David Bond is an

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, who was sports editor of

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, from 2009–2014. Bond began his journalistic career on the ''

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'' covering

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, the football club he supports. Bond then became sports news correspondent at the ''

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,'' before being appointed deputy sports editor at the ''

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.'' Bond was appointed the BBC's Sport Editor in 2009, replacing

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. Bond's reporting of the men's cycling road race at the London 2012 Olympics on 28 July attracted criticism from many viewers. After the race, in which British cyclists failed to win a medal, he asked British pre-race favourite

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, "Was

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tiredness a factor?", to which Cavendish responded, "Stop asking stupid questions. Do you know anything about cycling?". Bond joined the Miltown

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agency in 2014. Dan Roan succeeded him as the

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. In October 2017, Bond returned to journalism as Security and Defence Editor of the ''

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