Recognition at last!

NervexProf
NervexProf Posts: 4,202
edited November 2007 in Pro race
Congratulations to Vicky Pendleton on being named 'Sportswoman of the Year' by the Sunday Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 906088.ece
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  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    Indeed! Who was she "up against"?

    Shame Nicole doesn't quite have VP's shaggability.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

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  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    vermooten wrote:

    Shame Nicole doesn't quite have VP's shaggability.

    Oh I don't know :wink:

    Also see Shanaze Reade won the Young Sportswoman award, so a good night for cycling.

    Shortlisted alongside VP, was Christine Ohuruogu and Katherine Grainger. Quite a shortlist infact when you consider they used to shortlist six or seven women!
  • ut_och_cykla
    ut_och_cykla Posts: 1,594
    Err... why does her win have to be degraded by not being as shaggable as someone else :(
  • hopster
    hopster Posts: 42
    Great news. Successful cyclists are poorly recognised in this country.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,123
    ut_och_cykla wrote:
    Err... why does her win have to be degraded by not being as shaggable as someone else :(
    This might be a misunderstood and little known aspect of success in sport, and in general. After all it could explain why Rassussen and Landis could never win the TDF? :twisted:
  • ut_och_cykla
    ut_och_cykla Posts: 1,594
    SecretSqirrel wrote:
    ut_och_cykla wrote:
    Err... why does her win have to be degraded by not being as shaggable as someone else :(
    This might be a misunderstood and little known aspect of success in sport, and in general. After all it could explain why Rassussen and Landis could never win the TDF? :twisted:

    :)

    Get your point ... just think its a shame people can't say well done without making irrelevant comparisons... and I get the impression it happens more often when women are involved.
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,123
    I hear you, and completely agree!

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