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Track Cycling 2020 Discussion Thread


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6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The Brits presented their new Olympic-year track bike. So, you know. RIP everyone else.

 

Hopefully this time it will closer to the American speed skating suit-gate of 2014...

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15 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Hopefully this time it will closer to the American speed skating suit-gate of 2014...

I think it'll be closer to 12 gold medals :p 

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I think it'll be closer to 12 gold medals :p 

 

That would be impossible, thanks to their mediocrity in women's team sprint. :evil:

 

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7 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

That would be impossible, thanks to their mediocrity in women's team sprint. :evil:

 

Oh they won't even qualify? In that case: gold in every discipline in which they qualify :d 

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il y a une heure, heywoodu a dit :

Oh they won't even qualify? In that case: gold in every discipline in which they qualify :d 

 

Hope this mascarade will not repeat

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How competitive are the juniors at the UCI ranking events..... 

 

I shocked to see Indians currently dominating the rankings in the kieren, sprint and team spirits in both men and women at the Junior levels....... Cycling is a sport where we have not even qualified for the Olympics for the last 30 years or so...... 

 

What does this mean ?

strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will. - Gandhi

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48 minutes ago, nitinsanker said:

How competitive are the juniors at the UCI ranking events..... 

 

I shocked to see Indians currently dominating the rankings in the kieren, sprint and team spirits in both men and women at the Junior levels....... Cycling is a sport where we have not even qualified for the Olympics for the last 30 years or so...... 

 

What does this mean ?

India’s track cycling program is on the rise. We have yet to really see success at the senior level, but these juniors continue to show a lot of promise :yes

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2 hours ago, nitinsanker said:

How competitive are the juniors at the UCI ranking events..... 

 

I shocked to see Indians currently dominating the rankings in the kieren, sprint and team spirits in both men and women at the Junior levels....... Cycling is a sport where we have not even qualified for the Olympics for the last 30 years or so...... 

 

What does this mean ?

 

Which events are they dominating? It's definitely a sport where - especially in terms of juniors - I wouldn't look too much at rankings, like in mountainbiking.

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