:52. | :43:58. | |
which is always the tradition. We are going to hear a lot more of | :43:58. | :44:02. | |
Anna Meares during rest of this track cycling competitions. She | :44:02. | :44:12. | |
will be one to look out for in the of the silver medal are the team of | :44:12. | :44:22. | |
:44:22. | :44:37. | ||
Gong, receiving her silver-medal And now Guo, who will be one of to | :44:37. | :44:42. | |
be competitors in the women's sprint and the women's keirin. -- | :44:42. | :44:52. | |
:44:52. | :45:02. | ||
Smiling, but there must be a great deal of disappointment underneath | :45:02. | :45:11. | |
those smiles. The Olympic champions and the winners of the gold medal | :45:11. | :45:21. | |
:45:21. | :45:27. | ||
They at the Olympic We Shall Overcome to the world We Shall | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
:45:37. | :45:41. | ||
The first Olympic champions to be crowned here the Velodrome in | :45:42. | :45:51. | |
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Very, very happy indeed, Germany. The look on their faces when Jill | :46:12. | :46:16. | |
Douglas actually broke the news to them that they had been promoted to | :46:16. | :46:26. | |
:46:26. | :46:26. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 65 seconds | :46:26. | :47:31. | |
the number-one spot, well, all Two very, very happy ladies. They | :47:31. | :47:41. | |
:47:41. | :47:42. | ||
are the Olympic champions for the team spent. -- sprint. We have got | :47:42. | :47:46. | |
one more team sprint final to go tonight and that of course is the | :47:47. | :47:52. | |
contest for the gold and silver for the men. Great Britain versus | :47:52. | :48:01. | |
France. If Chris Hoy can win the gold medal in that team sprint he | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
will equal the record of Sir Steve Redgrave, five golds. At the moment | :48:06. | :48:11. | |
he has four golds and one silver. The first silver Caimin the team | :48:11. | :48:21. | |
spent in Sydney in 2000. I have already seen Bradley Wiggins set | :48:21. | :48:25. | |
the unprecedented record of more medals in the Olympic Games | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
competitions by a British competitor come when he won the | :48:28. | :48:34. | |
gold in the time-trial the other day, raising his number to seven. | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
It is astonishing. Running just a little late because we have had | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
drama in the arena with relegations and false starts. Two more races | :48:45. | :48:52. | |
here to tidy up day one. First on the track will be the team's of | :48:52. | :49:02. | |
:49:02. | :49:18. | ||
sprints we will see them riding for gold, silver and bronze but before | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
we get into that, we will look at Twitter and everybody is saying, | :49:22. | :49:25. | |
why would Great Britain thrown out of the competition completely | :49:25. | :49:29. | |
because of the infringement that they incurred, however, China pick | :49:29. | :49:34. | |
up a silver medal. Can you explain that? I am not able to quote the | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
rule book. It is within the realm you are in. If you are within the | :49:38. | :49:42. | |
realm of 14 you are relegated to the bottom of that role. If you are | :49:42. | :49:48. | |
in the realm for one and two, you are relegated to two. That is what | :49:48. | :49:52. | |
I make of it. I thought that for a second earlier on, wondering what | :49:52. | :49:58. | |
would happen, but they get put down, that race, and the race was the | :49:58. | :50:02. | |
gold and silver. China had earned the right have either a gold or | :50:02. | :50:06. | |
silver. Sadly, for Great Britain, it put them race at the bottom of | :50:06. | :50:11. | |
the time sheet, so they did not get a chance to write for a medal. Now, | :50:11. | :50:17. | |
you can see Germany gearing up. They described this as their first | :50:17. | :50:22. | |
priority at these Games. Do they have what it takes to beat the | :50:22. | :50:26. | |
Australians? Now back issue Porter and Chris Boardman. | :50:26. | :50:31. | |
Right on time, looking at Australia preparing for the contest against | :50:31. | :50:35. | |
their opponents, Germany. This is the right off for the bronze medal. | :50:35. | :50:40. | |
On the left, Germany, on the right, starting in the back straight, the | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
team of Australia. I wake we go. Australia are the current world | :50:44. | :50:49. | |
champions. These are the early stages, so important to get out of | :50:49. | :50:56. | |
the gate and post at quick time for the first lap. Already Germany are | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
ahead by 0.24 of a second. There is the first it's late, Australia are | :51:01. | :51:07. | |
not 0.3 back. A staggering opening lap. Germany in charge of this | :51:07. | :51:14. | |
contest. It is all the bronze medal. Germany are not 0.23 ahead. | :51:14. | :51:18. | |
Australia have not got an answer to get back on terms and Australia, | :51:18. | :51:24. | |
try as they might, with so last man, can he get back on terms? It is | :51:24. | :51:31. | |
close. 0.14 is the difference. Germany take the bronze medal. | :51:31. | :51:39. | |
was all about the first lap. 17.1 seconds. A fantastic opening lap. | :51:39. | :51:44. | |
Australia were a couple of bike lengths down, too much to make up | :51:44. | :51:49. | |
in a competition of three laps. were right, Chris. Getting out of | :51:49. | :51:55. | |
that gate is so important. When you have a man like they do, who | :51:55. | :52:00. | |
composed 17.136, it is almost impossible to peg back -- who can | :52:00. | :52:07. | |
post. They have worked so hard for this event. It is almost a form of | :52:07. | :52:11. | |
weight lifting, to drive out of the gate like this. You almost don't | :52:11. | :52:16. | |
need to breeze for an effort of less than 20 seconds. A lot of | :52:16. | :52:23. | |
muscle definition there. They release the final rider. Now, the | :52:23. | :52:28. | |
raw is beginning to resonate around the arena because we are getting | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
ready for the final of the men's team sprint. This is going to be an | :52:33. | :52:38. | |
absolute cracker. It is Great Britain versus France. Great | :52:38. | :52:42. | |
Britain in the right off that they just recorded went very quick | :52:42. | :52:51. | |
indeed, to set a world record of 40 tip -- 47.... Listen to the raw. | :52:51. | :52:56. | |
The crowd are standing up as they welcome the three representatives | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
of Great Britain, Philip Hindes, the 19-year-old will lead-off. He | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
blazed his way around the boards in 17.2 in the previous round. There | :53:06. | :53:13. | |
is Chris Hoy, just preparing. In the middle, Jason Kenny. Kenny and | :53:13. | :53:18. | |
Hoy have gold medals from four years ago. It will be a formidable | :53:18. | :53:28. | |
:53:28. | :53:29. | ||
trio of France in the back straight, led off by Gregory Bauge. Well, | :53:29. | :53:34. | |
Gregory Bauge is the fastest starter in the world. The next | :53:34. | :53:38. | |
fastest starter in the world is on the other side of the track, young | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
Philip Hindes. He has to produce a personal best again here, if they | :53:42. | :53:48. | |
are going to stay in contention. is going to be a thriller. Away we | :53:48. | :53:54. | |
go! The final of the men's team sprint. Philip Hindes leads off, he | :53:54. | :54:00. | |
has to post a 17.2 to contain the efforts of Gregory Bauge. France | :54:00. | :54:06. | |
are behind already. Hines is rising to the challenge. Yes, Great | :54:06. | :54:11. | |
Britain are leading. It is another 17.2 by Philip Hindes. Now it is | :54:11. | :54:17. | |
Jason Kenny. Storming around the track. France are on the back but. | :54:17. | :54:22. | |
It is not 0.2 behind. France are never going to Paul this back. Here | :54:22. | :54:27. | |
comes Chris Hoy. Hoy is coming to the final turn, lining up. The | :54:27. | :54:34. | |
crowd are going mad! Gold medal for Great Britain. The new world record, | :54:34. | :54:39. | |
42.6. I don't believe what I am seeing here! They are going quicker | :54:40. | :54:44. | |
and quicker and Great Britain have won the gold for the team sprint. | :54:44. | :54:52. | |
Jason Hinds, -- Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, Chris Hoy, the 5th | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
gold medal for Sir Chris Hoy, equalling the record for Sir Steve | :54:58. | :55:03. | |
Redgrave. Talk us through that, Chris. What a ride x to measure -- | :55:03. | :55:10. | |
what are right! Exciting, Philip Hindes had to do the right of his | :55:10. | :55:14. | |
life there. He has been put in a high-pressure positions. To coming | :55:14. | :55:19. | |
to a race like this, never been in a situation like this before, | :55:19. | :55:22. | |
posted another 17.2 second lap. They desperately-needed that if | :55:23. | :55:27. | |
they were going to defeat the might of France and it they did it, all | :55:27. | :55:31. | |
three of them all the form of their lives. The coach there with days | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
Brailsford, they can be rightly proud of themselves -- with dace | :55:36. | :55:42. | |
Brailsford. A fantastic job, well done. What a performance. There is | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
a VIPs, you won't get anybody more important than the assembled the | :55:48. | :55:52. | |
the I P heirs. That tears are pouring down Jason Kenny, his | :55:52. | :55:55. | |
second gold medal. He was in the team that won the gold medal in | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
Beijing. Looking at the form he has got, he has a good chance of | :55:59. | :56:04. | |
beating Gregory Bauge in the sprint later in these championships. The | :56:04. | :56:09. | |
celebration is now beginning to unfold. Philip Hindes grabs the | :56:09. | :56:12. | |
Union flag to do a lap of honour. When you think he had to dismiss | :56:12. | :56:17. | |
the fall early on, Chris? It is dodgy, giving him the flab -- the | :56:17. | :56:23. | |
flag. He was wobbly with both hands on the bars. They should pass it on | :56:23. | :56:30. | |
to somebody more experienced. There is someone who is. Sir Chris Hoy, | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
equal to so Steve Redgrave, five gold medals. He has a silver, six. | :56:35. | :56:44. | |
You could get another one and you could be equal to Bradley Wiggins! | :56:44. | :56:50. | |
He could be Sir, in a few months' time. Look at this, it isn't on up | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
and a privilege to sit here in this fellow drome. You could cut the | :56:54. | :57:04. | |
atmosphere with a knife and form. - - with a knife and fork. What a | :57:04. | :57:07. | |
responsibility for Philip Hindes. He delivered everything he needed | :57:07. | :57:11. | |
to. Sir Chris Hoy knows what this feels like. He can enjoy this | :57:11. | :57:16. | |
experience. Young Philip Hindes has never been here before. He looks | :57:16. | :57:22. | |
shocked at the moment. He has not sure what to do. To deliver that | :57:22. | :57:27. | |
performance, to know it is down to you. The team behind you is lined | :57:27. | :57:31. | |
up but you have to put them into the race at the right speed and he | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
did it. All that hard work has paid off and Great Britain have won the | :57:36. | :57:40. | |
gold medal here, successfully defending the We Shall Overcome | :57:40. | :57:50. | |
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break won four years ago in Beijing. France and Gregory Bauge, but like | :57:57. | :58:02. | |
four years ago, Team GB pick up the medal. These are the scenes the | :58:02. | :58:07. | |
people of this country were dreaming about. Sir Chris Hoy, the | :58:07. | :58:12. | |
greatest Olympian, and winning goal. Jamie, you picked up the gold four | :58:12. | :58:18. | |
years ago. How do you feel? I want to cry, it is awesome. Feel free to | :58:18. | :58:25. | |
cry. Unbelievable. I am so happy, speechless. It is worth remembering | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
this man is the elder statesman of the team. Young Philip Hindes, 19 | :58:30. | :58:37. | |
years old, kept his head and delivered the gold. It is | :58:37. | :58:43. | |
incredible to see, every lap got faster. To hear the noise from the | :58:43. | :58:47. | |
crowd and see Sir Chris Hoy going round, beautiful. I would not be | :58:47. | :58:52. |