Great Britain hopes a couple of faces from yesteryear can help it continue its
dominance on the track.
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de France winner Bradley Wiggins, the reigning Olympic time trial gold medalist,
has largely retired from road racing and will be part of the British mens
pursuit squad aiming to repeat its gold from four years ago in London.He has
already has won three gold, a silver and two bronze medals in track cycling
events dating to the 2000 Sydney Games.His good friend, Mark Cavendish, will
head from the Tour right to the track to compete in the multi-discipline
omnium.The sprint specialist decided the road course in Rio would be too
challenging for him, so he opted for the track to finally capture the Olympic
medal that has long eluded him.Ive made no secret that my aim is to win an
Olympic medal, he said. Its always a proud moment to be able to pull on a GB
jersey and to be able to do so at the Olympic Games is extra special. Im
committed to doing my absolute best out in Rio.Cavendish was favored with
Wiggins to win the Madison event -- no longer part of the program -- but wound
up ninth at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He did not factor into the road race four
years ago in London.Still, all eyes will be on him and the rest of the British
squad in Rio, considering the team won seven of the 10 track gold medals at the
London. But there are other story lines to watch, too:GB RETIREMENTS: The
British squad had to retool after the London Games when Chris Hoy, one of the
most decorated Olympians in history, and popular sprinter Victoria Pendleton
stepped away.Jason Kenny began to take Hoys mantle as Britains best sprinter
with his gold in London, but hes had an uneven past four years. His victory at
the world championships left him ranked third in the world.TEAM USA: Sarah
Hammer, Chloe Dygert, Ruth Winder, Jennifer Valente and Kelly Catlin shredded
the world record in the womens team pursuit in March. They offer the best U.S.
chance of winning a cycling medal, but will be pushed by the top-ranked British
squad and world bronze medalist Canada.I dont know if theres pressure (because
of the record), Hammer said. I dont feel type of pressure and I dont think the
girls do, either. I think the pressure we feel is that we want to be
successful.ANOTHER POWERHOUSE: Germany may be the only nation that can rival
Britains dominance. Joachim Eilers and Kristina Vogel are reigning keirin world
champs, Vogel and Miriam Welte won gold in the team sprint four years ago in
London, and Roger Kluge has medal aspirations in the omnium.Germany also has a
strong mens sprint squad and Max Niederlag is an under-the-radar contender.FROM
THE LAND DOWN UNDER: Australia will be trying to replicate its success from
London, when it won four track medals anchored by Anna Meares victory over
Pendleton in a dramatic sprint final.Meares is still among the worlds best,
taking silver in the keirin at the world championships and teaming with
Stephanie Morton to form a potent sprint combo. Matt Glaetzer is a sprint medal
threat, Glenn OShea likewise in the omnium, and the Aussies boast the best mens
pursuit squad in the world.Ive medaled at every world championships Ive ridden
since the London Games. I won my world championship in an Olympic event and
posted the fastest standing lap times for the team sprint, Meares said. I have
to feel confident. I back my team, my coach and the preparation that Ive
done.THE VELODROME: The venue itself was among the last to be completed, the
source of constant trouble for Rio organizers. Multiple test events were
postponed or canceled, contractors had to be swapped out and, even after it was
deemed operational in late June, there was still plenty of work to do. The track
events were among the most popular cycling events at the London Games, drawing
sellout crowds that included everyone from Paul McCartney to Prince William.
Will the momentum carry into Rio?I dont want to lose any of the interest weve
seen in track cycling the last few years, said Brian Cookson, the president of
the UCI, cyclings world governing body. Really, the Athens and Beijing games
have provided track programs that were really exciting. Im sure we can do the
same in Rio.
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Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland --
and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. Apart from his
irritating tendency to collide with the stumps in his delivery stride, Steven
Finn had a good day. He flogged life from a decent batting surface and his three
cheap wickets provided a basis for an England victory that has kept alive their
hopes of a semi-final place. His potent pace bowling will encourage Englands
hopes that beating Sri Lanka in their final match is not beyond them.But while
Finn has a right to revel in his good day, his idiosyncrasy needs to be
addressed before it causes an almighty row. The issue that first arose in the
Headingley Test against South Africa shows no signs of abating. Instead of
kicking the stumps, Finn needs to kick the habit. And, whether or not he kicks
the habit, the Law needs to be changed.Finns tendency was regarded seriously
enough to be brought up at the pre-tournament briefing for coaches and captains
during which they were told that any bowler breaking the stumps would first
receive a warning and on every further occasion the delivery would be ruled as a
dead ball. As it happened the umpires forgot about the warning on this
occasion.Finn collided with the stumps in each of his last three overs. As a
dead ball was ruled, New Zealand missed out on a leg-side wide and then a
single; on the final occasion, James Franklin drilled the ball through mid-off
for four only for the boundary to be removed from the records. To add injury to
insult, Finn struck him in the groin with his follow-up delivery. Considering
how cricketers find nothing funnier, kicking the stumps over had every chance of
becoming a euphemism.But Finns collisions are not funny, they are serious.
Imagine what the outcome would be if Franklin had struck that boundary from the
last ball of the match, thought he had won the game for New Zealand, only for
dead ball to be ruled, the runs to be scrubbed and Finn to send the batsmans
stumps flying with the next delivery. The solution is staring everybody in the
face. It should not be a dead ball, it should be a no-ball. The batsman gets the
benefit of the runs accrued and an extra ball as well. If batsmen stumble into
the stumps in the process of playing a shot, they are given out hit wicket. For
a bowler to suffer a no-ball is a far lesser punishment.Stuart Broad, Englands
Twenty20 captain, said: The best solution to it is for Finny to stop doing it.
Today New Zealand were unlucky but it might cost us an important wicket at this
stage. But it is also important in a world tournament not to focus so much on
that because he is in a nice rhythm and it would be dangerous to make him worry
too much about that.Ross Taylor, New Zealands captain, was quick to praise Finns
display, but that praise was tempered by his belief that the ICC approach is
misguided. He wants cricket to introduce a version of footballs advantage law -
allow the game to progress as normal unless a batsman is dismissed, in which
case dead ball should be called retrospectively.For Finn to get two wickets up
front put us on the back foot - when the ball was new was probably tthe easiest
time to score, he said.
Cheap Jerseys Wholesale. But I disagree with
the ICC rule when he breaks the stumps. It is a rule for one person in
particular. Unless a batsman gets out you should just carry on.Taylor even
suggested it cost New Zealand a wicket because Brendon McCullum was so angry
with the dead-ball ruling that he got out. If he did, he was unprofessional, but
it is a new one to add to the list of batsmens excuses.All this should not
detract from Finns excellent display. He has hunted early wickets with
aggression throughout the tournament and this time he was quickly rewarded,
trapping Martin Guptill lbw with his third ball, fast and full. In his second
over, when he reared one past Rob Nicols defences and over the stumps, there was
enough venom in the delivery for it to fly through Craig Kieswetters gloves and
strike him on the nose. McCullum, reportedly full of grievances and seeking to
respond in kind, fell in the same over, slicing to third man as he tried to
carve Finn over cover.Broad, a bowling captain with a refreshingly adventurous
approach, gave him a third over with the new ball in the hope that he could make
further inroads, but Kane Williamson and Nicol both collected boundaries.
Instead, his final wicket came in the 17th over, the crucial wicket of Taylor,
holing out at deep midwicket.Danny Briggs, who approaches the crease with the
rhythmic grace of a gymnast, is the sort of bowler you imagine would never
collide with the stumps. Instead, in his first appearance in the tournament, he
collided with Franklin who took 16 from his last over to besmirch his figures, 1
for 36, by the end.Sunday would have been Briggs wedding day were it not for his
appearance at the World Twenty20. Instead, he joined a reshaped England attack,
part of a package that exchanged Tim Bresnan and himself for Samit Patel and
Jade Dernbach. His left-arm slows have been employed for the first over twice
this month, first against South Africa in a T20I at Edgbaston and now here, the
first time a spinner has bowled the first over of the match in any form of
cricket for England since Douglas Carr, a legbreak bowler, in 1909.The story of
Carrs only Test is quite remarkable. His experimentation with the googly won him
an England call up against Australia at The Oval, his new-fangled trick believed
to be the route to victory. He took three wickets in no time but by the time he
finished with seven wickets in the match he had conceded 282 runs.Briggs, a
conventional slow left-armer, will be needed at Premadasa if England reach the
last four and will find the longer boundaries more to his liking. He is a
phlegmatic customer and during his spell spoke only once. Instead of his wedding
vows, he exclaimed to himself when Franklins return drive spat through his hands
to the boundary. Nobody was quite sure what he said but it was probably for the
best that it was out of hearing of the vicar.
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