Jackson says Seville's loss in Manchester's gain

Wed, 14 Oct 17:59:35 2009

As the credit crunch's axe continues to fall on disability sport, Seville has become the latest city to withdraw from staging an event, just weeks after Korea had to cancel the Asian Shooting Cup - scheduled for late April.

The competition will now be staged at the Manchester Velodrome in November and triple Paralympic judo champion Jackson insists Spain's loss is Great Britain's gain.  

"If all goes well at the BT Paralympic World Cup then I'll be targeting the World Championships in November," said Jackson - who won Paralympic gold in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

"Unfortunately for Spain, they had to pass up the chance to host it in Seville, but that means it's coming back to Manchester which will be fantastic - the atmosphere will be electric and there'll be a full house with all the stars on show.

"And again I'll have a single-minded focus on that with two gold medals the same goal once more."

Manchester's velodrome, which has staged two World Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games, has staged the Paracycling World Cup but it will be the first World Championship event to be held at the venue.

"We are delighted to be hosting the [event] at the home of British Cycling," said British Cycling's CEO, Ian Drake.

"Staging elite level competitions helps inspire interest in our sport and stimulates participation in all cycling disciplines.

"UCI's decision to award the competition to British Cycling is a token of confidence in our ability to deliver world class events in the run up to London 2012 and beyond."   

 

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