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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