Both legends but in the end the young athlete next to Vic in this video surpassed them both.

Ha ha ha very poetic Marc I have no comeback to that one. You have my respect.

I've got dual nationality and I tell you what, they're both bloody awesome. Put the petty gripes away and grow up.

LMAO when I read that very clever. Good result in the games well done missed the closing ceremony because of work but my English wife recorded it for me, going to sit back relax and watch it now.

Yeah you are. She seems like a down to earth decent person.

what happend to the girls voice i hope she is ok itnews :(

How many countries represent "Team Great Britain" again? 3? Or is it more? Sorry, can't keep track these days. Victoria is a great rider, as is Anna and as for Sir Chris Hoy, he has done the country of Scotland very proud.......

too true mate!

uh, what does that mean to ask if she's a cow? like a cash cow?

Not moaning and didn't say he broke any cycling rules just pointing to the vocal few that you cannot call some one a cheat if it's not illegal. Makes a mockery of the "in the true spirit of sportsmanship" segment of the olympic oath though.

Philip Hindes said “So I crashed, I did it on purpose just to get the restart, just to have the fastest ride. It was all planned really, We were speaking yesterday, that if anything happens someone has to crash. So I did it.” what does this make Philip Hindes

No one "forced" her to leave her lane, that's just crap.

A lot of our top coaches have deserted the ship to coach Britain Chinese and other nations to 14 golds Shane Sutton and Tim Kerrison now British Cycling coach, Paul Thompson British Rowing coach, Tim McLaren USA rowing coach the list goes on all gold medal coaches at these olympics.

Yeah, sure I'm "Jelly" You can take this gold medal, GB has plenty.

Pendleton was taken aback by the direct line of questioning from Fox Sports News reporter Andrew McKinlay.

That's not cheating, that's just a part of sprint cycling. Going over the red line is against the rules however, which is why the judges relegated Pendleton.

And yet the supposed elbow was deemed not in violation of the rules. Pendleton's impeding tactics were. Meares would have destroyed Pendleton in the third leg had Pendleton got the first one anyway. Meares is the better sprinter.

pay respect to both great sports women both are champions

Ahhh the difference spelling can make! "Britain have just WON Gold!!!" "Australia have just ONE Gold!!!"

Genealogy is a fascinating subject. I grew up in Britain being told I was Irish, turns out I'm from all over the place - surely you understand the concept. Allows you to be devil's advocate in all sorts of situations once you're over the initial shock. There's a very good tv show "Who do you think you are". TV chef Ainsley Harriott went to the West Indies to find his roots, wept in empathy for his slave relations and later wept in anger at his other, white, slave trading ancestors. Very moving.

You taking one up the garry glitter while you're watching the olympics Marcy with a C and not a K

Good lad! I'm off to trim the lawns ready for my croquet tournament, get all confused over who I'm meant to be supporting in the boxing, bit of haggis for my tea and a part of me might just get the urge to invade Poland this evening if the closing ceremony's crap.

what do they mean by a "cow" ??????

You mean, the descendents of the British themselves (who obviously were just the ones who didn't get caught).

Its ok to get relegated or disqualified if someone intentionally causes you to breach the rules? This armchair is really comfy :)

Australia laughs at the sound of England complaining. lol

Again, apologies. I interpreted your sentence "See cheaters do prosper aye sport." as you thinking he was a cheat. Your new sentence "you cannot call some one a cheat if it's not illegal" clearly supercedes that, and is impossible to find fault with.

Makes him a gold medallist, according to the international track cycling rules, which he didn't break. It's why there's a rule book, for people to refer back to in order to compare what actually happened with what's allowed, in the same way that Victoria Pendleton broke them when she crossed the red line and was disqualified. And nobody who actually matters (her, the team etc) has ever disputed that, just whingeing Poms. That ancestral blood is what's causing you to now moan about Hindes.

What drama over two athletes...

It was nobody's fault. Meares accidentally leaned slightly onto the inside, Pendleton leaned back, as is natural. I'm not saying it was Meares' fault - it was a really small lean, but it still affected pendleton slightly. I'm not gullible - I haven't come to this conclusion based on what I was told - I watched the race, and nearly put my fist through the screen when the descision came through. It wasn't meares fault, but she shouldn't have got the descision.

animal with 4 legs, often seen on farms, used for meat(beef) and milk. grass is its main diet.

I think it should be you crying, what was it? 7 gold medals, 1 silver and a bronze. Oh, and a disqualification in the other where we were guaranteed at least a silver. She did make physical contact with Vic before she went out of the sprinters lane so the result should of stood. And let's be honest, in physical beauty, Mears is nothing compared to Pendleton and Trotty sat next to her. So whist were flying high with 24 gold medals, you can tell us 'poms' to cry as much as we want..

Out of the 10 possible gold medals available at the velodrome we took 7. I don't think we are mad, of course there will be controversy I mean it did look like she did push victoria but that was probably an accident. Lol we dominated at Beijing and London you think we are sour?

Love to sit here a chat all night but I'm off to work to uphold the law.

Aussies trying to scrape every gold they can... Clearly resorted to elbowing/cheating an athlete who at the end of her career deserved more respect....

Your the only one.

English & Scottish Act of Union 1707. First Australian Constitution 1901. Not exactly sure what point you're trying to make, but I think if you're trying to turn the clock back to a time when their nations were separate, you're going to end up with a bit of a problem. Because until 1901 New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania were separate states. Your own argument says Australia represents 6 countries. History, you see, can be a right bastard.

Mine's a guinness, Oz. Plenty Irish blood in there as well, see. I'm a mongrel and I know it.

It isn't a full on lean - meares' wheel pulls to her left, and pendleton reacted by doing the opposite. You're insisting on making this a big issue - I've already said to someone else on here that it wasn't meares' fault, and that I'm ok with the result, as pendleton was. You are just being paranoid here - meares has the medal, you should be happy.

Applying the law but sometimes I act on a whim, anyone who acts in an unsportsmanlike way who gains an unfair advantage deserves to be DQ'd the spirit of the games should always be maintained take Cameron Van der Burgh admits in a post swim interview to using extra dolphin kicks saying "it's not the moral thing to do, but says you either cheat or get left behind" is a case in point. What hope is there when people publicly admit there indiscretion.

I'm really confused as to what you mean by Meares leaning to the inside and provoking a natural reaction from Pendleton? Type 'Meares Gold Medal' into KZread and watch a replay of the race. Where is this lean you are referring to? I'm guessing you are perhaps British and have sour grapes?

QUEEN OF THE TRACK=ANNA MEARES

Really hope Vicky can get one over on Meares! Gonna be a close rivalry these games :) Laura Trott got a good pout on there! :L hot ;)

Hey if the British cycling team need an Australian cycling coach to get where they are good luck to them Shane Sutton has served you lot well. Chris Hoy (Scottish) Peter Kennaugh (Isle of Man) Geraint Thomas (Wales) just to mention a few (not to mention the other events) will ride for their prospective countries in 2014 only to be competing as part time poms 2 yrs later. Well Done

You been watching too much tele "Bust a deal, face the wheel" was a quote from mad max not quote in the Australian Constitution.

Cow means the person acts nasty.

He may not have cheated in the legal sense but morally and as a sportsman that's what I'd class it as. Hey I think its great that GB has done so well and we fell flat it helps to deflate any over inflated egos and makes us have a long hard look at ourselves but unsportsmanlike behaviour is as bad a cheating itself it has no place in sport. You never answered the question Irish or Scottish can't be both or do you need time to look it up because I know where I'm from.

Watch the final of the Keirin, Vic Destroyed Anna. Anna new Vic was the stronger rider so had to resort to fucking about with her in the final of the sprint.

What about the 2nd race Pendleton got smashed.

good for you. At least we're not sore losers about it. Pendleton lost, so what? Relax

That cow puts me in the mood.

You believe one thing and I believe another? This isn't Christmas, she either did or didn't lean, it's not a difference of opinion it's fact. There is NO lean by Meares BEFORE Pendleton comes out of the red, none, this is why Pendleton is relegated. I'm so confused how you can think otherwise? Do you use glasses when you watch TV?

Hmm we beat you at Beijing so saying this is the first Olympics we have done well is stupid, you can say second. Also how are Australia doing so bad, this is a serious question cause I never expected that?

Who's the top dogs now not you Aussies mate, tell that to your mates in Darwin.

You know what, the incident doesn't matter - I believe one thing, you believe another - I don't think we'll ever change each other's minds. Hahaa well guessed I am British - but no sour grapes I'm afraid - vicky was happy and relieved she was retiring anyway, so I'm not so bothered. I made the original comment because your compatriot was being needlessly aggressive.

Victoria is fit

SAME OLD POMMIES, ALWAYS WHINGING... SAME OLD POMMIES, ALWAYS WHINGING

Both Anna and Queen Vic could be related then because VP has a head like a dropped pie.

This coming from someone who's next girlfriend will be his first

Make your mind up where you come from you said in an earlier post you were Irish so which is it.

But that IS illegal in swimming isn't it? So yes, absolutely, disqualify him. Don't see why they can't do it at the time, given all the underwater cameras, and they're happy enough to take medals retrospectively off people who cheat with drugs, so yeah, let's get him! You'd be getting another gold though... Trouble with latitude is there's always going to be debate. Before you know it there are accusations of bias and your integrity's gone. Get the rule book right, apply it consistently.

That reprter needs to get a right thump on the nose and a black eye Meares is a nice person and got an autograph from her

Mine too, cuz! It's where the "Mc" comes from. Vomit away.

Olympics,- a cow-show? ;-)

How can we cheat something we would have won anyway. Meares would have destroyed Pendleton had there been a third leg like she did the second.

He's too busy gobbling his boyfriends rigg to know what women are like isn't that right marcy with a C not a K

Haha her Win was a Lie! What a Cheat, Victoria you ARE and ALWAYS be the best. Aussies man how's the gold count? Lmao! We all know who's top woman, her medals can and world titles can vouch for it.

obviously you don't give a toss for cycling.rule states the the lead cyclist must stay inside the red line..sprint lane..pendleton crossed over the line into meares..armchair critics without a clue...gotta love them

Only embarrassment here is a dodgy French judge, and an Australian sports women who thinks its all wright to embarrasses her country by cheating in front of the whole world, she had to elbow because she knew she could not win the race fair and square, if our population was the same as the US we would be top dogs, we did not earn the title Great Britain for nothing, I hope you realise we love you Aussies really but we can't turn down a chance to give you guys a ribbing.

Suck it up... you lost to the true queen of the track: Anna Meares

I have to laugh when Australian's come here to slate Pendleton on the back of her silver medal. You Aussie's must have been waiting fucking ages for your little moment. Lets be honest, you've won jack shit so far these games and that isn't likely to change any time soon. On that basis, have your moment and laugh at Pendleton if you so wish. After all, if the british cycling team fancy a laugh, they only need to look at where Australia are on the medal table.

our eyesights not that good sport, just like the judges today!

This is your home olympics. You are supposed to do well. Gov funding. This is the one olympic games were GB has actually done well. Where were you at any of the recent olympics when the aussies smashed you? Btw GB isn't a country.

Victoria Pendleton > Anna Meares At cycling and she's also much better looking.

Anna Meares won fare and square. Any talk of cheating is utterly absurd. Don't be such a poor loser, it's very unattractive.

OK - but in your job, do you apply the law, or act on your own whims about what's right & wrong? Personally I'd go for my whims, but I'd be wrong and get deservedly sacked. Meares has always treated cycling as a contact sport, is she unsportsmanlike? Some think so, you don't, same with Hindes. Within the rules? Must be, or they'd have been DQ'd. British / Irish: Honest answer - fuck knows. Dad thinks he's Irish, both his parents were Scottish, Mum's Northumbrian with a German gran. Mongrel.

My pedigree sport is scottish thank fuck. Just the thought of having the same ancestral blood as you makes me want to vomit. One thing I have to admit is the honesty of your multi national cycle team when asked about the crash Philip Hindes said “So I crashed, I did it on purpose just to get the restart, just to have the fastest ride. It was all planned really, We were speaking yesterday, that if anything happens someone has to crash. So I did it.” See cheaters do prosper aye sport.

Not real cleaver are you a CONVICT is the British Cycling Coach (Shane Sutton) you muppet you might want to get a Man City supporter to read this to you

Sounded just a wee little tiny bit like the merest hint of a moan at one point. Sorry for implying you've got anything other than 100% Aboriginal roots. Better to research and then embrace them, I found.

haha even with cheating, the Aussie medal wins look totally pathetic when compared to team GB, never mind cobbers, it's a good job most of Europe hates us Brits or else we would have even more medals.