Hoy Blasts Olympic Organizers

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British cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has hit out at the organizers of the Olympic Games for leaving him in a dilemma as to which of his family members he will invite to watch him perform at the Games at London now that the allocation for the tickets have been reduced drastically. The winner of four Gold medals in the Olympic Games said that he is in a huge dilemma now that under the current ticket rules for the Olympic Games, as decided by the Organizing Committee of the London Olympic Games, an athlete is allocated only two tickets for each of the session that he takes part in.

This means that the cycling champion will have to choose between his parents Carol and David, his wife Sara and his sister Carrie regarding who will be present at which event. The family of Sir Chris Hoy travel all over the world with him to watch him in action and it was only last week that David Hoy courted controversy when he stated that the London Olympic Games Organizing Committee was overlooking the families of the athletes by reducing the allocation of the tickets.

And now, his son has backed him and called for an immediate rethinking of the policies as to the ticket allocations. According to Hoy, it is difficult as his family is a source of immense inspiration for him when he takes part in the Games and has travelled with him to Sydney, Athens and Beijing as well.

He further went on to add that one would have thought that getting the tickets for the London Olympic Games would have easier as it is being held at home but that is not the case and according to Sir Chris Hoy, the Organizing Committee should look for the benefit of the athletes who bring the nation so much glory.

CHRIS HOY GEARED UP FOR REVOLUTION

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Great Britain’s Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy will kick off his preparation for the upcoming London Olympic Games when he takes to the track at the National Cycling Centre in the Manchester Velodrome on the 28th of January, 2012 at the Revolution. Hoy, the winner of three Olympic Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008 is looking at the Revolution as preparation for the London Track World Cup in February, which is also considered as a test event ahead of the London Olympic Games as well as the Track Cycling World Championship slated to be held in Melbourne in April.

Speaking to the media during one of his practice sessions, Hoy added that the Revolution provides him an opportunity to test out his form ahead of the London World Championships and see how the pre-season preparation at Perth, Australia has paid off. Sir Chris Hoy spent pre-season training hard Down Under and according to him, it would be good to return to competitive racing after an arduous training camp and test out his form ahead of the major events.

Hoy went on to add that the Revolution has always been special to him as he gets to race in front of his home crowd and this year, there is an extremely competitive lineup announced for the race and Hoy believes that it would present a good challenge for him. Hoy said that the sprint lineup is extremely challenging and he was looking forward to that challenge.

Other than Hoy, Great Britain will also have youngsters David Daniell, Philip Hindes, Pete Mitchell as well as Hoy’s teammates Matt Crampton, newly crowned world champion Jason Kenny and Ross Edgar but in spite of the challenging lineup, Sir Chris Hoy is the overwhelming favorite to take the title home from the Revolution.