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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Jonny Brownlee had to stop at some point on this run and serve out his 15 second time penalty..
shame they didn't add it to his final time -or- stop him on the bike ride (as would have had less impact).. his brother still up at the front though
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"Jonny Brownlee had to stop at some point on this run and serve out his 15 second time penalty..
shame they didn't add it to his final time -or- stop him on the bike ride (as would have had less impact).. his brother still up at the front though
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How do you figure that the penalty on the bike would have had less of an impact? At that stage of the race it would have been catastrophic. |
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"so Britain now has as many Gold medals as we own in China, and just 5 medals short of our total haul with a silver on it's way from the windsurfing"
We are guarteed beating total medal haul from Beijing as have already booked minimum 4 boxing medals  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can slip stream, his bro could slowed the front pack, etc"
How do you slip stream a pack that you are 15 seconds behind?
And how does one rider slow a group of over 20 riders?
Answer to both is you can't. Had he taken the penalty at that point every other favourite would have hammered it on the bike and the gap would have widdened massively. Out of interest had you ever watched a triathlon before this week... |
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"so Britain now has as many Gold medals as we own in China, and just 5 medals short of our total haul with a silver on it's way from the windsurfing"
.... and there's still six days left...... Here's hoping.... 
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Didn't catch that, the way was posted on bbc website implied it was judges decision.. If was his choice and he felt during the run was his preference then good call |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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"Jonny Brownlee had to stop at some point on this run and serve out his 15 second time penalty..
shame they didn't add it to his final time -or- stop him on the bike ride (as would have had less impact).. his brother still up at the front though
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GB triathlete vicky holland explained on bbc at the time of the event the rider can pick when to serve his penalty and it was a good call by johhny brownlee to take on the run section after he and alistair had pushed it to open a gap with which he could take his penalty stop in relative safety,just a pity the spanish athletewas hanging on to them!.
great performances by the brownlee brothers!. |
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he looked like he was only going to get bronze and johnny did.... 
