log in
register

Lee Valley Velodrome

Katy Marchant crashes into crowd during UCI Track Champions League (Eurosport)

Velodrome owners promise to “explore” ways to improve rider and fan safety after “unsettling” crash which saw Olympic champion Katy Marchant catapult over new barriers and into crowd

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority said structural engineers had checked the recently installed Perspex fences to make sure they were “undamaged” before reopening the track on Monday

Thu, Dec 12, 2024 18:33
1
Katy Marchant crashes into crowd during UCI Track Champions League

“Why did the barriers completely fail to do exactly what they were fitted for?” Horror crash into crowd sees Olympic champion Katy Marchant suffer broken arm – months after taller safety barriers fitted around track following similar crash

British Cycling says the sprinter is in “good spirits” after her shocking crash during the keirin event at the UCI Track Champions League in London on Saturday night, as fans label new Perspex fences an “abject failure”

Sun, Dec 08, 2024 15:55
16
Scratch race crash, 2022 Commonwealth Games (Will Palmer, SWpix.com)

Horror crash that left track cycling spectator with “machete-like” injury prompts London velodrome to install Perspex barrier, two years after rider catapulted into crowd, “almost killing” children

The shocking collision at the 2022 Commonwealth Games led to calls from Chris Hoy and Laura Kenny to introduce a protective safety screen, which Lee Valley VeloPark now says is “a UK first for an existing velodrome”

Tue, Aug 13, 2024 10:26
o
London Ambulance (via Oxyman on Wikimedia Commons under CC BY SA 3.0)

Cyclist died after ambulances failed to find Olympic velodrome

London Ambulance Service’s sat-nav devices hadn’t been updated with new roads in Stratford

Fri, Jun 03, 2016 09:49
28
Olympic Velodrome and flowers (copyright Simon MacMichael)

UCI Track Worlds start in London tomorrow – where can you watch?

Can Great Britain's cyclists replicate success of 2012 Olympics at Lee Valley?

Tue, Mar 01, 2016 17:23
6
Reviolution Series Marymoor Crawl 25 Oct 2014 YouTube still

Video: Marymoor Crawl track race debuts at Olympic velodrome – watch it here

Revolution Series organisers get the pros to take part in singular event that originated in the US

Sat, Oct 25, 2014 20:26
8
Laura Trott in action in Revolution Series (picture credit Luke Webber:Revolution Series)

Revolution Series starts at Lee Valley Velodrome tonight – tickets still available

Racing continues tomorrow - and includes the bizarre Marymoor Crawl race

Fri, Oct 24, 2014 10:18
3
Marymoor Crawl Vimeo Still

Marymoor Crawl track race format coming to London this month (+ video)

Revolution Series organisers say they'll trial bizarre race at Lea Valley Velodrome

Wed, Oct 15, 2014 10:41
3
Australia winning men’s team pursuit at 2014 UCI World Track Championships (pic credit Cali 2014)

Aussie track stars head for Revolution Series as Orica-GreenEdge confirmed as riding

GB vs Australia showdown looms in 2014/15 track competition, now expanded to six rounds

Fri, Oct 03, 2014 17:47
o