Baxter switches skis for wheels at Revolution

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Former Olympic skier Alain Baxter will make his track cycling debut at the Revolution track meeting at Manchester velodrome next Saturday, December 5, taking part in the 200 metre time trial event.

Baxter, who was controversially stripped of a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics for failing a dope test, retired from skiing earlier this year but has since set his sights on returning to Olympic contention as a track cyclist.

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