President of the Russian Cycling Federation Vyacheslav Ekimov told that Russian riders will be able to compete in the Track Cycling Nations Cup in Hong Kong.
According to the head of the federation, Russians were allowed to participate outside of quotas in certain types of programs.
— The UCI has taken a step forward and it has already been confirmed that we can go to the Nations Cup. These are competitions of the highest level and we can compete even without qualifying points. Disadvantage: we can only compete in individual events; team events, according to the IOC recommendations, are not accessible to us. In particular, these are the team sprint Madison, in which we are traditionally strong, and the team race, in which the men’s team achieves good results, “Ekimov told .
The Nations Cup stage will begin in Hong Kong on March 15. The International Cycling Union (UCI) allows Russians to compete in neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
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