Olympic sportsmanship-what it's all about.

I don't know a lot about the strategies of the men's pusuit (the Olympic event, not you girls' favorite hobby) that was held yesterday but if you saw the way the one guy crashed and then was able to catch up to the leaders did it impress anyone else?  If you missed it, one of the favorites crashed right at the beginning of the mass start and left the stadium in last place.  The one announcer said his race was over.  He then passed about 70 racers to get back to the front of the pack.  He did his part but they explained that his teammates jumped out front to try to slow down the pace.  I was very impressed with his teammates but I don't think they did it alone.  It seemed like the whole pack let them slow the pace down so he could catch up.  That's such a show of the sportsmanship the Olympics is SUPPOSED to showcase.  The announcers criticized the guy who won for sandbagging and not pulling during the race, but who knows what exactly happened or what he may have done in other races for guys.  I won't remember the gold medalist anyway, but I will remember the group as a whole for what they did.

That's why I love to watch the Olympics.