Awkward moment Kate Garraway asks Olympic champion if he wants to confront Ed Balls over ‘easy’ comment live on GMB
TOM PIDCOCK was asked if he wanted to confront Ed Balls during an appearance on Good Morning Britain.
The two-time Olympic champion was interviewed by Balls and Kate Garraway live on Tuesday morning.
Pidcock claimed his second consecutive mountain biking gold medal last week.
He recovered from a punctured tyre to produce a stunning ride in Paris on July 29.
The Brit came out on top in a battle with France’s Victor Koretzky to successfully defend the Olympic title he won in Tokyo.
He appeared on GMB on Tuesday with his gold medal, revealing: “This was my biggest goal of the year. To win in Paris. So, it’s a big relief. That’s for sure.”
Balls replied: “The thing I’d love to know, I watched the race live, was watching it on the TV, and I don’t know a huge amount about mountain biking, but I have to say rather embarrassingly, I said on the show last week that it looks quite easy.
“But of course, it’s not easy, is it?”
Pidcock smiled before adding: “Someone showed me a clip of that before I’d come on,” prompting laughter from around the studio.
Garraway chimed in by asking: “Do you want to take him to task about that?”
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However, before Pidcock could respond, Balls asked how he prepares for each race, with the course changing every time.
He explained: “Practice laps, I guess. We raced Monday, I think the first day of practice was Thursday.
BBC's Olympics line-up in full
Presenters:
- Clare Balding
- Gabby Logan
- Hazel Irvine
- Isa Guha
- Jeanette Kwakye
- JJ Chalmers
- Mark Chapman
Studio guests:
- Beth Tweddle
- Chris Hoy
- Denise Lewis
- Fred Sirieix
- Jessica Ennis-Hill
- Kate Richardson-Walsh
- Katherine Grainger
- Laura Kenny
- Mark Foster
- Michael Johnson
- Nicola Adams
- Rebecca Adlington
- Tonia Couch
Radio:
- Adrian Chiles
- Eleanor Oldroyd
- Kelly Cates
- Mark Chapman
- Naga Munchetty
- Tony Livesey
“So I went Thursday, Saturday, Sunday doing practice laps.”
Pidcock also appeared in Saturday’s road race as one of four British riders.
The 25-year-old finished highest of the Brits in the event, crossing the line in 13th.
Paris Olympics with 300k condoms
Nearly 15,000 residents – around 10,500 of which are athletes – will be cramming into the Olympic village between July 26 and August 11.
To ensure the athletes feel at home, a number of provisions have been made by organisers.
One of these is the stocking of some 300,000 condoms, in theory enough for around two every day during the run of the Games.
A number of Olympic athletes have opened the door on their steamy lives behind-the-scenes when in camp, including huge sex orgies and parties.
London 2012 had claimed the title of “the raunchiest Games ever”, but the 150,000 condoms ordered paled in comparison to the 450,000 ordered for the Rio Games four years later.
Condoms have been laid on by organisers at every game since Seoul 1988, when it they were used to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS.
Even with an intimacy ban at Tokyo 2020 due to Covid-19, some 150,000 johnnies were handed out.
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