x-no-archive:On 24 Nov, 09:22, "David Lloyd"
wrote:


one person's performance in one marathon does not
justify the hype that athletics gets.

If you look a bit closer you might find that she's won more than one
world class race, indeed, shes been the world's best distance runner
over the past few years.


If we had pro-rata coverage based on
Nicole Cooke's performances across the year, despite her loosing the World
Cup crown and going out injured before the World Championships, cycling
would hardly be off the TV screens.


Women's cycling (and men's track cycling) is a minority sport. The
only reason it gets any terestrial tele coverage in the UK at all is
because of their Olympic status.

Running is arguably the purest and most open competitive sport there
is. It will always get preference over cycling, and rightly so, much
as I find it impossibly tedious to watch.