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Originally Posted by Grater My preview
Mens Team Sprint
Great Britain have come here well prepared. They want gold and they will get gold. They beat the French in the world championships at home earlier in the year and they have a strong team. Stronger than the French IMO. France however, are a strong team. Netherlands will put up a fight. Good underdog status is Germany who took gold in this event in Athens. They failed in the world championships that year. This year, they failed in the world championships. Can history repeat? One thing for sure, there is not going to be much in this. The top 5 will be very close.
Gold - Great Britain
Silver - Germany
Bronze - France
Fourth - Netherlands
Womens Individual Pursuit
Rebecca Romero @ $1.85
Romero is a gun at this discipline. Will be hard to beat. Her only challenger will come from the yank in Hammer.
Gold - Rebecca Romero
Silver - Katie Mactier
Bronze - Sarah Hammer
Fourth - Alison Shanks
Mens Team Pursuit
Great Britain takes this with ease. Only a crash can stop them from taking gold.
Gold - Great Britain
Silver - Denmark
Bronze - Netherlands
Fourth - Australia
Womens Sprint
Pendelton deserves the favouritism and will probably take this out. However, Anna Meares used to be the world champion and used to be the World Record Holder. A question mark is over the health status of Anna Meares after her accident. But we know that a fully fit Anna Meares is the best in the world at this discipline. Meares and Pendleton fight out Gold and Silver and I edge it to Meares 2 - 1 in the final.
Gold - Anna Meares
Silver - Victoria Pendleton
Bronze - Guo Shuang
Fourth - Jennie Reid
Mens Individual Sprint
Great Britain's Hoy and France's Sireau fight this out. Hoy is riding in great form and Sireau is a good sprinter. This like the Womens is going to be a good final. Hoy takes this.
Gold - Chris Hoy
Silver - Kevin Sireau
Bronze - Ryan Bayley
Fourth - Theo Bos
Mens Individual Pursuit
This is Bradley Wiggins event to lose. Wiggins should **** this in. Nothing more to say about it.
If you like an underdog, Taylor Phinney is one to watch. He's being hyped up everywhere. In January he won this event in LA and came 8th in Manchester and has only been on the track for 10 months.
Gold - Wiggins
Silver - Phinney
Bronze - McGee
Fourth - Huizenga
Mens Madison
People will say I'm being bias, but nothing can stop the Great Britain pair of Cavendish and Wiggins. Cav is the fastest man in the world - particularly on the track and Wiggins is a handy team mate. Pollock and his team mate are the only threat to this.
Gold - Great Britain
Silver - Germany
Bronze - to come tomorrow
Fourth - to come tomorrow |
All good except the Madison and Womens Sprint. But it was a good call on Meares to fight out gold with Pendleton as I said.
Great Britain are so going to dominate track cycling for the next 10 years. Australia are in a spot of bother.
08-21.-2008
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