Triathlon betting

http://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/292...

Brownlie brothers (nap)

I only like to bet on the top 3 in these types of event.
Backed Gomez at 2.3, layed J Brownlee at 1.29, A Brownlee at 1.14. Hoping to green the bets at at some stage later in the race, so I can support the Brits.

Nasty crash

Whifield and Chacon on the deck...looked really bad.

'Must put all the kit in the plastic box'

Is this 'it's a knockout'?

seems like Jonathan fell foul of the rules re mounting bike...15 sec penalty possible. I hope he is not playing the joker.

how do u mean playing the joker

reference to 'Its a Knockout'...if you play the hoker you get double points

is the hoker similar to the joker?

dont give him a penalty ive laid gomez

I am greened out now, layed Gomez at 1.6. I want UK gold and silver with Gomez 3rd now.

I've dutched A Brownlee and Gomez. Its a good watch this, thoroughly enjoying it.

hayes did an excellent job for GB there!!!

Jon Brownlee backers here.

move from Alistair from the front

If there's going to be a breakaway group would make sense to have one Brownlee in the lead group and one in the pack I would have thought.

why wyk?

Well I cant admit to knowing anything about this event, but my thinking was that if you get a breakaway group then either they go on to win (as with Men's road race) or they get caught and end up well down the field. So any individual has to make a hard choice whether to stay with the pack or join the lead group. Since we have the luxury of 2 top racers then better to hedge our bets and cover both eventualities.

wyk - can't see it... both the best in the field and very good runners. anything less than gold and silver will be a disappointment

This isn't cycling, Brownlees are the best runners out there, it was in their interests to make it a hard cycle

Alistair has won this.

OK well lets hope the Brownlees just stay at the front throughout the running. Its looking very good right now.

Reckon he's going to try and break them so Jon can take his penalty and still get silver

great job by Hayes, can't ask for much more than having the Brownlees at the front at the start of the run

I think so Don. He did something similar in one of the World series last year and paced his brother to second place.

don - jon finishes 15 seconds ahead

breakaway group of 3 (B/B/Gomez) getting a 15 sec lead is what we need here. Just pray they didnt go off too quick and risk ending up with nothing.

Jon will roll the dice and either get silver or in process beak Gomez

break..

1.4 on Jon top 3 looks solid

21 secs lead

Does Johnny have to take a 15 secs breather or can he just carry on in the lead group and get 15 secs added in the end?

Think he has to take a breather

Has to stop.

ok thanks

Think he will take a breather. Great race to watch.

Two horse race. Come on Ali!

bit of a gap

Decided to lay J for top 3 now. 2.5 seems good value. Just hope Alistair can get the gold.

Wish JB had taken his penalty at the end of lap 2.

Alistair could crack Gomez here to allow his brother into second.

Ali sub 1.1 backers a bit keen.

A.Brownlee turning it on now

I'd make him sub 1.05.

Agreed

anyone know the gap between JB and the french?

It wsa 27 seconds at the end of the last lap.

guess we'll found out right now

come on Jonnie reel the Spaniard in

13 secs JB to French

Took some more 1.4 on Jon top 3

Brownlee should be 1.01 now.

Alistair that is.

Only thing that stops Alistair winning this now is trying something to get his brother a silver medal and they mess it up tactically.

yep and he is extending

That's why he should be 1.01. He's the better runner, the distance is getting longer and he has a better sprint finish.

19th gold coming up boys

Nothing he can do sadly, Gomez settling for silver

How is he running so fast still, incredible

Is JB a cert fro Bronze? I just want the French to make it a bit closer so I can green him out

French wont catch JB

I wouldn't rule JB out for silver yet to be honest. But can't see the gaps.

Market certainly doesnt fancy the French. I will lose money on JB but profit from Gomez in top 3, slightly down overall.

what an athlete this guy is, only 24 years old

Triathletes don't peak until their late 20's

This guy could dominate until the next Olympics

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Id never even heard of the Brownlees until this morning.

Aug 7, 2012 -- 1:15PM, the bloob wrote:

what an athlete this guy is, only 24 years old

Jonny is two years younger.

fantastic... biggest bet of the olympics!!

shame about the 15 second penalty

also remember AB was injured earlier this year!!

How much did JB lose to Gomez by?

Love it just love it

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Jonny was 20 seconds behind, so the penalty made no difference to the medals

ok thanks.

Hard to say, can imagine it is hard to just stop mid run and then start again. Lost momentum

You say that but Jonny had nothing to race for at the end as he knew he only had 3rd, but without the time penalty he'd have had a right good go for silver

Brilliant, looked a bit tired after the cycling but never let up in the running. Big gaps right down the field. What a man. Jonnie might have got silver if he'd taken the penalty end of lap 2 before he lost ground to Gomez. Never mind, great race and two medals.

the bloob - without the penalty the race for silver would have been a cracker

15 seconds stopping and you have to slow down and get going again, plus not running against anyone... impossible to say but irrelevant as he got the penalty and picked up bronze

bronze/silver... no big difference!

Big difference if you backed the Brownlee boys to quinella

Gomez might've slowed down too at the very end. But hey who's worried

Considering Gomez is nearly 30 and i doubt you can improve at that age, you'd expect the 2 brothers to dominate this for the next few years

They cant object to him grabbing a flag before the finish can they ?

No.

I was worried about the flag thing too. Actually I wish he had just carried on full speed to the line....those kind of things always make me nervous.

Pounf 07 Aug 12 13:26 
They cant object to him grabbing a flag before the finish can they ?




Exactly what i thought at the time, i was like no don't do that, there's probably some busy official (most likely French) who won't like that.

Apparently Jonny is under one the stands vomiting. That's how to win an Olympic medal.

Whereas Ali just did a BBC interview and looked like he could go and do the whole thing again.

Brownlee Snr ran 29min 07 sec in the 10km run and that was while jogging the last 300m and walking over the finish line.

Quite incredible

That's one second slower than Chris Thompson did on Saturday night in the 10k.

I wonder how he would fare if he trained specifically for the 5,000m and 10,000m. Mo Farah won the 10,000m in a time which was about 1min 30sec quicker than what Brownlee just ran but he of course didn't have to swim 1.5km and ride a bike for 40km beforehand.

It does make you wonder. However, 90 seconds is a long time when you get to the top echelons of sport.

and why would he want to switch to 5km? or 10k?

triathlons are very popular these days and he'll dominate for a considerable time... well aslong as no injuries

brilliant race to watch, great spectacle, fair play to the huge crowds. truely amazing.