After reading all of the information about how the Olympic team from Great Britain pushed the envelope of rules by having an ambiguous way to purchase the Olympic bikes through their website, to have the latest admission by the British team just makes me sick.
It may be in letter of the rules, but seems to violate the spirit of the Olympics.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/...-sprint_232933
It may be in letter of the rules, but seems to violate the spirit of the Olympics.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/...-sprint_232933
Hindes, who made the switch from Germany to Britain only a year ago, has made the demanding “man one” starting position in the three-man event his own following a series of stunning performances over one lap of the track.
But he came close to sending Britain crashing out of the competition when his front wheel skidded only seconds after he left the start gate with Jason Kenny and Sir Chris Hoy on his wheel.
The top two teams from the first round qualified for the gold medal match. And, facing the prospect of losing just a fraction of a second to his rivals with a slow start, Hindes decided on some remedial action.
“So I crashed, I did it on purpose just to get the restart, just to have the fastest ride. It was all planned really,” said Hindes.
Pretty pathetic in my opinion.