Review of Olympic bicycle representative selection criteria Arbitration mechanism Rejection of allegations by athletes August 3 22:03
The arbitration mechanism was asked by the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency to cancel it, saying that the reviewing of the representative selection criteria for road events conducted by the Japan Cycling Federation after the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics was unreasonable, the arbitration mechanism on the 3rd, The player's complaint was rejected.
The road event of the bicycle was supposed to select the representative of the Tokyo Olympics based on the results of the races to be selected domestically and internationally until the end of May, but since the event was interrupted due to the influence of the new coronavirus, The Japan Cycling Federation has reviewed the selection criteria, and the men have added a new selection period of 78 days from August 1 after the World Tour resumes.
Regarding this selection criterion, one of the representative candidates, Mr. Shigeyuki Masuda, has requested that the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency cancel the selection criterion because it is difficult to enter the selection target race due to immigration restrictions etc. ..
On the other hand, the arbitration mechanism announced on March 3 that it will reject Masuda's complaint.
The Arbitration Agency says that the reason is that it is difficult to accurately predict changes in the situation such as travel restrictions in each country, and the standards reviewed by the Federation are "not extremely reasonable."
On the other hand, if there is a player who has virtually lost the opportunity to participate in the race due to this effect, he added, "I would like to expect relief and other measures."
At the discretion of the arbitration mechanism, Masuda said, "I have no idea how to fight for selection in the future. The federation will take relief measures for players who are in a disadvantage. I would like to expect that."