Captain Serious said:I heard Neiwand say that the only contact he got from Cycling Aus after the minute he left was from an AIS staffer who said they wanted his bikes back.
I obviously don't know if this is true
Sounds about right. They had so little money in those days. Well more to the point, nothing was spent on the cyclists. Skin suits back after a meet sort of stuff. The indoor bikes were like those old exercise ones with the large fan and cage on the front wheel!
It was really sad for Neiwand. When you're a 200m fly track sprinter what can you do post Olympics? Can't do the road. Just drink.
And edit: then there was Pate and Hall. Cyclingtips should speak to those two. Pate was left out of Sydney and went on a 3 year bender. Very sad also.
I assume this is why British Cycling has psychologists etc. in their group. Makes good sense if they do.