Track Worlds in Netherlands
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Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby MichaelB » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:15 am
Brilliant effort
And to top it off, Anna & Kaarle are Team Sprint WC's as well !!!!
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby MichaelB » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:06 am
Meares : Individual Sprint
Frieburg : Mens Omnium
Meyer & Howard : Madison (again !!)
Perkins : Mens Kieren
And Honourable mention to Kate Bates for taking Silver in Womens scratch race
Not a bad effort for a little country !!!
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby jules21 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:00 am
however, without meaning to belittle these great achievements, i find the media's coverage frustrating. they love headlines like "aussie world champ!" for obscure stuff like the omnium. the uninformed would believe this was a huge triumph, while ignoring gossy's win at MSR - which frankly dwarfs most of the world championship track titles for status - probably assuming it was a local race against some italians. is it too much to ask for sports editors to have a clue about what they're reporting on?
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby MichaelB » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:16 pm
For an absolute chnage, the Adelaide Advertiser actually had an article on Gossy's MSR win, but bugger all about the track successes, which is odd , as some of the guys come from SA - Bobridge, Durbridge - something about -idges ?jules21 wrote:first off, congrats to the aussies for cleaning up.
however, without meaning to belittle these great achievements, i find the media's coverage frustrating. they love headlines like "aussie world champ!" for obscure stuff like the omnium. the uninformed would believe this was a huge triumph, while ignoring gossy's win at MSR - which frankly dwarfs most of the world championship track titles for status - probably assuming it was a local race against some italians. is it too much to ask for sports editors to have a clue about what they're reporting on?
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World Champs-Michael Freiberg
Postby peewee_cc » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:35 pm
Michael Freiberg won the most gruelling event the Omnium and is an absolute freak!! In the last kilometre time trial he needed a top 9 finish and results to go his way and he got there in 6th and a 4 point win overall.
I came across his website to see what he is about and it is fantastic
http://www.michaelfreiberg.com/, i also came across a video of the time trial, http://www.michaelfreiberg.com/2011/03/ ... sentation/
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby shiv » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:49 pm
MichaelB wrote:For an absolute chnage, the Adelaide Advertiser actually had an article on Gossy's MSR win, but bugger all about the track successes, which is odd , as some of the guys come from SA - Bobridge, Durbridge - something about -idges ?jules21 wrote:first off, congrats to the aussies for cleaning up.
however, without meaning to belittle these great achievements, i find the media's coverage frustrating. they love headlines like "aussie world champ!" for obscure stuff like the omnium. the uninformed would believe this was a huge triumph, while ignoring gossy's win at MSR - which frankly dwarfs most of the world championship track titles for status - probably assuming it was a local race against some italians. is it too much to ask for sports editors to have a clue about what they're reporting on?
Dont forget Anna Meares is one of us now!
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby MichaelB » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:40 am
Perkins holding off Sir Hoy was a pretty good highlight as well !!!
GB must be mnaking all sorts of excuses ....
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby JV911 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:40 am
we're a fickle bunch aren' we? but it is about time cycling took its rightful place as number 1shiv wrote:Heard about Jacks win on Triple J, and they added that cycling should now be made our national sport as its the only thing we are good at these days
i've never understood the fascination with swiming...it's so boring!
Cyclists to fly the flag at London Olympics
THE stunning success of Australia's track cyclists at the world championships has raised the possibility of them replacing the swimmers as the nation's flagship team at next year's Olympics.
Spearheaded by Anna Meares, they enjoyed a record-breaking week at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands, powering to eight gold medals, including victories in six of the 10 Olympic events.
With Australia ending last year without a swimmer ranked No. 1 in the world in an Olympic event, the cyclists appear to be filling the breach 16 months out from the London Games.
Advertisement: Story continues below But in between the smiles and tears following Australia's best medal haul at a world championships - eight gold, two silver and one bronze - was the reality that the job is far from done.
''The really big competitors in the world have yet to really raise their hands,'' Cycling Australia national performance director Kevin Tabotta warned. ''That is the challenge we have to lift to.''
Great Britain has huge expectations in track cycling for the London Olympics after dominating the 2008 Beijing Games, where Australia disappointed and immediately set about rebuilding.
Britain's performance director Dave Brailsford claimed he wasn't worried about the resurgent Australians after his team collected the second-most medals - just one gold, plus three silver and five bronze.
''They have had a great championships but we are not concerned about other nations at the moment,'' Brailsford said. ''I wouldn't be overly concerned by the Australians. There's nothing in it.''
Athens Olympic gold medallist Meares enjoyed a breakthrough competition, winning the team sprint, sprint and keirin.
Her win over British arch-rival Victoria Pendleton on the way to her maiden sprint world title was enormous as a psychological fillip going towards London 2012.
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby r2160 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:16 am
It would be great if we had the cyclists leading the Aussie team!!
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby fats » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:57 am
Nah, just a world championship, or 8!''I wouldn't be overly concerned by the Australians. There's nothing in it.''
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
Postby MichaelB » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:23 am
Bah
Only 1 gold to 8 - sucks big time I reckon.
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Re: World Champs-Michael Freiberg
Postby Aushiker » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:08 pm
See here.peewee_cc wrote:Has anyone been watching the Track World Champs in the Netherlands at the moment??
Michael Freiberg won the most gruelling event the Omnium and is an absolute freak!! In the last kilometre time trial he needed a top 9 finish and results to go his way and he got there in 6th and a 4 point win overall.
I came across his website to see what he is about and it is fantastic
http://www.michaelfreiberg.com/, i also came across a video of the time trial, http://www.michaelfreiberg.com/2011/03/ ... sentation/
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Re: Track Worlds in Netherlands
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