Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to lose Olympic semi-final

Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by dmitriid on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:50AM (#32672906)

Yeah, yeah, team sport, and then Alonso who leads everyone by a lap just randomly slows down in the last two laps to let Schumacher win [1]

[1] It was quite some time ago, but I'm still pissed

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Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by volongoto on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:46PM (#32683715)

That's one of the few F1 races I remember. (it wasn't Alonso, though, it was Barrichello). That was dramatic. If I remember correctly, Schumacher gave the trophy to Barrichello at the podium as a gesture to show that he was the one who deserved it and Barrichello couldn't hold back the tears.

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Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by dmitriid on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:23AM (#32686905)

Yeah. They shared the podium and F1 fined them for doing that because they couldn't do anything else.

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Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:24AM (#32673125)

Alonso?! Maybe you mean Barrichello?

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Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by dmitriid on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:28AM (#32674883)

Maybe? It was loooong ago :)

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Re:Former world champion reveals that she was ordered to los... by beebeepka on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:52AM (#32678222)

Haha. Alonso would never play second fiddle.

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