Wednesday, 12 March 2014

VeloPark Now Open

Paralympic gold and double silver medallist, Mark Colbourne MBE, has launched Lee Valley VeloPark.
Lee Valley VeloPark on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park includes the iconic velodrome, remodelled Olympic BMX track, a new one mile (1.6km) flood-lit road circuit and five miles (8km) of mountain biking trails. It is the first venue in the world to bring these four cycling activities together in one place.
Mark, who is an Ambassador for the venue, along with Olympic double gold medalist Laura Trott, was selected as part of the cycling team for Paralympics GB at the London 2012 Games.
He said: “I do feel honoured to have competed in the velodrome and very proud to have raced and won in front of my home crowd. This ambassadorial role will help me to inspire many more children in their quest to achieve great things in sport and in life.
Mark took silver in the C1-3 1km time trial on 30 August 2012, becoming Great Britain's first Paralympic medalist of the Games. On 31 August he won a gold medal in the C1 3km individual pursuit after breaking the world record in both the qualification round and the final. Mark rounded-off his Paralympic Games, with another silver in the C1 Time Trial on the road on Day 7.

 Public sessions begin on 31 March and are available for everyone - from grassroots level to elite, from toddlers to more mature riders, and everyone in between. There are specific women’s sessions, tasters for disability cycling and tandem rides for the visually impaired.

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