British Cycling fire Olympic mastermind Salzwedel

British Cycling have sacked German Heiko Salzwedel, the coach who helped mastermind much of the track programme's Olympic success. Salzwedel was reportedly escorted out of the Manchester velodrome on Wednesday by security after being let go, in a 'standard HR procedure', the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

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