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After a disappointing result at the World Championships while racing in an Irish jersey, the host and Peter reflect on what went wrong despite perfect preparation, and discuss the emotional weight of letting down your teammate and support staff. Despite the setback, they're keeping their eyes on Olympic qualification and the unfinished business they have with the track pursuit discipline.
"I felt like I let Peter down. I thought I gotta let the background him down and I know Peter felt the exact same... it's a funny one on the tunnel, it's like the boys in Rome there's two of them in a boat and you feel like you're really let each other down."
"Although didn't perform exactly the way we woulda liked it's a deniable tingly sensation crowd sensation... there's not magical and special for me every single time to do it to put an arch jersey on."
"We didn't feel like we got our best there... we feel with me Hardin Irish national record in the leg so you finish business with the pursuit one of the big motivators for get to Tokyo."
“we rode for 27 which is still good enough for anoint in the world which I know in the dog cells about the extremely relevant achievements we picked up valuable enter qualifying points so we're still marching on on the Olympic qualifying fronts with still co-chair to make a Tokyo”
“I felt like I let Peter down I thought I gotta let the background him down and I know Peter felt the exact same so it was a unique and all feelings unique enough disappointments it was an absolute train wreck of a disaster for us”
“putting an arch jersey on their World Championships in a race while my cool points on the bikes in the memory so yeah although didn't perform exactly the way we woulda liked it's a deniable tingly sensation crowd sensation”
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