Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 16,468]

Too bad, no 6th athlete in history to win a medal in both Winter and Summer Olympics.

[heywoodu 16,468]

Germany loses to China with the until now basically invisible Bao.

[Agger 1,843]

This will be interesting!

[hckošice 16,640]

Women's Team Sprint
Final Results

 

  China    

Bao Shanju

Zhong Tianshi

 

  Germany  

Lea Sophie Friedrich

Emma Hinze

 

  ROC     

Daria Shmeleva

Anastasiia Voinova

 

 

Final Ranking Here

[heywoodu 16,468]

TapeGate  

 

 

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For Monday's men's team pursuit qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics, all eyes were on Denmark as the hot favourites for the event, but even before the four man squad had climbed onto their bikes, they were making headlines. Spotted on the front of the riders' shins extending upward from within the socks was a strip of kinesiology tape that continued up to just beneath the knee.

 

Kinesiology tape is not uncommon in professional sport. It is regularly used to aid with support of muscles and joints in the case of an injury or imbalance, but in this instance, the same tape was applied to both legs of all four riders. Coincidentally, the positioning of the tape would also act as a trip strip, creating turbulence to the onrushing air, helping it to remain attached to the surface of the leg for longer and subsequently improving the aerodynamic performance of the riders.

 

The team is supported by aerodynamics expert, Dan Bigham, who has a reputation for finding performance gains through aerodynamic and technological advancement. So many believe this to be a tactical use of kinesiology tape, rather than for medical use. The UCI's rules on the subject claim that "Items of clothing may not modify the morphology of the rider and any non-essential element or device, of which the purpose is not exclusively that of clothing or protection, is forbidden. This shall also apply regarding any material or substance applied onto the skin or clothing and which is not itself an item of clothing."

 

[intoronto 6,940]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

TapeGate  

 

 

 

Dq them for real

[Agger 1,843]

I would be very surprised if the team haven't gotten that cleared by the UCI.

[dcro 10,211]

54 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

TapeGate  

 

 

 

Uuuuuuuuh... Salty.

[heywoodu 16,468]

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

Uuuuuuuuh... Salty.

Meanwhile in Denmark.

 

Spoiler

 

[dcro 10,211]

Seriously though, this guy who had a "special" bike when he won his gold, and who invented (?) "marginal gains" is the one complaining?