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Post by kickstandman on Apr 11, 2018 21:00:46 GMT
An interesting story, I'm not sure what to think. Obviously, an administrative foul-up and a major disappointment for the cyclist.
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Post by dracco on Apr 12, 2018 12:21:28 GMT
Considering some of the things that have happened to British Cycling in the past year, an administrative cock-up is probably something of an improvement! - At least Lowther will still be participating as part of the England team in the road race.
In many ways, a more remarkable story from the Commonwealth Games is the bronze medal won by Lowther's team-mate, Hayley Simmonds. She took up cycling having previously been a rower, and lost 45kg in her preparation. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43712547).
Rowing and cycling are well-established crossover sports of course (e.g. Rebecca Romero: World & Olympic medallist in both sports, and recently Bradley Wiggins entering the British indoor rowing championship)
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Post by blackwizard on Apr 13, 2018 4:46:01 GMT
It seems sad that the one loser in this is the person who did no wrong which is the cyclist. Also very poor that the organisers of the games portrayed as “The Frendship Games” could not find a way to accommodate her when she had been clearly listed as a GB representative for the race, it was obviously an administration error and there was no intent to gain advantage or fault with the poor girl who had trained so hard and achieved so much in getting to the place. I’m sure it was not beyond he wit of man to sort this out and if it means she would have taken a medal from another competitor how can that person feel total value in knowing they only won due to an admin error and not because they were the best?
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