A female royal bicycle racer has requested arbitration from the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency over what she claims is an unfair process to select athletes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics compared with the way male racers are chosen, a lawyer representing her said Wednesday.Eri Yonamine, who competed in the 2016 Olympics, claims the Japan Cycling Federation has set the bar far higher than for male racers and that she would have been picked otherwise based on her performance in recent races, according to the lawyer.She had multiple discussions with the federation but did not receive sufficient …READ FULL ARTICLE
