Gold Coast Comm Games
-
@taniwharugby said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@snowy win at all costs in a discipline like shooting or archery would not be ideal...
There is definitely a "line" there.
-
@no-quarter It's not that. It's the picture of Gaze flipping Cooper off as his bike was getting fixed that has flown around the world.
-
@mokey although TBF I can understand that emotional moment more than his reaction afterwards.
IN the heat of the moment he has expected (right or wrong) he would stop too, but didn't, so thought F-You and flipped the bird...if he had been sweet after the race, I expect less woudla been made of that moment, which is what he will be remembered for.
-
I'm not sure why Gaze would have the expectation if it's not in the etiquette of the sport, AND the two have a history of conflict. But I don't ever want to see men wearing the silver fern flipping each other off in competition. Gaze acted like a brat, then made it worse by being an ugly winner. However, he apologised, good on him for that, here's hoping both of them grow up a bit and realise there are always cameras ready to take an embarrassing shot. Because that's what happens in the big time.
-
@taniwharugby said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
IN the heat of the moment he has expected (right or wrong) he would stop too, but didn't, so thought F-You and flipped the bird...if he had been sweet after the race, I expect less woudla been made of that moment, which is what he will be remembered for.
It is fantastic marketing by Gaze. Everyone knows who he is now.
One of the good things about Comm. Games etc is that the athletes' comments haven't been sanitized by endless media training, so they may actually be worth listening to.
And so we end up with Ben Fouhy, the Robertson bros, Nick Willis and now Sam Gaze.
-
@mokey but why did he expect the other to stop, as his reaction would suggest he did, regardless of the sports etiquette? This is the root cause of the whole thing...
Did these 2 come 1/2 in the last comm games too, think I heard that this morning, yet I knew neither before this event, well even then, just the post race shit.
Also agree, comes across like a childish brat post win.
-
I've never seen an expectation that you don't attack because someone has a mechanical. It's not like road racing because there's no peloton, you don't have teams.
Quite frankly Gaze looked like a dick at the end rather than someone elated that he won.
-
@machpants said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Yeah I can't see why he should have waited, it's not like they are slip streaming over dozens of miles. But I only ride MB not follow them, is there often people stopping when someone blows a tyre???
never in the history of mountain biking, or one day road racing. No precedent at all.
the opposite in fact - best time to attack.
Gaze MASSIVE twat. Not just for his actions during the race, but the way he carried on after.
Getting everything he deserves.
-
Gaze has had some bad luck with mechanical issues in past races like Rio so there must have been some frustration there that he thought it was happening again. But given he did so well to get back and win the gold he should have been kept his mouth shut and taken the kudos.
-
-
-
Black Ferns just thrashed Kenya 45-0 in the first sevens game. Including a Portia hat trick. Aussie beat Wales comfortably in their game.
A giant FUCK YOU to the TVNZ commentator who talked about the large crowd of 27,000 then added 'it's only the women playing'. And FUCK YOU again.
-
-
@mokey said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
A giant FUCK YOU to the TVNZ commentator who talked about the large crowd of 27,000 then added 'it's only the women playing'. And FUCK YOU again.
How are the men getting on at the netball? And any thoughts on crowd size?
(where is that fishing emoji)
-
