The tone for the men's performances was set on day one, when the team pursuit squad finished eighth in qualifying, the worst result for Britain in the event in at least 15 years.
A Room Full of Bones, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus, £16.99) Griffiths's fourth book, set on the bleak Norfolk coast, teams archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson; it begins with the unexplained death of the curator of a local museum.
The times set on the race-simulation runs, on which teams run race levels of fuel, were more encouraging for Ferrari.
So, rather than sitting in a studio trying to find inspiration on Google Earth (also a good idea) the team set off on a trek to the lawless wilds of North Wales, hiking up Mount Snowdon to film a piece set on the rocky hillsides with Koreless capturing the sound around them.
After only one goal, I don't think I have set my place on the team yet.
Lofton still has no set role on the team, but he is making himself useful when he plays.
They were complete," Rollins says, of the first time he set eyes on the team, at his office in the Pierre Hotel.
One day after the Mets' owner, Fred Wilpon, used a rhetorical question about the sun's daily appearance to indicate Minaya would be back as G.M. next year, it appeared as if it were setting quickly on the team's postseason prospects.
He had his sights set on making the U.S. Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but multiple concussions ultimately ended his wrestling career.
