Cyclist Matthew Richardson could be stood down from international competition for two years following his shock defection to Great Britain
Richardson has stunned AusCycling by deciding to race for Great Britain, announcing his move just days after winning three medals for Australia at the Paris Olympics. Richardson raced in Paris while keeping his decision to switch allegiance secret from Australian hierarchy.“There’s disappointment around the decision and the process and not knowing around Matt’s circumstances,” AusCycling’s executive general manager, performance, Jesse Korf, said on Tuesday.
Korf said it was “too early to tell” if AusCycling wanted to enforce any two-year non-competition clause. Richardson was born in Maidstone, England, moved to Australia at the age of nine, and cited a long-held ambition to race for his birth country for his switch. “He quoted rationale of following a childhood dream,” Korf said.
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