Olympic track cycling Day 2 - spoiler

[Dayvo]

Forget the cycling. The 100 metres world record by Usain Bolt is what everyone is talking about. The cycling medals are very soft because so few countries compete are able to fund and featherbed their riders with lottery funding like we can. Where are the African and Jamaican riders?

NOT HERE IT AIN'T!

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Where are the African and Jamaican riders

Where are the African sprinters? Sprinting is entirely dependent on American University Track and Field Scholarships. I think 7 out of the 8 100m finalists were from Caribbean islands.

The disquiet in athletics about the drug abuse amongst Caribbean sprinters makes cycling's concerns over Spain seem trivial. Until very recently, none of the countries (AFAIK) have had any indigenous drug testing facilities, so it relies on visiting officials from WADA or IAAF to do it, but they have to 'liaise' with the country's athletics authority who then tip the athlete off weeks in advance. Warm weather out of season training 'back home' has been under suspicion for years (heavy weights & drugs); on average a Caribbean sprinter can expect to only get one out of competition test in a ten year career and is allowed to miss two!

 

[theloafer]

wtg team gb..whoooooo

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Ignore Ludwig, he's just a rather poor quality troll.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

A top Jamaican Olympic team official complained Wednesday that unusually frequent anti-doping tests are upsetting preparations by his nation’s sprinters ahead of Friday’s opening races.

“We have never seen this level of testing,” Don Anderson, Jamaica’s delegation head, said in a telephone interview one day after men’s 100-meter gold medal contender Asafa Powell said he has been excessively tested. “It could affect the performance of our athletes.”

No shoot sherlock!