Beaten Phillip wants British bike

Boys around the world have long wished for bicycles as a present.

But for Trinidad's Njisane Phillip, who upset the formbook to finish fourth in the men's Olympic sprint won by Britain's Jason Kenny at the London Velodrome on Monday, only a British bike will do.

Kenny's gold was the fifth won by the hosts out of seven track cycling events so far at this Games.

These results have confirmed Britain's reputation for both the expert development of its cyclists under a host of top experts and its advances in bike technology by a team of specialists once led by 1992 Olympic champion Chris Boardman.

Reflecting on Kenny's performance, which saw the Englishman overturn his defeat by France's Gregory Bauge in the climax of this year's world championship with a 2-0 win in the Olympic final, Phillip said: "Oh my God, they (Great Britain) step up every Olympics.

"My coach is Jamie Staff (of Great Britain), who got the team sprint gold in Beijing and he was telling me 'don't count them out'.

"Everyone thinks that they are not doing well, yet they are still getting second and stuff on the circuit.

"But come here, I don't know what it is, I think it's those bikes. I think they need to give me one of those bikes," added Phillip with a huge grin.

Australia's Shane Perkins, who beat Phillip for the bronze medal, said the home team's performances at this Olympics had come as no surprise to him.

"We are all on the same page, every team has got sports scientists, things like that, and great coaches," said Perkins.

"Great Britain are setting the benchmark and it's a credit to them, the work they've put in over the last 10 years. You have to ask them what they've got that others haven't."

Although Phillip, Trinidad's lone cyclist at these Olympics, might have been a surprise to some, he wasn't for Perkins.

"He hasn't got to the top four at the Olympics without racing well and without having the legs to do it," added the Australian.

"Phillip's got a great acceleration, he's a great short sprinter so I had to negate that a bit."

Fourth place might be dreaded by some, but for 21-year-old Phillip it came well ahead of the schedule he'd set himself.

"A lot of people are asking me if I am disappointed but I'm really, really happy with my result," he explained. "Fourth place at the Olympic Games is a great stepping-stone for myself, as well as my country.

"My target was 2016 (the next Olympics, in Rio) and just to come here and pull this off, I can walk with my head high. I'm really, really proud of myself.

"I made a silly mistake in that last one (race). But it's experience, that's what I am lacking right now and I'm just enjoying it man.

"Come Rio, I think I will definitely get a better result."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/beaten-phillip-wants-british-bike-194600938--oly.html

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