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CALGARY -- Former Olympian Jason Myslicki said hes disgusted that a driver knocked biathlete Robin Clegg off his bike and injured him while the athletes were cycling northwest of Calgary on Sunday. Myslicki said Clegg underwent surgery Monday to insert a plate into a broken right elbow. "Its such an avoidable incident," Myslicki said. "Its uncalled for." Clegg, who lives in Canmore, Alta., is a three-time Olympian who helped Canada finish 10th in the relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Myslicki, from Thunder Bay, Ont., represented Canada in nordic combined -- ski jumping and cross-country skiing -- in two Winter Games. Police questioned a male driving a sport utility vehicle following the incident, according to Myslicki. Cochrane RCMP said the matter is still under investigation. Both Myslicki and Clegg have retired from their respective Olympic sports, but road race with the Canmore-based Rundle Mountain Cycling Club. Myslicki said they chose to ride on a township road near the Springbank Airport with Olympic cross-country skier Sean Crooks because of its lack of traffic. A driver brushed past the three men and honked before braking in front of them, according to Myslicki. Myslicki and Crooks swerved left and Clegg right to avoid the vehicle, which then accelerated and knocked Clegg to the pavement, he said. "The guy just accelerated into him," Myslicki recalled. "He came out (of the vehicle) yelling." Crooks called emergency services. Clegg, 35, wasnt knocked unconscious, but his right shoulder and arm took the brunt of the fall. Several elite winter athletes use the roads around Calgary and Canmore to cycle and roller-ski during their off-season training. "Its a wide-open road," Myslicki said. "Its probably 10 metres and were a metre and a half on the right shoulder. Theres eight and a half other metres to manoeuvre around (us)." "Why such aggressive behaviour to guys on the side? If someone was walking their dog on a leash on a country road, they wouldnt swerve at them. Its obviously an attitude thats very old." The 34-year-old points out that bikes and cars exist in harmony in a city far more congested than Calgary. "Ive coerced at least a handful of people to get into cycling this year in Calgary," he said. "Its going in the right direction, but incidents like this . . . "I was in London this summer for the Olympics working with the team and I was just very impressed by the respect cyclists got on the road." Aldon Smith Womens Jersey . But there are many hurdles to clear and questions to answer before pro football is actually back on track. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson gave the players an early victory Monday in their fight with the owners over how to divide the US$9 billion business, granting their injunction request to lift the lockout. NaVorro Bowman Limited Jersey . 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"I was going down and I was in a vulnerable position and he gave me an extra shove, which I picked up speed going into the boards," Neil explained on Tuesday.LONDON -- Scotlands most successful football club is trying to attract potential investors with an eye on someday playing in the English Premier League. Rangers, a 54-time Scottish champion, feels less loyalty to its homeland after being forced to start again this season in the fourth tier as punishment for a financial meltdown. And now the Glasgow clubs new ownership believes an exit route from the Scottish leagues is becoming possible as UEFA explores changing cross-border rules. "The SPL told us face-to-face, We dont want you, you arent welcome," Rangers chief executive Charles Green said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the clubs planned flotation on a London Stock Exchange market. And a planned revamp of the Scottish Premier League and three professional divisions below could be Rangers chance to escape. The overhaul was announced during the off-season just as Rangers was going into liquidation with tax debts exceeding $30 million. "What we understand is that any restructuring will also revisit the taboo," Green said. "A bit like, Dont talk about the war to the Germans. Dont mention Rangers and Celtic leaving Scotland. It was always Shhh dont mention that. "I think the taboo of that is going to be lifted ... Scottish football without Rangers and Celtic might actually become more competitive within the remaining clubs rather than having these two monsters sat above them." Rangers is due to float on Londons AIM market by the end of the year, and Green has been trying to persuade financial institutions this week that the club has a realistic chance of playing in the English Premier League. "As a football club, if Rangers were in the Premier League only Manchester United would be bigger," Green said. "Because Arsenal havent got more fans than Rangers ... the fan base is so big." But the barriers to joining the worlds richest football league are also vast, with the English Premier League already resisting previous overtures from both Rangers and Glasgow rival Celtic. "I dont believe the Premier League are hostile towards it because I think its a generalization," Green said. "Speak to Manchester United. They are not hostile to Rangers joining." But United disputed Greens claims. "We are not in favour of it at all. We are against it," United spokesman Phil Townsend said. "Our view is its the English Premier League and should remain that way." Green, though, pointed to the financial advantages of United being able to play at the 50,000-capacity Ibrox. "Why would Man United want to play SSouthampton? Why, when they could play Rangers? Sixty per cent of the Premier League dont want Rangers.dddddddddddd. Of course they dont want Rangers," Green said. "Why would Southampton, Swansea, Wigan, Aston Villa? Why would any of them want Rangers or Celtic in their league. Why would they? It threatens their existence ... but if you asked the big clubs, Would you like Rangers?" They would, according to Green. Even in Spain. "Ask Barcelona and Real Madrid if they would like Rangers and Celtic in their league," Green said. "They definitely would. Why wouldnt Barcelona want to play Rangers home and away as opposed to playing Getafe. They would sell (those) games out." In the presentation to potential investors, Green features a quote from Barcelona President Sandro Rosell highlighting the virtue of playing European rivals on weekends. "What will change football over 5-to-10 years is this insatiable demand for the big clubs to play each other," Green said. "And this is not the insatiable demand from the west Midlands or from north London. This is the demand from the Middle East, Asia, the Far East." Green is putting his faith in a UEFA experiment that could remove a key barrier to Rangers leaving the Scottish league. European footballs governing body has allowed 16 womens teams in Belgium and the Netherlands to form a cross-border league in a three-year trial. "The difficulty is that historically I dont think Celtic and Rangers would have been allowed to consider leaving Scotland," Green said. "What is now going to change things ... is now weve got this cross-border league for women." Rangers demotion means that Scotlands only internationally attractive fixture is off the calendar -- the Old Firm derby against Celtic. And at Celtics annual general meeting on Friday, chief executive Peter Lawwell said he believed expanding leagues beyond borders could become a reality. "We are committed to the SPL but nothing stays the same," Lawwell said. "There are initiatives in Europe. UEFA have opened their mind up to some form of regional leagues. "I think they recognize the polarization between the top leagues and the smaller leagues in terms of media values. There are very early proposals that may look at regional leagues." Green bought Rangers assets for 5.5 million pounds ($8.7 million), and four months later he is already hopeful of raising about 30 million pounds ($48 million) from a flotation on Londons AIM exchange. Fans are expected to invest 21 million pounds (about $33 million) in shares. ' ' '