Prone to leakage woes, smooth conduct of Asian Track Cycling C’Ships will depend on weather Gods

The smooth conduct of the Asian Track Cycling Championships, which began here on Saturday, will be at the mercy of weather Gods as possible leakage from the roof of the velodrome at the IG Stadium, in case of rain, remains a huge issue.

Since it did not rain much on Saturday, the events were held without any problem though the wooden tracks of the velodrome had to be dried up by the stadium staff and some cyclists themselves after a brief spell of rain on Friday.

The velodrome, which is certified as top level by the world cycling body (UCI), is hosting the Asian Track Cycling Championships — both senior and junior — and the Para track event from Saturday till next Wednesday. This is not the first instance of such leakage. Just 10 days before the start of the Asian Track Cycling Championship in January 2017, the wooden tracks of the same velodrome were damaged due to leakage from…