http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html en-gb 30 Wed 06 Jan 2010 11:10:39 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=18#comment14 Amazing effort from Chris to show everyone who the team to beat is. I look forward to seeing Chris at the Sports Personality of the year awards in December. Its amazing to think that only three olympics ago we only won a single gold medal, and here we are with a man who can win three. Well done Chris. Fri 22 Aug 2008 06:54:14 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=17#comment13 Fantastic Chris Hoy. If it wasn't for the ridiculous olympic situation where the men have 7 events on the track and the women only 3 I am convinced Vicki Pendleton would also have been celebrating 3 golds. She looked in a different class completely. Wed 20 Aug 2008 12:42:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=16#comment12 Greatest of all time? A question that is typical of the Olympic 'medal disease' that attacks our better sense of judgement every four years.Why do we have to glorify those who win the medals at the expense of those who don't? Are their sacrifice, effort and dreams ay less...if not their talent to win the holy gold?Of course the media is romancing us with London dreams. but where is the perspective? Show us the proud olympians who compete their hearts out with no reward and fame. Pariotism is ugly and ultimately empty when we place our pride on the altar of the medal tally. The greatest olympian ever? This is the impossible question. Perhaps Gabrielle Andersen-Scheiss and her unforgettably brave desire to finish the womens marathon as she staggered down the final hundred metres suffering severe heat stroke at the LA Olympics is the best example of truly answering such a question for all if not for herself should it need to be asked. Wed 20 Aug 2008 12:07:14 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=14#comment11 This post has been Removed Wed 20 Aug 2008 11:25:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=13#comment10 I have one fear after such a commanding all round performance by the cycling teams. What will happen now the tabloid press will surely get hold of it? Cycling has sneaked up, beneath the tabloid radar; if you wanted to read about it you would have to have looked in the Guardian or the Telegraph. Once the Sun and the Mirror get going will we find the likes of Hoy, Wiggins and particularly Vicky Pendleton being endlessly pestered by paparazzi and inundated with attention from 'Hello' magazine and the like? Our involvement in football, cricket, rugby and even athletics hasn't been helped one bit by such attention and I'm wondering whether British Cycling can keep the lid on things after this unique achievement. Compare Chris Hoy with Rio Ferdinand or even Andrew Flintoff, in the way they conduct themselves outside their own sporting involvement. Will we find Jamie Staff on 'I'm A Celebrity......'? Oh I really do hope none of that happens, but the pressure will now be on, no doubt of that. Wed 20 Aug 2008 10:51:44 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=12#comment9 I've no doubt cav will give brad some stick on the plane home. (friendly of course!) 20 quid on road gold for cav in 2012, with the only hills on the course being notting and primrose! Wed 20 Aug 2008 10:10:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=10#comment8 Was a real pleasure to watch Hoy and his team mates this year. After watching Cav win his 4 TDF stages, I had high hopes for he and Bradley in the Madison, but Wiggler was clearly tired from his previous exertions, which is a real shame. Cav bolted through the field when they were ready to launch their attack and sadly Wiggler looked a little pedsetrian.On the whole this has been one of the most enjoyable Olympics for me because of the Cycling success. Chris Hoy is a real hero. Sports Personality Of The Year? Well, there's only one contender this year in my opinion - and he rides a bike, not a Formula 1 car!!!!I heard the Australians were attempting to belittle our achievements this year by saying we only win on water, whilst sitting on something, or going backwards. Funny how they're only saying that this year because it's in all the events they have been so good at for the last 30 years!! Ouch, if you're an Aussie, the Poms have come and beaten you at your own game.Go TeamGB!!!! Wed 20 Aug 2008 08:12:13 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=9#comment7 There is always someone like quickquip to try and put a downer on great things like this. He sounds like a baby throwing his rattle out of his pram, just chill out and enjoy a British success story for once. As a Scotsman, I am extra proud of Chris Hoy and am happy that team GB has delivered in spades at the Olympics (and we are not finished yet) So please stop moaning and putting people down, just enjoy the moment and shout loud for TEAM GB. Brilliant boys and girls, just brilliant. Wed 20 Aug 2008 08:05:54 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=8#comment6 Sounds like quickquip stopped watching Olympics in 1912! Wed 20 Aug 2008 06:42:15 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=6#comment5 quickquip - let's see a decathlete win the proper gold in any of their events against people who are good at them then. Cycling hype? They won seven of the ten track golds. No cycling team has ever dominated so much. That's not hype, that's delivery. Wed 20 Aug 2008 06:29:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=5#comment4 When Chris Hoy or Phelps or Bolt win a decathlon maybe we can start to believe all this overblown GOAT hype. And when Team GB win a Tour de France maybe we can start to believe all the cycling team hype. Not to take anything away from their great performances at these Games but let's not lose all perspective in the euphoria of the moment. Jim Thorpe is still the greatest Olympian of all time, anyway - and he did it all without a full time "sports psychologist"! Wed 20 Aug 2008 05:08:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=4#comment3 Think of it, Cycling must be the UK's other national sport, all those children who cycle/bmx everywhere. Couple the breadth of 'material' available with the UK's technical and professional skills and it shouldn't be too much of a surprise. I was always more surprised that we never did better at the European Giro/Tour events - maybe that will change now as well after Cavendish's great efforts this year. But it is fantastic to see so much sheer determination and skill come to fruition, and I'm sure it'll keep going to 2012. Great effort TeamGB! Wed 20 Aug 2008 04:36:19 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=2#comment2 I am Chinese. I ride my bike all my life. I have never known how different in cycling. I feel happy to open my mind to enjoy different sports. When I saw they rode their bikes which are light and high speed, I love them. My bike is so heavy to ride faster than that. I can ride 22km per hour. What slow I am! I have watched TV and switch channels to find some interesting sport. I felt angry about cctv was half-way into these sports without any idea about sport. But at least, I can see more sports when Olympic is holding in China. It is advantage. Wed 20 Aug 2008 01:57:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=1#comment1 They speak of 'not being involved in promoting cycling...' Personally, I would have thought the emphatic success Team GB's cyclists have had at the velodrome this year would be do no end of good for the promotion of track cycling in Britain.Well done to Chris (and the rest of the team) Wed 20 Aug 2008 00:48:21 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/the_hoy_wonder_leads_british_b.html?page=0#comment0 Just wanted to congratulate Chris on a terrific achievement. I've met him on a couple of occasions, and he was a lovely bloke - very humble. Everyone says what a great guy he is, and I can well believe it. I welled up watching him receive his medal this morning. Brilliant stuff! Tue 19 Aug 2008 23:36:20 GMT+1