Is it a weapon? Is it a magician? No, it's Birdman!!

2009 Australian Track Nationals,
Adelaide SuperDrome, Feb 3-8

Day2: Elite Men's Sprint Final

The finals of the men's sprint was Victoria vs ACT- Danny Ellis v Shane Perkins for gold/silver and Alex Bird v Jason Niblett for bronze.

Elite men sprint finalists contemplating the next round

After some magnificent rides through the rounds of sprint qualifying, 1/4 and semi-finals, Alex Bird rode two smashing races to win the bronze medal against Jason Niblett. It would be an understatment to say that Birdman was excited :D

Men's sprint podium: Danny (silver), Perko (gold) and Birdman (bronze)

Unfortunately, Danny didn't quite have the legs to match it with Perko, who is current leader of the World Cup Series, and had to settle for silver.

What was I saying about quality v quanitity...