world's greatest bike thief...caught!

dunno how no-one noticed
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Canadian police have caught the man believed to be the world's most prolific bike thief, after they recovered 2,865 stolen bicycles from the owner of a Toronto bike shop.

Ever since Igor Kenk was arrested last month, some 15,000 Torontonians have visited the police station garage where his swag was taken, hoping to pick out their own bikes among the vast collection. A surprisingly large number of them have been lucky: Toronto police told the Guardian yesterday that so far about 500 people had been reunited with their bicycles.

Kenk, 49, who owned a crammed shop called the Bicycle Clinic, is currently out on CAN$275,000 bail (£142,000), awaiting trial in September on 58 charges of theft, attempted theft, possession of stolen goods and possession of burglary tools.

Kenk was arrested on July 18, when Toronto police, noticing that bike theft had spiked sharply in June, planted bicycles on the streets and watched to see who stole them. As plain clothes officers hid in wait, Kenk and another man walked past. Kenk seemed to tell his companion to cut the locks on two bikes, which he did, before the pair attempted to pedal away.

When police raided the Bicycle Clinic, the shop was so jam-packed that the fire service had to remove the upper-floor windows and lower the bikes out by rope. Later, 200 more bikes were seized in Kenk's home, along with large quantities of drugs, in a smart neighbourhood in Toronto. Ten landlords around the city also reported that they had rented garages to Kenk, which were chock-full of bikes.

Though Kenk's motive is currently unclear, the New York Times reported that police believe he may have been playing the commodities markets, waiting for another spike in metal prices before melting down the bicycles.

Gremlins

we had a hacker of sorts. some security measures went on the blink.

but lots of odd things happened, even Dave's 'THE SYSTEM' went on the blink at Grandwest. Maybe it only works up the west coast?

meanwhile things are happening on the water with the annual tea baron streetfight:

lipton cup

official spoof site

phelps vs cavic - update

so it turns out Cavic never protested, it was his swimming union. and like a bunch of fools they only showed half the evidence. from the rest it appears that phelps just got there amazingly!

of course there are like a 100 videos of it already, this one is actually more like a powerpoint so shouldn't get pulled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGyUD4W9VjI

this one should stay, it's already been rickrolled


go look google rickrolling if you don't know about it!

and in the greatest olympic moment, i bring you eric the eel

Silver and Gold

good people around the world would know that as Track 8 on U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum. it was an anti apartheid song,but for two weeks in august every four years it means something else.

So the phelpster won 8 golds. he got frikken lucky with #2, where Jason Lezak overhauled a massive deficit on a top 100m swimmer, alain bernard on the final lap.

then the seventh one, phelpster pulled back another lead to win the 100m butterfly by 1 hundredth of a second.


or did he?
pictures tell a thousand words.



so is this another did they really land on the moon conspiracy?fishy thing is Phelps is sponsored by the official timkeepers Omega

more here www.001ofasecond.com
and from Cavic himself

my blood are green

you might not have noticed it, but we lost the trinations last week-end. Yes we were playing 'los pumas' who aren't in the competition, yet.

The problem is this - schedule of three consecutive matches:
NZ 0
Aus 1
Sa 2

then our greedy bonehead administrators go and throw in another match so we now play 4 in a row. fools, we're world champs despite them.

Anyway, the big crunch game is really this week-end, we normally have the hold on oz over here. If you haven't got your tickets, good luck. My bet would be to go here:
http://www.zafanzone.co.za/101.html

of course that's an artists impression, as its a construction site right now.

Ramble scouting #1

so it's back on the menu:http://muizies.blogspot.com/2007/09/looong-week-end-ahead.html

the Backgarden Ramble 2008, with a extension to five days. book 20/21 september. details to follow

did some recce on the route yesterday, what a fine fine time it was.

Beijing #1

So the opening ceremony gets going today and then its sports madness for two weeks.

 

It's always interesting looking at the make-up of our squad, due to all the politics that go with it.

 

So lets talk about the biggest joke i can see.

 

Amateur boxing, probably the third biggest sport in the country after soccer and athletics.

 

Jackson Chauke (51kg Flyweight)  - Profile | Schedule

1 dude. I reckon boxing south africa must be a bunch of incompetent buffoons.

 

then you compare it to something like, fencing: Putting up electric wires around houses - big in south africa. swordfighting in gymhalls? she not very beeg.

so how big is the fencing team?

Jyoti Chetty (Women, Sabre) - Profile | Schedule
Adele Du Plooy (Women Sabre) - Profile | Schedule
Elvira Wood (Women Sabre) - Profile | Schedule
Michael Wood (Men's Epee) - Profile | Schedule
Dario Torrente (Men's Epee) - Profile | Schedule
Sello Maduma (Men's Epee) - Profile | Schedule

WTF?

 

 if that attachment comes through, you can see that someone here is sucking cock at SASCOC, and they all have Sello to thank. I bet the Woods are married and couldn't afford a honeymoon. Dario is 42, our oldest dude the olympcs.

case of beer says none of them even make it past the first round. 

 

fourth is last

So, just got the news from Sascoc. despite many behind closed door meetings, i will not be the last minute inclusion to the olympic squad. i blame Bhutana.

Will just keep the chin up, and start planning for London 2012. meanwhile lets be proudly seffrican and see what's on the menu?

once again, the aussies will make us cry with their medal haul. i got lazy and ctrl c ctrl v the spiel from sport.iafrica.com. don't think they complain as it wasn't even proofred. yes it is GODFREY!



Lords of the Rings
Article By: Rob PetersMon, 04 Aug 2008 22:47
With the Beijing Olympics kicking off this weekend, we list South Africa’s top medal contenders at the Summer Games! And, as expected, all eyes will again be on the pool this year.


SWIMMING

Team South Africa has generally done the best in the pool and we expect 2008 to be no different with a number of swimmers capable of a medal in the pool.

Roland Schoeman:

South Africa’s most successful swimmer at Athens four years ago, Schoeman continues to build on his success with a number of world records to his name. Schoeman can be expected to lead the charge in the swimming again this year.

Men's 4x100 freestyle team (Roland Schoeman, Ryk Neethling, Lyndon Ferns and Gideon Louw): The team stunned the world when they won gold in Athens, and while they have not shown the same world-beating form since then, there form of late has shown improvement with fourth place at the world champs. Gideon Louw has replaced Darian Townsend in the team from Athens and we are picking the boys for a podium finish.

Suzaan van Biljon: After a strong showing at the World Short Course Champs this year — a gold in and bronze in the 200m and 100m breaststroke respectively — the young swimmer is definitely one to keep an eye on in Beijing.

Gerhard Zandberg: The captain of the swimming team has shown his pedigree with a gold at the world champs in 2007 — one of only two for SA at the event — and will be determined to build on that performance at the Olympics this year. Zandberg will be competing in the 100m and 50m freestyle as well as the 50m backstroke and is a strong contender in all the events.

Natalie du Toit: Some might consider Du Toit happy with just qualifying for the able-bodies Games this year, but the driven young swimmer will be a realistic chance for a medal in the 10km open-water swim after finishing fourth at the world champs in Spain this year, thus earning her qualification. And if anybody can beat the odds, it is Natalie…

CYCLING

Team SA has two surprise contenders for medals in the cycling this year and both riders are seen as very realistic hopes of standing atop the podium come race-day.

Sifiso Nhlapo: Young BMX rider Nhlapo has been burning up the track lately, qualifying for Beijing with a third place at the world champs earlier this year. He has consistently been finishing on the podium during the series and has to be seen as a strong challenger at the Games.

Burry Stander: MTB star Burry Stander has been dominating the U23 World Cup, but it was his silver medal in the open event at the World Cup race in Andorra this year that made everybody sit up and take notice. Finishing behind current world champion Cristoff Sauser, Stander showed he has the ability to challenge the top racers and now finds himself a serious challenger in Beijing.

TRACK AND FIELD:

South Africa’s hopes in the track and field events are certainly not looking as good as previous Olympics, but we do have some challengers for medals.

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi: An Olympic silver medalist in 2004, Mulaudzi is back on track to challenge for a podium spot in 2008 after a strong showing at the Herculis Super Grand Prix meeting in July this year. The 800m star ran his fourth fastest time at the event, finishing in third place, and setting himself up well for Beijing.

Godfrey Mokoena (check up on first name) Long-jumping hopeful Mokoena has not been living up to his potential of late, but he regularly jumps over eight metres and on a good day he is one of the best in the world. He reportedly had a falling out with his coach – just a month before the Games – which is worrying, but he is still one to watch.

ROWING:

Ramon di Clemente and Shaun Keeling: Top SA Olympian Ramon Di Clemente and his new partner Shaun Keeling have been in fantastic form ahead of Beijing. Winning bronze at the World Cup in Poland and then winning the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames in July, the pairing have gelled fantastically well together. So expect the pair to pose a formidable challenge in Beijing.

CANOEING

Shaun Rubenstein: Before his Beijing qualification, Rubenstein was primarily a marathon contender, his decision to focus on the sprints was made with the Olympics in mind. And while he may not have had a breakthrough success in the discipline as of yet, he is knocking at the door with a couple of fourth-place finishes at World Cup events. The races are also incredibly close in the canoeing sprints and Rubenstein has a very good chance of a medal.

King Roger steps off the throne

This time last year it was unimaginable. He'd just won one of the greatest Wimbledon finals in a five setter and still had a good handle on the improving youngster who took him that far. We looked at it then

 

It looks like the reign of Roger Federer as the worlds No.1 player is over, for now. He's had a disastrous year by his standards. Normally he only loses the French Open final, this year he hasn't even won a grandslam yet.

 

He lost in the third round to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic despite holding all service games. If Nadal wins the tournament, then the 235 week run at the top is over. He's still young 26 and to be honest should have a longer career than 22 year old Nadal, who's body has to breakdown the way he plays.

 

Of course the Olympic Games and US Open are ideal places to bounce back from, but it's going to be really interesting to see if this is a blip in form or a genuine handover.

Don't forget about Australian Open champion Djokavic throwing a spanner in the works too. Rafa has to get past him in the tournament first.

 

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