Headlines from Olympic Cycling

CYCLING TRACK COMPETITION COMPLETE

My world of cycling track ended quickly two days ago exactly the way it started - with Great Britain winning medals. Chris Hoy (GBR) became one of the first British athletes to win three Gold medals at the Olympics in a century with his Individual Sprint win. I was little bummed everything on the track was over. In the last six weeks I had grown to enjoy it and wished there was a bit more competition.

FIRST DAY OF BMX IN THE OLYMPICS

As one would imagine, BMX Cycling was really busy during its first day of official competition in the Olympics. I got to see some time trials for the men and women, along with the quarterfinals for the men. During the quarterfinals, there were tons of crashes and the Americans did really well. Mike Day (USA) won all three of his heats, while Donny Robinson (USA) and Kyle Bennett (USA) also advanced. The second and final day of BMX didn't happen. Beijing was rain-soaked this morning and the competition was pushed back until Friday morning (Beijing time).

MOUNTAIN BIKE BEGINNING

With two days of cycling competition left, mountain bike starts up. Mountain bike seems cool but it's not spectator-friendly. The only portion of the track that is viewable is the final 30 seconds. I have not done any research on any teams so I don't know who is going to do well, but I do anticipate a lot of standing around with little competition to watch. Also, the first stages of competition are going to be on the heels of the delayed BMX so Friday (Beijing time) is going to be a really long day.