To earn his spot on the USA team, Carney won the points race at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track Cycling in Frisco, Texas, on Aug. 28. Mich. He learned fast, however, and had mastered the two-wheeled bike minus training wheels by the time he was 4. Inspired, he went on to win the Junior National Track Cycling Championships in 1986. After suffering a bad crash early in 1995 and failing to make the team for the 1996 Olympics, Carney decided to concentrate solely on his favorite event the points race. The points race is an endurance race conducted in a pack on a velodrome.
Riders sprint for the lead on certain laps, usually the fifth, to earn points.
At the end of the set number of laps, the rider with the most points who has not been lapped wins. Carney will once again try for Olympic gold. Carney won t be alone in his pursuit. His younger brother, Jonas, will be there to cheer him on. Jonas, a Shaklee rider from Boulder, qualified for the Olympics in the 1k time trial and the sprint.