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April 17/08 3:42 am - Canada Qualifies for Two Olympic Track Spots

Posted by Editor on 04/17/08

UCI Releases Olympic Track Quotas

The UCI has just released the track quotas, by country, for the Olympic Games and, as expected, Canada received two spots - one each for men's and women's Points Races.

Men
	Team Sprint	Keirin	Sprint	Team Pursuit	Individual Pursuit	Madison	Points Race
Argentina						2	1
Australia	3	2	2	5	2		1
Belgium						2	1
Belarus							1*
Bulgaria							1*
Canada							1
China	3	1	1
Colombia				5	1
Cuba
Czech republic	3	1	1			2	1
Denmark				5	1	2	1
El Salvador
Spain				5	2	2	1
Estonia			1*
France	3	2	2*	5	1	2	1
Great Britain	3	2*	2*	5	2*	2	1*
Germany	3	2	2			2	1
Greece	3	2	1
Hong Kong							1
Italy		1	1			2	1
Jamaica		1
Japan	3	2	2				1
Lithuania
Malaysia	3	2	1
Moldavia					1*
Netherlands	3	2	2	5	2	2	1
New Zealand				5	1	2	1
Poland							1
South Africa		1*
Russia	3	2	1	5	2	2	1
Switzerland						2	1
Ukraine				5	2*	2	1
Uruguay							1
USA	3	1	1		1	2	1
Total Places	36	24	19	50	18	30	23

Women
	Sprint	Individual Pursuit	Points Race
Argentina
Australia	1	1	1
Belgium
Belarus	1
Bulgaria
Canada			1
China	1		1*
Colombia		1	1
Cuba	1		1
Czech republic		1	1
Denmark			1
El Salvador		1*	1
Spain			1
Estonia
France	1		1
Great Britain	2*	2*	1
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong			1
Italy			1
Jamaica
Japan	1*		1*
Lithuania	1	2*	1
Malaysia
Moldavia
Netherlands	2*		1*
New Zealand		1	1
Poland
South Africa
Russia			1
Switzerland		1	1
Ukraine		1	1
Uruguay
USA	1	1	1
Total Places	12	12	21

* these are non-transferable spots that go to the World Cup Champion, World Champion and 'B' World Champion in each of the respective disciplines:

Men 'B' Worlds World Cup Worlds
Sprint Daniel Novikov (Estonia) Kevin Sireau (France) Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
Individual Pursuit Alexandr Piuschin (Moldavia) Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
Keirin Gadi Chait (South Africa) Chris Hoy (Great Britain) Chris Hoy (Great Britain)
Points Race Radoslav Konstantinov (Bulgaria) Chris Newton (Great Britain) Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus)
Women 'B' Worlds World Cup Worlds
Sprint Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) Willy Kanis (Netherlands) Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain)
Individual Pursuit Evelyn Garcia (El Salvador) Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) Rebecca Romero (Great Britain)
Points Race Satomi Wadami (Japan) Li Yan (China) Marianne Vos (Netherlands)

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