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| Olympics team faces bike pressure | Olympics team faces bike pressure |
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| London 2012 Olympics chief Sebastian Coe is expected to face pressure to stage the mountain bike events in Wales during a promotional visit. | |
| Lord Coe is due to meet First Minister Rhodri Morgan to discuss Wales' plans to maximise opportunities at the games. | Lord Coe is due to meet First Minister Rhodri Morgan to discuss Wales' plans to maximise opportunities at the games. |
| Questions about why a new mountain bike course was being built in Essex when Wales already has courses have been asked by Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price. | |
| The London 2012 Organising Committee has been asked to comment. | The London 2012 Organising Committee has been asked to comment. |
| The track in Essex is being built after a course proposed initially was criticised as not being challenging enough. | The track in Essex is being built after a course proposed initially was criticised as not being challenging enough. |
| During his visit to Cardiff, Lord Coe is also expected to meet Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones and Heritage Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas. | |
| It is understood Mr Morgan will be pressing for the Olympics delivery leaders to bring the mountain biking event to Wales. | It is understood Mr Morgan will be pressing for the Olympics delivery leaders to bring the mountain biking event to Wales. |
| Wales has the mountains that Essex lacks, says Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price | Wales has the mountains that Essex lacks, says Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Mr Price raised the issue at the House of Commons question time last week, saying, compared to Essex, Wales had an essential element for mountain bikers - mountains. | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Mr Price raised the issue at the House of Commons question time last week, saying, compared to Essex, Wales had an essential element for mountain bikers - mountains. |
| The event has to be held within three hours travelling time of the Olympic village. | The event has to be held within three hours travelling time of the Olympic village. |
| Mr Price called for the mountain biking event to be held at the "excellent" facilities at Margam, near Port Talbot. | Mr Price called for the mountain biking event to be held at the "excellent" facilities at Margam, near Port Talbot. |
| Mountain biking was introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Games and is staged over a 40-50km (25-31m) course for men and 30-40km (18.5-25m) for women. | |
| Lord Coe will be joined by senior figures from the Olympics 2012 and they will visit the new £32m Cardiff International Pool, which is to be presented with a certificate as a pre-games training camp. | |
| The delegation, including Charles Allen, chair of the London 2012 Nations and Regions Group, is also to meet a Monmouthshire firm that has won a contract for a steel bridge in the Olympic Park. | The delegation, including Charles Allen, chair of the London 2012 Nations and Regions Group, is also to meet a Monmouthshire firm that has won a contract for a steel bridge in the Olympic Park. |
| Lord Coe has already said that as far back as 2004 his team had come under pressure from the International Olympic Committee to site venues closer to London. | Lord Coe has already said that as far back as 2004 his team had come under pressure from the International Olympic Committee to site venues closer to London. |