Jury verdict doesn’t suit Dutch: ‘What he’s doing is rugby on wheels’

The men’s sprint finals were a big hit on Friday night. Harry Lavresen took gold convincingly from Australia’s Matthew Richardson, but after that it was mainly a battle for bronze between Jeffrey Hoagland and Britain’s Jack Carlin.

First: What exactly happened? Hoogland and Karelin drew 1-1 and thus began the decisive qualifying round for the bronze medal. However, in that intense heat, the Briton accidentally collided with his Dutch opponent, who miraculously remained upright. Only: Karelin had already received a yellow card and was therefore on alert. The jury decided to test him, but on the second attempt he crossed the red line.

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This is not allowed on a cycling course, but it seems that this time it is. The jury decided not to do anything about it, and so the bronze went to Carlin and Great Britain, much to the dismay of the Dutch delegation. “I don’t feel robbed, I just think it’s a shame. Fortunately, it’s a bit too late now and I can look at it a bit more analytically.” number.

For an outsider, it was strange: someone with a yellow card and allowed to do such tricks. “It didn’t really matter to me, it could happen. I thought: keep going. I felt very fresh and in good shape, but the moment I got there quickly was over the red line in my opinion. The jury explained to me that this is not a rule. This is new to me. It’s strange how this is treated arbitrarily,” said Hoagland.

The coaches had warned us that they would pay more attention to keeping lines and things like that. “But you have a kid who has already got a yellow card and almost bumped me and then he does that… It surprised me,” said the deputy, with a sense of understatement, but as civilized as we know him.

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“What Carlin is doing is basically rugby on wheels.”

Mehdi Kordi was more stern on behalf of the Dutch delegation. “That was not good on Jack’s part, he went out of line,” he added. “With everything that happened already and the warning he already got and the collision that I think affected the match… we are very disappointed.” Kordi was referring to Carlin’s behaviour earlier in the tournament, when he was not shy about elbowing.

“The jury made it clear to me that with all the events involving Carlin, he would be punished for his behaviour if he stepped out of line. The way he fights the bike is basically just rugby on wheels. Cycling News“And then he clearly went off line, which clearly affected the track… and then they left it at that?” I’m very surprised about this.

“The fact that they felt it had no impact on the outcome of the race is amazing,” Kurdi continued. “Hoagland would have taken the corner sharper if he hadn’t gone over the red line, while Carlin would have lost speed. If you go off your line, it actually seems simple to me.