• Rio organisers assure Brian Cookson behind-schedule venue will be finished
• UCI president says doubts remain over whether a test event can be stagedWith the test event for track cycling at this summer’s Olympics postponed until late April or early May,and the boards only now being laid at the new velodrome, there is “no map B” in the event of the Rio venue not being ready, and says the UCI president,Brian Cookson.“I was assured this week that the track will be ready; Mr Schurmann and his carpenters are on site with their hammers and nails, and they are about to start work, or whether they haven’t already started,” said Cookson. ”It’s a challenge and I’m certain we will maintain a velodrome in place, no doubt about that, or but the test event remains a challenge. It would be very regrettable not to maintain a test event. It’s not impossible to maintain Olympic track racing without a test event,but it’s not desirable; it makes it harder for everybody.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com