Posted March 29, 2010
The UCI Track World Championships 2010 ended Sunday at the Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark. The World Championships were a great success for the sport, the spectators and the organizers.
Australia became by far the most winning nation of the 37 nations participating in the world championships. The riders from down under won as much as six gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. The usually dominating British riders won only three world championships which was disappointing. Denmark ended up as the ninth best nation due to Alex Rasmussens gold medal in scratch. 17 of the 37 participating nations brought home a medal from the Ballerup Super Arena.
"The UCI is very satisfied with the championships at Ballerup this year. The quality of the competitions was very high, many nations won medals and world records were beaten. The teams Ive spoken to were extremely satisfied with the organization of the races," said Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Sunday at Ballerup.
"It has been a fantastic experience. From a sporting point of view, it was good that not all medals went to only one nation, but to many nations. We had 19 sets of medals to hand out and it would have been a bit tiresome if the Englishmen had taken them all. In 2008 and 2009 we organized the World Cups and gained much experience then. So we knew what we could expect, but it is a tough job to be organising for somebody else. Luckily, we have received credit for our hard work. We have further agreed with the UCI on an evaluation meeting so that we can be really well prepared for the UCI Road World Championships, which is an even bigger event. Although the road cycling championships are a very big event, we can easily use the experience we have gained during these world championships. We shall need a lot of volunteers next year, "said Jesper Worre, who was in charge of the world championships, after the final race Sunday. He was very pleased with the nearly 12,000 spectators, of which many came from abroad, that had visited the Ballerup Super Arena over the five days of the event. |