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Disappointing start ..


rockershovel

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Watching the start of the London Marathon, one of the wheelchair racers failed at the start due to a puncture.

 

That surprised me. I’d always imagined, insofar as I’d thought if it at all, that elite level wheelchair racing would be attended by support teams like cycle racing, but apparently not... 

 

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I imagined they would use "non deflatable" tyres of some sort when out on road runs, always more chance of picking up something than when stadium racing.

 

Mike.

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6 hours ago, rockershovel said:

He was from Colombia, I think? Long way to come for that..

 

I bet his arms were tired!

 

Mike.

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