Charlie Tanfield slipped coming out of the final corner at the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome . Tanfield had been struggling to hold the wheel of Dan Bigham and Ethan Vernon . Britain had been on course for the secondfastest qualifying time behind Denmark and a ticket to the medal rounds before the incident .
The yearold received medical treatment on the track for several minutes before being able to walk off unassisted . The Great Britains defence of their mens team pursuit world title ended in a crash in qualifying at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow on Thursday .
Britain were already down to three riders at that point they did not set an official time and went out of competition . The home nation were on course to qualify for the medal round after Tanfield was unable to recover from a broken collarbone in time for the crash .
The incident happened in the opening round of the championships. Britain were down to just three riders in the first qualifying round of their race. They were not allowed to set a time and were not given an official qualifying time. The British Cycling team were not able to set their own official time.
They had already been down to two riders at the end of the competition. They did not have a chance to win a medal round. It is not clear whether they would have won any of the cycling world championships. The team were in the final round of competition.
The final round was set to go into the final of the event. It was the final. The race. The event was the first of the race. It will be the last of the opening of the last. The last of this year’s opening round’. It’ll be the first time of the cycle cycle cycle.
