why is it that the cycling events can only nominate 1 athlete per event per country due to them not wanting domination by 1 country yet in the athletics you can enter as many as you like ? 1 rule for 1 sport 1 for another?  |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"why is it that the cycling events can only nominate 1 athlete per event per country due to them not wanting domination by 1 country yet in the athletics you can enter as many as you like ? 1 rule for 1 sport 1 for another? "
because the federation for each sport set the rules... so for example the UCI set it for cycling... the IAAF for athletics... FIFA for football ect... |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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UCI shot themselves in the foot with this 1 rider per nation per event in cycling!,swimming,rowing,athletics etc have finals with possibly 3-4 of one nation in that final but they were the best with qualifying to back it up!,like the 3 jamaicans in the 100 metres sprint yesterday.
in cycling it does not mean the BEST actually get to the olympics even if you had a 1-2-3 in the world championships!,we could have had a GB 1-2 again like in beijing 2008 with hoy v kenny,getting more riders in cycling event would have been a lot better as they tried to stretch it over 6 days instead of 4 leaving it a wee bit sparse for the paying public.
Was it done just because GB cyclists are cream of the crop i wonder?.  |
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"UCI shot themselves in the foot with this 1 rider per nation per event in cycling!,swimming,rowing,athletics etc have finals with possibly 3-4 of one nation in that final but they were the best with qualifying to back it up!,like the 3 jamaicans in the 100 metres sprint yesterday.
in cycling it does not mean the BEST actually get to the olympics even if you had a 1-2-3 in the world championships!,we could have had a GB 1-2 again like in beijing 2008 with hoy v kenny,getting more riders in cycling event would have been a lot better as they tried to stretch it over 6 days instead of 4 leaving it a wee bit sparse for the paying public.
Was it done just because GB cyclists are cream of the crop i wonder?. "
Heard that touted as a reason by the media sometime before the games started  |
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"UCI shot themselves in the foot with this 1 rider per nation per event in cycling!,swimming,rowing,athletics etc have finals with possibly 3-4 of one nation in that final but they were the best with qualifying to back it up!,like the 3 jamaicans in the 100 metres sprint yesterday.
in cycling it does not mean the BEST actually get to the olympics even if you had a 1-2-3 in the world championships!,we could have had a GB 1-2 again like in beijing 2008 with hoy v kenny,getting more riders in cycling event would have been a lot better as they tried to stretch it over 6 days instead of 4 leaving it a wee bit sparse for the paying public.
Was it done just because GB cyclists are cream of the crop i wonder?. "
my thoughts exactly . seems strange a sport weve excelled in has these rules |
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Why is it in some events the losing semi finalists both get a bronze ... and some there are play-offs ... ?
Noticed the French have started moaning about Team GBs success ... saying there has been patriotic favouritism ... lol |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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"was it done just because GB cyclists are cream of the crop i wonder?.
Heard that touted as a reason by the media sometime before the games started "
yes,it's been touted a lot over the past 2 years as these games closed in,but in previous years different countries have enjoyed track success but not the dominance of GB,,germany,usa,italy,japan,holland have all enjoyed great success in a few disciplines but since lottery funding GB have really done well and are no longer the poor relations all riding different bikes and handing in the kit at the end of competitions,the money has been well invested all the way down from elite coaching down to coaching youth riders where dani king & laura trott emerged from. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"why is it that the cycling events can only nominate 1 athlete per event per country due to them not wanting domination by 1 country yet in the athletics you can enter as many as you like ? 1 rule for 1 sport 1 for another? "
Just read up on this and its odd that one body can say one thing and another differently when they all end up with the same medals.  |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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its sickening for some of the bike riders who might be classed 2nd or 3rd in the world but because of this rule they do not get an olympic ride,we all thought the olympics was supposed to be about the best in the world competing for the gold but is not so!. 
in beijing 2004 it was kenny (GB) versus Hoy(GB)In final of mens sprint but the GB selectors had to deliberate long & hard which rider to leave out!,this did not happen on athletics track,nor in swimming pool. |
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Just read up on this and its odd that one body can say one thing and another differently when they all end up with the same medals. "
The Int'l Olympic Committee nor LOCOG are not responsible for decisions made on each sport - it is down to the governing body of the individual sport..
The olympics is more like a whole bunch of different sports agreeing to hold their sports fete at the same time |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"why is it that the cycling events can only nominate 1 athlete per event per country due to them not wanting domination by 1 country yet in the athletics you can enter as many as you like ? 1 rule for 1 sport 1 for another?
because the federation for each sport set the rules... so for example the UCI set it for cycling... the IAAF for athletics... FIFA for football ect..."
It wasn't the UCI, the pressure came from IOC and the UCI didn;t want to upset them. It's why we've lost several events this year (points, madison and pursuit) as well.
The irony is that there would be almost the same number of competitors.
I fear that track cycling has a limited future in the Olympics. |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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with the loss of the individual pursuit event at london 2012 GB riders rebecca romero & bradley wiggins lost the chance of retaining olympic titles won in beijing!,in fact it robbed wiggins the chance of a hat trick of individual pursit titles!. |
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"with the loss of the individual pursuit event at london 2012 GB riders rebecca romero & bradley wiggins lost the chance of retaining olympic titles won in beijing!,in fact it robbed wiggins the chance of a hat trick of individual pursit titles!. "
Was the best thing that happened to Wiggins but sadly finished Romero off.
And 4 years prior to that of course Hoy lost the event that he reigning champion the 1km.
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
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Was the best thing that happened to Wiggins but sadly finished Romero off.
And 4 years prior to that of course Hoy lost the event that he reigning champion the 1km.
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the 1km was fast becoming a banker for GB as jason queally (hoys team mate in team sprint)won it before hoy. |
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