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"Can I just say something......Firstly thank you to the people that have supported me throughout this whole mess up. I am not blaming Jodie for being selected or blaming her for not stepping down. I am blaming GM for selecting an unfit athlete in the first place and then lying to both of us from then on. GM promised me on several occasions, and infront of respected people in the triathlon world, that he would pull JS from the team if she did not finish in a top 5 place in the World cups mentioned. He didn't tell JS the same. It was only when she failed to finish in the top 5 that he then tried to pull her from the team. He asked her to withdraw and say that she was injured. Rightly so, JS declined this. He's screwed up and I feel that i've paid for it and in a way so has Jodie. He could have handled it so differently. As for JD. She was clearly injured in Cyprus and had pain killing injections in her foot. However both the doc and GM said that she was fit enough to finish the race. They could only pull her if they felt she wouldn't be able to finish. I should have been explained this before travelling to Cyprus. It was very hard for me to see it all happening infront of me. Something needs to be done. Athletes cannot go through this again. Having watched the race on tv today I wasn't in the least bit surprised. MD did great. She nearly always does and no one deserved their place in the team more than her. What can I say about the others? Perhaps i'll leave that to GM to explain. It was won by a class runner. I'd like to think that I had a chance but unfortunately I wasn't given that chance. As for JD helping MD in the race.....it's never happened before and it's been brought up on many an occasion.
Let's hope the men do something good tomorrow.
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Agree entirely with Andrea W - you can't get your form back in a couple of weeks and picking an unfit athlete should only happen when you have no realistic alternatives.
Hard to say on the bike - they may have been waiting for others to try and push on - you've got to remember in the TdF they often have team members who are there just to chase with no individual aspirations - that isn't the case here so maybe nobody wanted to sacrifice themselves for the bunch. Sooner or later though some country is going to start using the rules to their advantage. eg - 3 good cyclists could build up a big gap on the rest if they could finish in the main group in the swim. If one of them could run a bit they'd have the medal in the bag.
Andrea has posted again - and I have no doubt it is her - pop over to tritalk and join in if you like.
apart from harrop, and allen..!
Let's not forget that the hill on the bike course was 1in6 so no wonder they looked like they were going slow.
*giggle*
sorry...sorry...I know what you mean, ignore me.....
{starts clearing diary and warming up accosting gloves}