# British Olympic team prepares for Paris at Newport

*By Simon | July 19, 2024*

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## 󠀁[British Olympic team prepares for Paris at Newport](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/07/british-olympic-team-prepares-for-paris-at-newport/)󠁿

19 July 2024

Great Britain’s track cyclists will once again return to the Geraint Thomas
National Velodrome of Wales in Newport, for their pre Olympics training camp.

The squad has gathered at the Welsh arena ahead of every Olympics since Athens
2004.

‘It’s our second home,’ British Cycling’s team head of performance support Paul
Mullan
[told](https://www.newportlive.co.uk/en/news-events/paris-2024-olympic-games-team-gb-track-cycling-training-camp/)
venue operators Newport Live. Clearly he isn’t counting the team’s recent stay
at the Derby track during refurbishment of the National Cycling Centre in
Manchester.

‘In normal times we’re apart from each other, so it’s the place we come
together, to connect, to focus. The Newport magic has helped us win for years.’

Newport has been named as the venue for DerbyWheel’s much-delayed test event,
now expected a few weeks after the Paris games. It is also in contention to be
the circuit’s northern hemisphere base, when ‘regular season’ competition begins
later in 2024.

Members of the public have been invited to attend an open training session on
the afternoon of July 29; free tickets can be obtained from
[Newport Live’s ticketing website](https://newportlive.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173649196)
.

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