MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Cycling Australia has been forced into an embarrassing backflip over selections for next week's road world championships in Norway after drawing criticism for failing to fill its quota of women riders. Selectors picked a five-woman team for the Sept. 17-24 championships in Bergen, two less than its quota, prompting complaints from the country's top cyclists. "Cycling Australia's Board met last night and requested that CA's selectors nominate a total of seven women riders," CA said in a statement. CA's failure to pick a full women's team struck a raw nerve in the cycling community, given other prominent federations, including cricket, Australian Rules football and soccer, have recently made significant investments in elite women's sport. "Women's cycling is a game of numbers.

Source: The Star September 15, 2017 01:41 UTC