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They may not have shown the athlete that grabbed her bike without her helmet on NBC, but they did on CTV (Canadian TV) and believe me – we screamed and shouted for her to put her helmet on and assumed there would be a penalty. Lucky? Or didn’t matter anyway?
The helmet incident was included in the Eurovision Sports Live feed, which various broadcasters use. You can still see the replay in the Triathlon playlist at link to eurovisionsports.tv
It takes only a couple of seconds around 32:15, most folks (like moi) probably didn’t think it was such a big deal.
However @richardmelik tweeted right then:
“Woah – is that a Xxxxx Xxxxxxx DQ – bike off rack before helmet? #triathlon #london2012”
Hi Ray, the soldiers look like Gurkha’s to me.
Aussie commentators commented on the incident as it happend too. If I was a Canadian I would have been yellout out at the tv too….
I understand it’s not a DQ at the olympics but a stop+go 15 second penalty, which I believe she served (she was shown standing during the run in the penalty box)
And yes the soldiers are in the dress of the Royal Gurkha Rifles – link to army.mod.uk
Those soldiers in Khaki are from the Gurkha Regiment. There was a big controversy that happened some time back, you can read about it here:
link to dailymail.co.uk
Awesome! The Women’s TRI began at 3am Chicago time, so I just caught the last lap of the bike and the run. Love all the photos!
Enjoy!
The helmet incident made the NBC feed here in the US too. The commentators didn’t say anything- but I was screeming at the TV. I had wondered if she received a penalty or not. Where was the penalty box located and could you guys see it from where you were sitting? We didn’t get much of a look into that part of the race from the TV coverage and I wondered how many penalties were given out.
As a live spectator- did you guys have much insight into what was happening out on the bike course? In particular- there was one corner with lots of crashes.
The penalty box was just prior to the dismount line (coming into/towards transition), on the grandstand side. Tough to see from most of the stands.
That said, they did announce to the crowd that there were no penalties coming out of T1 – and we didn’t see anyone serve any penalties. Of course, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen – we just didn’t hear about it in the stands.
As far as the bike course goes and our view of it – they had it all on massive video screens (you can see them in some of the photos above), and did indeed replay the crashes/etc for us. I thought this was interesting as when we went to a football game later in the day – they would never replay anything. Nonetheless, all was good from our viewpoint in the stands on the screens.
Ray, so pleased you’re calling football football. This is a big step in your transition to the old world 🙂
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They usually don’t allow replays at the football venues to avoid questioning the referee’s calls (which are often wrong). That way the match supposedly isn’t influenced and the crowds don’t get agitated.
Yes they are Gurkas from Nepal/Himalayas
One note on the distance on the bike. The NBC (streaming) commentator noted that “Olympic” distances do vary which is why there is no official World Record. I had a quick look online and that seems to be the case?!?
Ray- Great stuff! Which camera equipment did you use?
Thanks
Jeff
Thanks Jeff!
I used a Canon 7D DSLR with a EF-S 10-22mm lens and a 75-300mm lens.
Enjoy!
Nice review but it eould have been nice to hear a little more on your view on the finish and also a little more of what happened with Laura Findley during the race, it seems you assume we already saw the race…
Thank you for mentioning Paula. She was so disappointed in her performance, and said she felt she let Canada down. She did NOT. She finished, despite the pain and the hard mental battle of being so far behind where she wanted to be. She exemplified Canadian and Olympic spirit. We all sent her many, many hugs.