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With sports Photography it is important to know your sport, and this does not just refer to the rules, players, predicting the action etc. It is also important to be aware of current issues regarding the Sport. Sport Supplements within newspapers are great for this, especially as at the moment I am covering a range of sports. I have purchased several specialists sports magazines when necessary, however at the moment I do not need to buy any annual subscriptions which would prove to be expensive.
Newspapers were extremely useful for my Location and Documentary Project regarding ethics e.g drug testing in cycling.

Here are some recent articles concerning issues in Cycle sport:

Golden day for Great Britain at the world championships

Victoria Pendleton, Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish helped take Great Britain's gold medal haul to nine

Staff and agencies
Saturday March 29, 2008
guardian.co.uk

Picture:Pendleton flies the flag after sealing her second gold medal in Manchester. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP

Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish helped take Great Britain's gold medal haul to nine on another triumphant day for the host nation at the world cycling championships in Manchester

Pendleton clinched her second gold medal when beating Simona Krupeckaite 2-0 in the best-of-three sprint final, while Wiggins and Cavendish succeeded in the Madison taking Great Britain past their total of seven golds from last year's worlds.

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Two Wheels

Bill Chidley
Thursday April 10, 2008
The Guardian

This is a great time to be a British cyclist. Our track cyclists are the best in the world, taking an unprecedented nine gold medals at the recent World Championships. Last year, the English episode of the Tour de France was one of the few high points of an otherwise depressing spectacle. From being a fringe activity, cycling is now firmly positioned in the mainstream.
Cycling is also hailed as the answer to problems as diverse as the obesity crisis, rising stress levels at work and climate change. The main candidates for mayor of London are queueing up to prove their cycling credentials. Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, Brian Padddick and Sian Berry all want to increase the number of cyclists on London's roads, and Berry and Johnson both cycle regularly. They all endorse the London Cycling Campaign's manifesto and are keen to publicise the fact that they have promised to spend money on improving the lot of cyclists in the capital. At the top of their shopping lists is a series of improvements to the London Cycling Network, which no doubt means that there will be more white and green paint on London's roads in the very near future. But will this make the roads safer for cyclists? I am not convinced.

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Fresh test will clear me to race says Hayles

Richard Moore
Thursday April 10, 2008
The Guardian

Rob Hayles, the British pursuit and madison rider withdrawn from the recent world track championships in Manchester after an irregular blood test, expects to be given the green light to resume racing today. Under the rules of the International Cycling Union (UCI) he had his licence rescinded for 15 days but it will be returned today, on the expiry of that period, if he passes a follow-up blood test scheduled for this morning.

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Cycling turns to formula one to gain an edge in Beijing

Boardman heads boffins of 'secret squirrel club' · Think-tank makes studies of opponents' racing kit
William Fotheringham
Tuesday April 1, 2008 The Guardian

After Great Britain's medal-winning spree in Manchester the analysts will take over this week. "It's pure formula one," said one British coach on Sunday, and while the process is not on the same scale with the same budgets as in motor sport, all of last week's 18 races were filmed by a three-man team from the English Institute of Sport and the next few days will be spent examining the footage and correlating video clips and split times.

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