Sam Hill is still kicking in Enduro too! And he didn't quit DH as a retirement, but more because he felt he wanted a different challenge!

Minnaar and Rennie were both born in 1981. What happened to Rennie?

@@TheGaymo I’m not sure. Minnaar is a legend though. His performance at his age is not normal.

also Sick Mick Hannah, he just retired last year

@@shazzamjf Yep. 100%. He won downhill and slalom at Big Bear in a t shirt and shorts and no body armor at all. 😂

The lack of XC bikes and bar ends is the dead giveaway lol.

I'd be surprised if that log cost him any time at all. Certainly didn't rob him of a gold medal.......?

@@nickmaclachlan5178 Maybe a third of a second as it made him deviate a bit from the line he seems to have been going for. But kind of inconsequential for the rider, yes. I do hope though whoever rolled it onto the course, if it was on purpose, got what they deserve. (What they deserve is up to you though, I just hope they got it)

Thanks

Only thing I saw at 10.40 was a man doing something at down ramp to the rider 🤔🤔🤔

@@jascollinscork I think they mean the photographer who flashed in his eyes

holy crap you're right. It looks like the guy with the flash wasn't even trying to take a picture and the timing is too perfect. a team of scumbags.

Yeah and also what the cameras and this edit didn't show is two things, one being the other 2 and a half minutes of the race where cameras aren't staged and the second thing is the riders splits, his splits were well ahead up until the point the log had been rolled by a spectator onto the track so anyone who says this didn't cost him the race doesn't know how racing works. The log cost him 8 seconds over a 3 minute run but the way this video is made, makes it look like that portion of the track is close to the finish line which it isn't.

Surprised there wasn't an investigation into that especially when Nathan was by far the quickest qualifier.

Yup definitely when they did a trial run at this year's world champs it was reeece Wilson and this other guy and they had no excitement in there voices whatsoever they just talked about pointless things about each rider and just talked about line choices 😴 🙄

Look at that Handlebar man

dh's golden age

Agree no way was that even 2 seconds!!!!

1 sec tops

enough to mess with your head for the rest of the time...

Why don't you do it and see how long it costs you, what a small minded comment 🤦

@@crf80fdarkdays lol calm down. I think Rennie is one of the best riders of all time

Yeah, as opposed to giving up the run to confront the person who could have potentially seriously injured him permanently for life on purpose with intent to harm.

It was on that era. Now its different.

I wonder who dares to use clip in shoes for downhill. They are terrifying.

@@fpeter01 tons of world cup riders. Prevents your feet from getting bucked in chatter.

There’s only one or two guys in the elites using flats. Cleats offer so much more security, you can pound through everything and your feet are still perfectly planted, also can pull up on the rear end etc etc. Once you adjust to cleats flats become scary. It only sucks if you need to put a foot down and get full of mud so can’t get back in.

And now I have his pedals on one of mine!

Shut up. The whole crowd went “OHH”, it was intentional. He didn’t say he lost bc of that, he just said it happened.

@@RC-fp1tl how does "OHH" indicate that it was intentional?

Calling Rennie a loser is 10/10 lack of awareness xD

You’re right, there’s no hard evidence. Then again, there’s a guy showing a flash in his eyes at the drop-off and seconds later there’s a rolling log in his path. That’s two consecutive unlikely incidents in a matter of seconds.

@@kilobitti stationing at a jump to get a shot of riders coming off it was what photographers did at motocross in the sixties. During daytime, a camera strobe isn't strong enough to your daylight adjusted eyes to be a problem. At this type of event the riders are quite used to a multitude of photographers.