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Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.
Hard copies of an online petition with 4,408 signatures were sent to the International Olympic Committee on Monday, just two days before the group’s executive board is to convene in Switzerland for a meeting.
The IOC meeting agenda for Wednesday and Thursday includes many items, including the elimination of several cycling events from the 2012 London Games, including the individual pursuit.
Phinney, the 19-year-old American cycling phenom from Boulder, Colo., is the reigning world champion in that event.
