Well done Burry

[Natural Defender]

I sat on the edge of my seat during the Olympic cross country race yesterday. When Burry made contact with the leading group, I thought he was in with a chance to win.

 

I am sorry he did not achieve his goal of a medal, but hats off to him, he battled all the way to the finish.

 

Well done Burry, you did us proud.

 

Cheers

[jules1976]

It was a great race and looked extremely grueling.

 

Well done Barry on that accomplishment.

 

proud of the Africanmtbkid.

[Underachiever]

It was a great race and looked extremely grueling.

 

Well done Barry on that accomplishment.

 

proud of the Africanmtbkid.

 

Ditto

[Wayne Booysen]

Awesome ride! Next time!

[HappyMartin]

He came 5th. He is 24.

It was a fantastic gutsy skilled ride. The man is power.

[zuludog]

what a race! very tense - i was probably as exhausted as Burry. He rode like a champion. You did South Africa and South African MTBrs proud - well done Burry.

[Groenies]

Even the commentators said he deserved a medal!!!

[YetiFan]

Incredible, gutsy ride! I'll bet Burry won over millions of supporters yesterday - what a legend!

[FootballingCyclist]

How did the commentators, clearly watchin the same race as us on the tele, not manage to see when Fontana's seat post clearly broke/came out on the 1 incline??? There were numerous pictures again after that of him on his bike without a stem and saddle and yet they still didnt pick it up... What race were they watching??? The 1 comment i enjoyed from the commentators though was "even if stander doesnt medal in this race, he surely is the hero of today".....That was awesome to hear...Well done Bury

[Garfield2010]

Jip. Such a cruel sport compared to some of the other olympic sports. Personally I feel the first 10 places in this and the road race deserves medals.

 

These okes work really hard and only has one oppertunity whereas some other okes sommer wen 5 medaljes by een spele!

[Shebeen]

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[FootballingCyclist]

as i said, it was clear as day...at 1st i wasnt sure what it was, but then saw him struggling up to the top of the incline without being able to sit down....yet he still won bronze...respect

[SwissVan]

This was one of the best XC races I've seen on TV, big thumbs up to Schurter, Burry, Koolhavey, Fontana and Hermida for making it such a good race.

 

Sad Olympic ending for Absalon, he deserved better imo but thats life for you

 

Koolharvey gives us heffalumps hope...

[G-Unit]

What a legend! I know it's if's and but's, BUT imagine he had a decent start. He would have been dishing out the pain at the end!

 

Boerie you biscuit!!!

[RooiWillie]

Where is the "Ek laaik die thread kwaai" Button?

 

+! :clap: Burry!

[G-Unit]

What a legend! I know it's if's

Edited August 13, 2012 by G-Unit