Track Cycling World Championships

Wed	13:00-16:30	_	M Team Pursuit Qualification W Ind Pursuit Qualification W Team Sprint Qualification M Team Sprint Qualification
Wed	19:30-21:30 19:00-21:00	BBC Red Button Eurosport 1	M Scratch Final W Ind Pursuit Final W Team Sprint Final M Team Sprint Final
Thu	13:00-17:00	_	W Team Pursuit Qualification W Keirin Round 1 W Keirin Repechages M 1km TT Final M Team Pursuit Round 1
Thu	19:00-21:00 19:00-21:05	BBC Two Eurosport 1	W Keirin Round 2 W Scratch Final W Keirin Final M Team Pursuit Final
Fri	09:00-13:00	_	M 200m TT Final M Omnium Scratch M Sprint 1/16 M Sprint 1/8 M Sprint Repechages M Ind Pursuit Qualifying
Fri	14:30-17:20	_	W 500m TT Final W Team Pursuit Round 1 M Omnium Pursuit
Fri	19:00-20:30 19:00-21:35	BBC Two & BBC Red Button Eurosport 1	M Point Race Final M Ind Pursuit Final W Team Pursuit Final
Fri	20:30-21:30	BBC Red Button	M Omnium Elimination
Sat	10:00-12:45		W 200m TT Final W Omnium Scratch W Sprint 1/16 W Sprint 1/8 W Sprint Repechages M Omnium 1km TT
Sat	14:45-17:00	Eurosport 1	M Sprint Quarter-finals M Sprint 5th-8th M Omnium Flying Lap W Omnium Pursuit
Sat	19:00-21:00	BBC Red Button	M Sprint Semi-finals M Sprint Finals W Points Race Final
Sat	21:00-22:20	Eurosport 1	M Omnium Points Final W Omnium Elimination
Sun	10:00-12:10	Eurosport 1	W Sprint Quarter-finals W Sprint 5th-8th W Omnium 500m TT M Keirin Round 1 M Keirin Repechages W Omnium Flying Lap
Sun	14:00-18:00	BBC Two	W Sprint Semi-finals W Spring Final M Keirin Round 2 M Keirin Final W Omnium Points Final M Madison Final

Tour of Britain '16 Route Unveiled

 (image credit 'SweetSpot')

Of interest is: Stage 5, which runs from Wales, through Gloucester, via Dursley and into Bath; and Stage 7, split into a time-trial and a closed circuit multi-lap race in the centre of Bristol.

Crashed Ice Final Weekend

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World Record Three Dart Average

Hopefully there will be a clip of this somewhere soon. MVG has just recorded a 6-1 win over the Bully with a record three-dart average. It could've been more but he says he now still has a target to beat himself.

IBU Open European Championships (Biathlon)

The last couple of days I have been enjoying the mid-Russian hosted Biathlon championships. This is a sport I've loosely watched in the past, Olympics and the odd event when nothing else is on, but the biathlon has now become my favourite winter sport.

A combination of cross-country and shooting the skill comes down to being the most efficient you can be. They say the fittest athletes have the fastest pulse recovery rate and in biathlon that is exactly what makes the difference. You can sprint flat out and take your oxygenating heart beat to the highest it can but if you cannot bring that back under control to shoot with an accuracy and speed required for this sport then you will pay the price, and tumble down the positions.

And this comes before including any tactics. The course in Tyumen, Russia is unusually profiled with the final run into the shooting range being most of the downhill in the course. This means the early cross-country sector is uphill and those who struggle to reduce their heart beat get an advantage with a long run into shoot.

Today, after some exciting relays yesterday, I am watching the men's 10km sprint. A time-trial of biathlon, each athlete leaves in intervals onto a 3.3km track with 5 heavy uphill climbs but still with the long downhill into the range.

For those who have it, it's on Eurosport 1 now.

Try your hand at Roller Derby £5 if your in the Glamorgan area

F1 Testing Day One