British Cycling Olympic Mountain Bike coach Phil Dixon has backed Liam Killeen to use his previous Games experience to give him an edge in the elite men’s mountain bike cross-country event at Hadleigh Park.
Dave Brailsford has commended Annie Last for qualifying a British woman to the Olympic mountain bike event for the first time since Sydney 2000 and backed her to continue her rapid improvement at the London Games.
Great Britain’s Annie Last continued her fine form ahead of the Olympics with another top ten finish as the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup resumed with round six in Windham, USA.
Selections for Great Britain’s Olympic cycling team for London 2012 have been confirmed by the British Olympic Association, with 18 athletes officially named to represent Team GB.
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