we were standing open mouthed watching the reaction, and he just destroyed them and became britain s most successful olympian ever in the process. people, and i ve heard all the commentary, have put that down to experience. so he says, there could have been plenty of guys behind him that were younger, possibly even, you know, fresher, stronger, but he had the nous to, kind of, do thatjust caught them off guard. do you think that literally was it? well, keirin isn tjust about pure speed, it s about your tactics and your race instinct, your race craft, and jason drew number one, so that means he had to hide behind the pace bike not the position he would have chosen if he had the option, but he was there. and you have to accelerate away from the bike. he did that, had a look, had a second look and the gap was still there and he thought, let s roll the dice. let s give it a go, let s have a crack. and, you know, once you commit, you have to go 100%. there s no half hearted or have a li
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David Lorimer
Michael Alexander speaks to St Andrews University educated writer, lecturer, poet and editor David Lorimer about his new book A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life.
Visitors to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh might be familiar with the oil painting Ville-d’Avray: Entrance to the Wood by 19th century French landscape and portrait painter Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot.
Corot’s landscapes strongly influenced young Impressionists, and the fresh colour and deftly observed play of light and shadow on the rutted track in this particular piece make it one of Corot’s most attractive landscapes.
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