cycling at the olympics. how each event is chosen...
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cycling at the olympics. how each event is chosen...
Postby ewan » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:34 pm
hi i am wondering if anyone knows how different events are selected for inclusion (or exclusion) at the olympics.
i believe there have been recent(ish) changes in cycling. BMX is in and something out due to that. so was there a formal process by a governing body for the decision.
cheers ewan
i believe there have been recent(ish) changes in cycling. BMX is in and something out due to that. so was there a formal process by a governing body for the decision.
cheers ewan
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Postby timbo » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:55 pm
The 1000m time trial has been deleted from the Olympics.
No-one seems to know why, as it is a traditional event, one of the easiest to understand, and one everyone looks forward to watching it.
I dare say there is plenty of political goings on to get certain events included on the Olympic program.
No-one seems to know why, as it is a traditional event, one of the easiest to understand, and one everyone looks forward to watching it.
I dare say there is plenty of political goings on to get certain events included on the Olympic program.
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:59 pm
They dropped the kilo
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Postby tallywhacker » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:54 am
I believe it the kilo was dropped because the men and women’s BMX events were being added to the Olympic cycling events and as the number of cycling medals and cyclists were to remain the same some cycling events would have to be sacrificed to make room.
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Postby AUbicycles » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:33 am
I am sure it is BMX racing and not freestyle or anything with a jury... but as a medal event? Has it been a demonstration sport already?
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Postby tallywhacker » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:13 am
they decided to include it in the 2008 olympics in 2003. I have a feeling it was a demo sport in sydney (?)
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Postby DrJ » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:59 am
Still cannot believe they dropped the kilo - it's akin to dropping the 100m from track and field. I think it sucks that they had to drop any track events at all, but if they did it seems strange that something like the points race (which the average punter doesn't understand) didn't go instead.
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Postby ewan » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:47 pm
i'm going by secondhand or worse info.
but i understood it to be a case of cycling being allowed so many events.
so i wondered how the decision to change them were made.
i had been discussing another sport and the risks it faced by wanting to change the form of it's competition. it was suggested -ioc- that they would have to abandon thier olympic status and reapply competing with all others that are not currently included. (and it's not a big sport or very tv friendly) but we noted that cycling had changed it's event without this penalty.. we're assuming it's based on cyclings wide appeal to tv viewing noncyclists?
cheers
but i understood it to be a case of cycling being allowed so many events.
so i wondered how the decision to change them were made.
i had been discussing another sport and the risks it faced by wanting to change the form of it's competition. it was suggested -ioc- that they would have to abandon thier olympic status and reapply competing with all others that are not currently included. (and it's not a big sport or very tv friendly) but we noted that cycling had changed it's event without this penalty.. we're assuming it's based on cyclings wide appeal to tv viewing noncyclists?
cheers
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Postby tallywhacker » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:32 pm
the IOC told the UCI in early 2005 they had to drop 2 track events (had to be track and not road for some reason). the UCI did an analysis of TV figures and found that the mens kilo and womens 500m were not as strong as other events. they also survey the 24 cycling federations who were at Athens (only 19 replied).
McQuaid wrote:"You've got to realise that each federation votes in its own interests. Those countries that don't have any specialists in the kilo voted against the kilo. If we ran the survey again we'd get the same differing answers.
"The kilo has a long history in the Olympics but it's a speciality of just a few, big nations. You can tell which medals will go where before the event starts. Lots of countries don't bother to put athletes in because they know they can't win. The points race is more open, more countries have a chance of placing. You don't know who's going to win. A few years back there was a rider I think from Uruguay got a medal in the points race, the first cycle medal for Uruguay."
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Postby sogood » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:35 pm
It's no surprise the Kilo got canned. From a spectator's point of view, it really is quite dry to watch just one rider going round and round. And given the close link b/n sponsorship/TV coverage money with modern Olympics, the decision is obvious.
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