British cyclists Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins compete at the Beijing 2008 Games:
Team GB cyclists setting standards for London 2012 venue
David, ODA Chief Executive, 21 Aug 2008
This morning I was at the VeloPark in Beijing where the British flag is flying proud after the extraordinary success of Team GB. It was extremely useful to see how Mountain Biking, BMX and Track Cycling have all been integrated - for example the power and media requirements, along with the back of house facilities - so that we can take that learning back to London.
British cyclists Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins compete at the Beijing 2008 Games:
British cyclists Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins compete at the Beijing 2008 Games:
We have been lucky to have Chris Hoy on the design panel for the Velodrome for London 2012. We need to make sure that we design the facility around the needs of the athletes, and who better to advise on that than one of Great Britain's greatest Olympians.
Chris Hoy with his three gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Games:
We are currently cleaning up the VeloPark site in preparation for building as previously the land was a post-war tip. We will then start construction next year.
Team GB cyclists led by Chris have set the standard. Our challenge is to provide them with a facility worthy of their talents so they can keep winning gold medals and breaking records in 2012. We won't let them down.
An artist's impression of the London 2012 Velodrome:
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Comments for this post:
23 Aug 2008, 06:17AM, Strogg said:
Absolutely blistering performance by TeamGB Cyclists.By far the highlight of the games was the domination in the Velodrome.Well done to Chris Hoy (or maybe that should read Sir Chris) for an outstanding display of cycling. A pleasure to watch, enjoy, and feel proud.Bring on 2012, and more Golds......I can't wait.
23 Aug 2008, 05:04PM, ben.james.watson said:
I hope we do as well in 2012 as we have done in Beijing !
24 Aug 2008, 04:47PM, goran said:
Im sure british will win more golds in London, good luck!!!!!
31 Oct 2008, 07:24AM, Alice in Wonderland said:
I am proud of what Team GB achieved at Beijing and the number of medals they were awarded was amazing!
I am also happy to hear that they are involving the Athletes in the designing of the venues but if this is meant to be a "cut-price games" due to the recession, why are they building another Velodrome in the UK?
There is already an Olympic-standard Velodrome in Manchester and the World Championships are held in Manchester.
In order to allow British athletes a fairly central base to train and prevent a north-south or English-Scottish divide, why are they wasting millions on a new Velodrome and possibly making the Manchester one a Redundant white-elephant when it comes to Competitions?