In reply to mountainmadness:
> (In reply to winhill)
>
> I'm not after platitudes,
But everyone expects the Anodyne Losers Speech:
i) I've trained really hard
ii) I've really enjoyed it
iii) I've had tremendous support from family friends coach
iv) The crowd has been marvellous
v) I really tried my best
vi) The best man/woman/team won on the day and it wasn't to be.
Like some Scott of the Antartic stoicism.
What's wrong with the Jody Cundy school of etiquette?
He raged at the officials, hurled a water bottle to the floor, collapsed in a heap and then had to be restrained by his team mechanic as he advanced towards the commissaire who disqualified him.
As he was led away from the scene and down into the bowels of the velodrome and the crowd, he railed against the decision in stark terms.
"I fell out of the gate because the f*cking thing won't open. Yet here I am, I can't ride. Everybody else gets the f*cking re-ride," he said, as a British official tried to calm him down and his girlfriend raced to his side.
"Do you know what it's like? Four years of my life. I'll never get the chance to do it. In front of a 6,000 home crowd, I'll never get this opportunity ever, ever again. Never. What am I supposed to do?"
How does it
feel?
Like this:
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/8/31/1346439...