{"id":724754,"date":"2026-08-02T17:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724754\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:58:08","slug":"commonwealth-games-scotlands-gutted-fin-graham-settles-for-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724754\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: Scotland’s ‘gutted’ Fin Graham settles for silver"},"content":{"rendered":"

The decision in question, surrounds how this event was staged.<\/p>\n

In layman terms, Graham had prepared to be racing head-to-head against an opponent in an individual pursuit, rather than hurtling round the track on his own in a time trial against the clock.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, Graham posted on social media, external<\/a>, sharing his confusion and anger about what he felt was a late change.<\/p>\n

However, it emerged that a long-standing policy by the UCI – cycling’s governing body – dictates that when riders are competing across classifications, as they are here, then a time trial is run instead to avoid big mismatches.<\/p>\n

It’s still the same distance, just solo. However, Graham still feels aggrieved.<\/p>\n

“As racers, we want to be racing someone else on the track,” he said. “For one reason or another, they’ve changed that at the start of the week. <\/p>\n

“You have to come to terms with that and adjust. <\/p>\n

“I think the crowd as well, it’s better for them to see a race, but for some reason they’ve made the decision not to have that. <\/p>\n

“We’ve done all we can do but it wasn’t quite enough to take the gold today. Matt raced a good ride to take it, I just didn’t quite have the legs to do that.”<\/p>\n