Olympics

How to watch the Paris Olympics mountain bike cross-country

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Paris Olympic XC mountain bike cross-country, including who to watch.

Mon, Jul 15, 2024 15:34
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Retrospective: the evolution of Nino Schurter’s cross-country race bikes

We chat with Nino Schurter about his bikes, tech and his Olympic hopes.

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 14:00
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Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer has a new bike… with part of her PhD thesis etched on the frame

The maths doctorate and shock Toyko Olympic road race gold medallist has two of her favourite equations on the brand new Factor Ostro VAM

Sat, Apr 16, 2022 10:40
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Aussie Olympic handlebar failure: inadequate spec and fatigue testing to blame

3D-printed titanium base bar was exposed to far greater forces than it was designed to handle, incident resulting in a crash in men's team pursuit qualification

Fri, Feb 25, 2022 11:41
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Sir Jason Kenny retires from track cycling — Britain’s most decorated Olympian set for British Cycling coaching role

Jason Kenny won his seventh Olympic gold medal at last summer's Tokyo Games

Mon, Feb 14, 2022 10:23
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Australia investigates snapped handlebar that caused Olympic crash

Governing body looks to pinpoint cause of snapped bar that led to Alex Porter smashing into the boards of the velodrome at 65km/h

Thu, Sep 23, 2021 16:40
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Jason Kenny wins historic seventh Olympic gold medal in Tokyo

"When you look back on the medals you’ve already got it seems really easy and then when you try and get more you remember how hard it was"

Sun, Aug 08, 2021 07:38
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Hope unveils prototype for road-going version of Team GB’s Lotus track bike

The Olympic bike is being overhauled for the road; drawing on its in-house expertise of making brakes, specially designed dropouts have been made to integrate the disc brake calipers

Thu, Aug 05, 2021 14:00
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Team GB says Denmark Olympic team pursuit squad should be banned over use of medical tape on legs and “aerodynamic undervest”

The tape was reportedly applied to add an air trip and Stephen Park says the Danes were using special baselayers made by Huub, claiming both would fall foul of the UCI rules

Tue, Aug 03, 2021 08:41
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Olympics: ‘Medical tape’ row as record-breaking Danish pursuit team accused of bending UCI rules

"Every rider with the same injury on both legs requiring ‘medical tape’ down the front of their legs, coincidently exactly where it would be aerodynamically advantageous"...

Mon, Aug 02, 2021 11:53
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