Sam Gaze showed great bravery in the men’s cross-country mountain biking event at the Olympics today but finished in 6th place.
After a tough 1 hour and 28-minute race, he missed out on a medal.
Gaze, a 28-year-old New Zealander with two Commonwealth Games gold medals, hoped for a strong Olympic performance.
The race had eight laps on a very challenging course.
Despite a difficult start, Gaze improved his position significantly. He was 16th after the first lap and 14th after the second lap. By the halfway point, he had climbed to 4th place, making his medal hopes look promising.
However, the intense race took its toll. Although Gaze stayed close to the leaders, he couldn’t maintain the pace needed to secure a top-three finish.
The race was won by Britain’s Tom Pidcock in 1 hour, 26 minutes, and 22 seconds. Victor Koretzky from France finished second, and South Africa’s Alan Hatherly took third place.
“I gave it everything I had,” Gaze said. “The race was incredibly fast, and I just couldn’t keep up near the end, even though I put everything into it.”
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).