London Olympic Games mixed doubles tennis tournament, or by abolition of cycling individual pursuit race

LONDON, December 8 sports Ta Kung Pao International Olympic Committee executive board meeting held on the 9th, will be considered at the London Olympics, tennis, cycling an "operation" may increase the mixed doubles tennis competition and abolish cycling individual pursuit race .

International Tennis Federation had previously proposed that want to join the London Olympic Games tennis mixed doubles competition, the current Olympic Games tennis competition where men are single, doubles and women's singles or doubles. However, according to the Associated Press reported that the IOC is difficult to pass the proposal on the grounds that the lack of mixed doubles match world-class players.

"This is where many of the room can be manipulated, we are consider allowing singles players to participate in the mixed doubles competition, thus getting the mixed doubles match with star players, but also the Olympic Games would not exceed the limit on the number of athletes," ITF executive Vice-Chairman Mahe Ci said.

Another executive committee in this highly controversial issue is whether to cancel the London Olympics in the individual pursuit cycling race. In the Beijing Olympics, the cycling men have seven sub-items, a woman has three small items. International Cycling Union hopes that men's and women's events, respectively, to reduce and increase to five, with a view to equality.

Under this scheme, men's and women's individual pursuit race and time trial, as well as men's Madison race are likely to not appear in the London Olympics. Many cyclists have made it clear that against the abolition of individual pursuit race, they consider this project a bicycle race in the most representative. "Individual pursuit race the first person who crossed the finish line to win, this is the Olympic Games faster, higher, stronger concept is very consistent," the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games individual pursuit champion, said Boardman.

In addition, former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones in Sydney, had used illegal drugs during the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee at this meeting will be the redistribution of three Olympic gold medals in Sydney, but the 100-meter gold medal will not be vested at that time The runner-up, the Greek players Catalina, as she had been to avoid doping test after the misdeed.

International Cycling Union announced the London 2012 Olympic

With the International Cycling Federation International Cycling Union (UCI), after consultation of the British 2012 Olympic Games, organizers announced the Olympic cycling events of the LOGO.

　　
This consists of four representing LOGO BMX BMX, mountain biking, road cycling and track cycling pattern combination, BMX project graphics driver for a clear jumps, he obviously is characterized by a riding car and wearing a pointed helmet.

London Olympics to adjust a bicycle race UCI President of this defense

A to foreign news agencies: the International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat - McQuade (Pat McQuaid) as the International Olympic Committee Thursday passed the 2012 Olympic Games track cycling competition policy adjustments affirmative defense.

London Olympics will be held in men and women of all five games cycling, respectively sprint, team sprint, Keirin, new number of all-around competition and team pursuit race.

All-round game is a game consisting of 5 different multi-project event. Individual pursuit race was canceled, some of the decision of cyclists and cycling fans are very angry, but McQuaid said the UCI Track Cycling move will be conducive to the development of race as a whole better.

"I've seen many of the requirements to retain certain items to the petition or protest, but these countries have to submit or simply considering how to retain their good projects. The UCI will have to look at the overall situation, and focus on the global cycling movement in the future development, "Mr McQuaid told Reuters. "We want to strive to achieve gender equality, the same time we hope to add more events, but the IOC does not allow blindly adding items, so we can only make a difficult choice, the movement of the track cycling events to make adjustments . I also hope the individual pursuit, points race and Madison are able to match Olympic Games selection, but it is impossible to achieve. We have added a number of projects all-around game, because if you do not, of all cycling venue Item will only perpetuate the 3 or 4 days of competition. but also has all-around tournament schedule will be extended to 6 days, compared with even one more day of the 2008 Olympic Games. "

McQuaid said that some people in order to quell the discontent of the policy adjustment, UCI may now constitute the all-around game of the five projects (200-meter road race starting, 5 km sprint, 3 km individual pursuit race, 15 km Points race and the 1 km time trial) to be re-examined to make them more emphasis on endurance athletes.

McQuaid also said: "All along, the track cycling race is more emphasis on the sprint athletes, but this time we will carefully study the adjustment strategy of all-round game to make them more inclined to endurance. In this case, all the cycling events will be there are three kinds of suitable sprint athletes, suitable for two kinds of endurance athletes. "