Rio 2016 Olympics

So, someone with a better grasp of bike-physics than me explain what actually happened to VV? Back wheel starting sliding out, and then she went straight over the bars. Did she just panic and yank brakes? I know the side of the road was awful, but it didn't actually feature in her crash until she landed in it.

Grabbed a handful of brake and locked up the front wheel. On that steep slope she then just launched over the handlebars

I've crashed like this before on a group ride with BCC
1 enter corner a bit hot but ok so hang onto the brakes into lean
2 surface is greasy so the rear whips out.
3 have to stop leaning not to lose the wheels but straighten up and run off the road
4 (now this normally means you end up on grass or something) but there was no run off so she hits the kerb and goes over the bars.

It looks more dramatic than it actually is.

There may have been a bit of panic braking involved, but it looked like a classic Moto GP style highside to me. Once the back end gets sideways enough the back wheel grips suddenly and the rider gets pitched over the top.

I think the point about the ditches is more about the lack of run-off. Normally when a rider feels the wheel getting away from them they can countersteer and run onto the verge, but on that section there was no plan B on most of the corners, hence that really sickening impact.

Edit - Beaten to it.

Fucking BBC red button not working and I want to watch the men's foil fencing semi final.

Arse

Slo-mo van Vleuten crash.

https://youtu.be/XOmbbIHuhN0

I'm watching it
they are just explaining the rules

Anywhere to watch the mens road race? Is it online anywhere/worth watching?

Come on Richard !

Try the Cycling forums

^^ It's on i-player

Ta! I had looked but it turns out the BBC website is just about the hardest to navigate in the world

I think it's easier to just Google the specific event. I looked all over before realising that the women's race was streamed on iPlayer, because it didn't appear in the app.

c'mon kruse!

... ;(

steephill.tv?

so frustrating to see Richard come back like that and then lose

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/07/annemiek-van-vleuten-intensive-care-olympic-road-race
Sounds painful

It feels really odd to be watching the Murray brothers playing live tennis at 12.45am on a Sunday :/

GB womens rugby sevens match against Canada......Excellent!!
also against Fiji......http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37005412

womens rugby sevens is awesome, great addition to the olympics

Van Vleuten's crash from another
angle

Why is everyone so keen to see this woman break her back?

All the Russians being booed in the Swimming.

Which seems a little disingenuous, given that the host nation just abandoned doping testing altogether.

I would say it's more about seeing the severity of the dangers at hand, in detail.

That video must have been taken by the chap who ran up to her immediately after the crash.

I was angry at him for getting his phone out at first but to be honest, what the hell can you do as a spectator in that situation? I sure as hell would not be comfortable moving her at all. I've got quite a bit of experience in advanced first aid but I'm pretty sure all I could/would do is try to make sure other cyclists didn't crash into her and talk to her and try to keep her company while proper medics arrived.