Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, said the 200 Swiss franc fine, which was also imposed on England cycling team manager Keith Reynolds, was for “failure to respect instructions from the commissioner/organiser”. It is understood Team England are discussing the chain of events with the Commonwealth Games Federation and want the medal decision overturned. It is also understood that the issue was on the agenda at a meeting of the CGF Board of Directors yesterday [Sat]. A CGF spokesman said: “In the small number of cases where there are fewer than five entries in a Commonwealth Games event, the CGF operates a medal allocation policy to maintain the integrity of the competition. “Unfortunately, while the athletes in the women’s sprint tandem B event were informed of this prior to the competition, the scoreboard and results sheet incorrectly indicated that it was a bronze medal event. We apologize to the athletes involved for the unintentional inconvenience this has caused. “
