Olympics-Cycling-German official banned by UCI until Dec. 31 for racist remarks


  • Cycling
  • Friday, 06 Aug 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) - The sporting director of the German cycling federation has been suspended until the end of the year after making racist remarks during the men's Olympic road time trial at Tokyo 2020, the sport's world governing body UCI said on Friday.

Moster had made the remarks during the event as he tried to urge on one of Germany's cyclists, Nikias Arndt.

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