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> From: "Godfrey, Norrene"
> Date: February 27, 2013 12:08:34 PM PST
> To: Candi Murray , Jonathan
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Question for Mike Murray (and others)
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> Here's my opinion on this question – Only I can not and never have been able to do a reply to all on OBRA chat. Would one of you post this for me? Maybe it will help people see, that if we want to be competitive in the world, then we need to invest in our own ideas and innovations and stop waiting for USAC to tell us what to do. =0)
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> Where to start on this question . . .the short and direct answer are – Yes, Sarah Hammer was the only US athlete to attend World Track Champs; I’m not sure if she paid her own way or not and no, the US has not thrown in the towel on track, per say, the industry (cycling) as a whole, feels track is not worth investing in until 15-12 months out from Rio Olympic games. That’s why you see what little support there was, suddenly disappear right after the Olympics, unless you are lucky to live in one of those countries with a full blown, fully funded (lottery dollars) track program.
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> Theo Bos explained it well in an article posted on cyclingnews in December, where he voiced concerns of the British dominance on the track in the London Olympics and how other countries, including the USA cannot compete, UNLESS they’re willing to really invest the funding. Check it out.
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> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bos-concerned-by-british-track-dominance
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> So that leads us back to Steve’s question, right now there is nothing in the way of a track program from USAC, however there are pockets of ignition around the US; Hellyer has a women’s pursuit program, Chicago has just started one too and if we are going to change things, it will come from a grass roots level, not from the top down.
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> Personally I had to put Project Rio on hold as of Monday, due to lack of funding support, however that doesn’t mean we can’t be creative to effect change in the track world. Brian Abers and I are trying to pull together an intense sprint camp in the summer, that will run between Alpenrose and Marymoor, giving the sprinters a way to survive and move forward even in this post–Olympic season, no support, season.
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> Cheers
> Norrene
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> Norrene Godfrey | Young Athletes Senior Production Artist | Nike Inc
> 503•671•2178 | norrene.godfrey@Nike.com | 503•806•2215 C
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> From: Candi Murray
> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:08 AM
> To: Norrene Godfrey
> Subject: Fwd: [OBRA Chat] Question for Mike Murray (and others)
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> You should answer this
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> Candi
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>> From: Steve Scarich
>> Date: February 27, 2013 9:03:39 AM PST
>> To: obra@list.obra.org
>> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Question for Mike Murray (and others)
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>> I only mention Mike because I suspect he still follows this subject. So, there was just an event called the UCI Track World Championships held in the Far East. As far as I could tell, only Sarah Hammer represented the U.S. (I could have missed other competitors). Has our country 'thrown in the towel' on track racing at the international level? or is something else going on? What is the state of track racing in America?
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>> Steve Scarich
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