Track racing, Rio 2016 **spoilers**

[Supersuperleeds]

Did I misread it?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

So Brits post the 2 fastest times!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Nope Vogel now 6th

 

[HF2300]

Ligtlee knocks Meares down to 4th.

Safer that way. If only TV coverage reflected medals.

To be fair, there are a lot of Brit medals in several sports tonight and they're stuck with only two mainstream channels, but there's a lot of time filling and puff going on - BBC4 are interviewing members of the public at the moment while waiting for the tennis.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Did I misread it?

I wouldn't swear to it. I thought it was 3rd and I've only had 2 glasses of wine so far.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

To be fair, there are a lot of Brit medals in several sports tonight and they're stuck with only two mainstream channels, but there's a lot of time filling and puff going on - BBC4 are interviewing members of the public at the moment while waiting for the tennis.

And more people cycle than play tennis. Give tennis a stream and cycling a bit of telly.

 

[sleaver]

To be fair, there are a lot of Brit medals in several sports tonight and they're stuck with only two mainstream channels, but there's a lot of time filling and puff going on - BBC4 are interviewing members of the public at the moment while waiting for the tennis.

They could show those medals on both channels rather than a mixed doubles match between the Americans.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Viviani has to pick up a medal, I reckon. Great cyclist.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

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The Omnium confuses me full stop.

 

[HF2300]

They could show those medals on both channels rather than a mixed doubles match between the Americans.

Well, that ignores the timing, but they could be doing a lot better than they are and they could be filling the gaps with a lot more than just puff, interviews and pre-recorded segments.

 

[coffeejo]

Right, made it. What have I missed?

 

[HF2300]

This is the sort of thing that annoys me - they ignore races that are actually going on, having just introduced them, in order to have a pre-recorded interview that could be shown any time.

 

[HF2300]

Right, made it. What have I missed?

Hi Jo, James & Marchant got top time in the sprint qualifying with Vogel and Hansen (of NZ) fairly close, Cav just going in the omnium scratch race now, about 40-ish laps to go.

 

[Buddfox]

It would be handy if they had a lap counter rather than a clock for the scratch race...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Right, made it. What have I missed?

James and Marchant posted the fastest sprint qualifying times.