The omnium incorporates the individual pursuit, points and scratch races, a flying lap, 1km time trial and elimination race to find the best all-round cyclist.
At the 1997 junior national track championships he won the one-kilometre time trial, 3 km individual pursuit, points race and scratch race.
Sceptical Moysey remains sceptical about Sir Ian's description of his role in the pursuit, pointing out that according to witnesses it was not a high-speed chase.
Under the plan rubber-stamped at today'sIOC executive board meeting, the men and women's pursuits, points races and the men's madison will be dropped in favour of sprints, keirins, team sprints, team pursuits and omniums for both sexes.
"In Dad's mind the pursuit of points was nothing compared to the pursuit of glory".
The contenders for the top prizes therefore had to play just a few hard games and carefully romp through the others, taking no chances -- and not needing to -- in the pursuit of points.
It has replaced a raft of older, more established events such as the individual pursuit and points race, but it does at least have a narrative over its two days, and it is growing as a spectacle as riders adapt to its varied demands.
The picture is muddied by the fact that World Cups last only three days, so there is no place for the omnium, a five-day event comprising a flying 200m time-trial, a kilometre time-trial, an individual pursuit, a points race and a scratch race.
Where previously there were seven men's events and three for women, there will now be five for each, while the individual pursuit, the points race and the madison have been axed with the omnium (cycling's version of the decathlon) introduced.
The change seemed to bear fruit when, in February at the Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen, she won her first two World Cup victories in the individual pursuit and points race and won a silver medal in the team pursuit.
In preliterate societies and in non-literate pursuits, he points out, "much is learned from adults who become teachers by dint of gift and inclination rather than by appointment and perhaps the greatest amount is learned from older children (italics are mine)." Children love to learn, but they get tired of being taught by adults.
