Where to now for Australian track cycling after Olympic flop? | Kieran Pender
20-Oct-2021 16:30:05 | The Guardian
A post-mortem is under way into how one of the best-funded disciplines returned just one bronze medal at the Tokyo Games
It is easy to find excuses. The pandemic had disrupted preparations. Riders had retired, another pulled out for personal reasons. At a consequential moment, equipment failed. But the thing about track cycling – particularly disciplines like the team pursuit, which is measured against the clock – is that there is no place to hide.
The Australian track cycling team went to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in late July with high hopes. They came home deeply disappointed. Their total haul – one bronze medal, and a fortunate one at that, given they only made the men’s team pursuit medal race after Great Britain were relegated – is Australia’s worst Olympic track cycling performance since the 1980 Games.
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