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I have watched this video quite a bit and it begins to look like Theo Bos may be innocent of "purposely" causing the accident. It does look like he simply tries to push him a bit at which point,Bos does seem to start falling first and I think his initial reaction was "oh sh..." and simply grabbed a hand full of jersey as a "grab onto something I am going down" kinda way.

Not saying he shouldn't be held accountable. I am just saying that watching the video closely I start to believe he really didn't mean any harm.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Ratliff"
To: "Joel Morrissette"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org, "Ken Lee"
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:33:46 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Theo Bos' side of the story.

"Say a reflex of knowing he was going down & put his hand on D to push & get away from barriers still no sense,braking is 1st human reaction!" -Robbie Hunter

I would hazard a guess that grabbing the brakes might not be the first reaction for an experienced trackie, whereas I can see pushing someone away might be.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Joel Morrissette < news4joel@gmail.com > wrote:

Velonews' coverage includes a sidebar with various pro's Twitter feeds on the subject.
http://www.velonews.com/article/91065/bos-it-s-making-me-sick

I can see Bos' side of the story, but it seems odd that a seasoned trackie would ever take his hands off the bars in a pack sprint with <1K to go.

-Joel

2009/4/20 Ken Lee < Kenichiro7@gmail.com >

This link has an apparent translation of Theo Bos' explanation of the terrible crash in Turkey.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2009/4/20/846317/theo-bos-this-is-really-making-me
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