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Boardman beschwert sich, dass er sinnentstellend verkürzt zitiert wurde. Hier ist seine differenzierte Meinung ausführlicher:

Zitat von The Guardian

“The Rio Olympic Road Course was excellent, one of, if not the best I have ever seen with all elements covered,” he said. “Even a descent as technical as that from Vista Chinesa was fantastic but its proximity to the finish line and the prize on offer there, meant it was certain athletes would push it to and past the edge of the envelope in pursuit of glory.

“Crashes are an inevitable and accepted part of cycling, what is not acceptable is that such in-competition mistakes should carry guaranteed life-threatening consequences.

“A 20cm deep drop off at the edge of the road and sharp concrete edges running exposed for 99% of the descent at a point in the race where crashes were going to happen, was not acceptable. It should not have been signed off.

“As much as I loved the course including that descent, if these hazards could not be managed - due to either cost or practicalities - then the descent should not have been in the race let alone the final. To reiterate, my anger was not about crashes - which are inevitable and normal - it was the potential for avoidable catastrophe if and when I rider did. The stakes should not be that high to win a bike race.

“I hope lessons were learned, this time we got away with it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-vleuten-crash

Ich denke, da ist viel Wahres dran.