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2021 Track World Championships, Belarus, News, Turkmenistan - June 4, 2021

UCI moves Track Worlds from ‘COVID-free’ Turkmenistan due to COVID

The 2021 Ashgabat Track Worlds are a non-starter.

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Yet again, bike racing and human rights collide

The European Track Cycling Championships are set to be held in Belarus despite condemnation from the IOC and human rights organisations.

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Coronavirus, News, Turkmenistan, UCI - January 25, 2021

‘Covid-free’ Turkmenistan to vaccinate riders against virus it won’t acknowledge

The 2021 Track Worlds host will offer free COVID-19 vaccines to all athletes – despite denying the existence of COVID in the country.

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The dictator, the oligarch and the UCI president

When politics, business and sport collide: the strange story of international cycling's dance with one of the world's most notorious dictators.

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The UCI just gave its highest award to a dictator

Last week was a big week for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan. The former dentist had a packed schedule of days full of adoration from his constituents, and rousing parades along the highways of the glitteringly white, eerily quiet capital city of Ashkabat. These long days of celebration were Turkmen Carpet Day (yes, really) …

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