Olympic Cross Country, One Hour to Start!!!!

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Yes, they are Breath Right strips. The same thing that the football players wear.[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

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It was Geoffrey Curran - he had 30.4 time[/QUOTE]

I think there was a typo - it said 0.00 penalties under his name on the screen at the end, but his time was well over 8 min.

I wonder why that horse took that extra stride there? Too bad for the Chinese guy.

Doh. Hope they’re OK.

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The Chinese rider was lovely through the first water - I hope he has a solid, safe go.[/QUOTE]
Oh, so sad, he’s off and elim :frowning: I was really rooting for him to finish, but I was concerned about his youth and the amount of pressure on him.

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Thanks! Why did my brain see 0 on the screen? (don’t ask!)

Has anyone come in without penalties yet? I missed the beginning…[/QUOTE]

WF-P had 10 - he is the lowest so far.

I swear, Lord Killinghurst is a great trooper, but, man, is he an ugly runner and jumper. He does NOT look like he should be capable of what he does!

They originally posted 0.

I think Wm. Fox-Pitt should be feeling glad to be alive…

My ‘play by play’ listing on the left skips riders from time to time, which makes keeping track of who I’m looking at even harder. They haven’t updated since Samantha.

It’s great that they show the finish stats, would be nice if they’d include the xc penalties as a separate stat.

I love Marius! They way he snatches his knees up and the look on his face reminds me of a cute, little Welsh pony hunter.

oh NO!! Lord killinghurst - what a save. he’ll be sore.

ooh that was a little ugly

dam that was unfortunate- horse looke a little wiggly and distracted through there

Oooh, Andrew -Hoy- ed: Gah, Andrew NICHOLSON, for some reason I always mix them up! looked like he was on a very fast time before that fall. Too bad.

Fortunately, the commercial came AFTER the fall and replay for once.

Am I remembering right that he had an unfortunate, unexpected fall at Athens too?

Well, I’m a fool for a gray, but Marius is loffly!

You can put me in the Marius fan club, too. Not only does he jump nice, but he’s gorgeous.

GO BECKY & COMET!!!

i agree- love the grey! looks to be pretty handy and is not wasting any time.

here goes becky

where’s Becky?

nevermind, I found the live online results! How do they determine optimal time? Is it distance and jumping efforts only?

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Poor Amy…What an unfortunate fall sighs[/QUOTE]

Yeah, too bad, Amy. You didn’t even get what you deserved. Too bad you didn’t rip out all your suspensory ligaments when you fell.