Paralympics Face Rule Changes For Cycling Events.

New rules and regulations have caused the paralympic cycling team a lot of confusion over the past few days. Many of the athletes have been left confused as to why the changes have been introduced.

The international cycling union have now opted to combine disability classifications in at least seven events in the London 2012 olympic games. This means that medal winners will now be judged in regard to world records in those classes rather than on actual results alone.

Jody Cundy the British track cycling to time gold medallist said the ruling had left the British team feeling bewildered and that they would now be resorting to recording their fastest times in private.

It has been suggested that the UK sport and Paralympics Great Britain will make a case against the UCI regarding this change.

It was on July 14th that the UCI decided to publish the changed road and track cycling conditions and the qualification criteria for the Paralympic games in London.

Chantale Philie the UCI para cycling coordinator has been quoted as saying the programme is, “is fairer for the athletes” but this has been denied by paralympic athletes. Jody Cundy who won three gold medals in swimming events in both Sydney and Athens before picking up cycling for Beijing strongly disagrees. “For a start, the UCI has combined the two most competitive classes in Paralympic cycling, C4 and C5, for the kilo,” he is reported to have said.

“They’ve brought in factoring relative to the world records, but all it will do is discriminate against me,” Cundy said

Many people have suggested that the changes have made a mess out of a system that had been working without fault until now. Athletes have suggested that if they break their own records between now and the London 2012 games they will be making their job harder at the London games.

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