i thought of this thread today, i was watching a Cycling Race on TV, 40klm and must have been about 2klm loops. Somewhere in Sydney on the Coast of Crunulla i think.
Anyway, the commentators were saying, and giving lots of praise to the Coaching structure here in Australia for cycling. They said, if anybody even has the slightest bit of tallent, they will get seen fast, and nurtured along. And as a result, Australia do very in the Junior ranks at like World Juniors, then, The progress into Opens continues and we (australia) continue to florish well and strong with some of the Best cyclists in the world.
This is something that Athletics could learn well from.