Ed Clancy out of track European Championships with injury
Team pursuit specialist Ed Clancy will miss the track European Championships in Switzerland next month due to injury. British Cycling announced the 30-year-old suffered a slipped disk in his back after training, forcing him out of defending his championship wins the previous two years alongside the British National team.
“It’s one of those freak accidents,” men’s endurance coach Heiko Salzwedel told Sky Sports.com. “He just turned to pick up his bag and his disc slipped.
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“This means that his hopes for the European Championships, which were supposed to be his highlight for World Championship qualification, are now over."
Clancy has dominated the discipline as part of the two-time Olympic gold medal-winning and world record-holding Great Britain Team Pursuit team. He was also a bronze medallist in the omnium in 2012. Mark Cavendish recently returned to the track alongside Bradley Wiggins, both hoping to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games. Cavendish is competing with Clancy for the sole qualifying spot Great Britain has in the omnium.
Clancy remains a front-runner as the strongest man for both the team pursuit and the omnium. There is no word yet on how long he will be out of competition.
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