*** 2012 Olympic BMX Course More Difficult ***
London, UK (AP) -- 02/05/2008
London told to make 2012 Olympic BMX course more difficult.
The London 2012 organizers said Friday that the International
Cycling Federation, or UCI, wanted a more challenging course.
London needs to find a new mountain biking course for the
2012 Olympics after its original venue was deemed too easy.
London organizers said Friday that the International Cycling
Federation, or UCI, wanted a more challenging course than
the one at Weald Country Park in the county of Es***, 25
kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the Olympic Park in east London.
The site had been approved by the UCI in London's bid file,
but organizing committee spokeswoman Jackie Brock-Doyle
said the course requirements were getting tougher as the
s****t was evolving.
"The UCI has asked us to find a course that meets new and
challenging requirements that test the best mountain bikers
in the world in 2012,'' Brock-Doyle said.
"Whilst this is disappointing news, we have agreed that, together
with Es*** County Council, we will look at other possible venues
within Es*** that meet the new requirements of the s****t.''
Mountain biking was first contested at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee describes the event on its
Web site as involving cyclists "riding over what is usually a very
hilly, sometimes mountainous course, usually on natural terrain.
"They may need to maneuver over trees,
branches, rocks and streams,'' the IOC said.
It's the second time that London 2012 officials
could be forced to change a venue.
In October, London officials said the venue for the canoe slalom
events might have to be moved because of contamination at the
original site in Spitalbrook to a site 9.6 kilometers (6 miles) away.
A final decision could be reached this month.
And last month, British Shooting officials wrote to all the British
lawmakers saying they were unhappy with the venue for their
events - a tem****ary venue at the Royal Artillery Barracks in
Greenwich, southeast London - saying it would leave no legacy
for the s****t.
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