What are Governing Bodies

A governing body is basically the main offical who decides what goes where and who does what,so in national sporting cases a governing body would have to make sure that all the correct preperations were in place or all the correct procedures were taking place.
governing bodies are the people who take care of the sport and run the sport in technical terms.
they have the power to change or overrule decisions and rule changes,they are the people with the power in sporting cases.

1948 Olympic track brought up to date

The south London velodrome – the last remaining finals venue from the 1948 Games still in active use – has been given a new lease of life, with an injection of cash from British cycling and a bequest from a life-long track cycling fan.
The track, which has been in a state of disrepair for some time, now benefits from a state-of-the-art new surface and enhanced safety features.  The £500,000 project was funded by British Cycling through its Sport England investment and from a financial bequest left to British Cycling for use ‘in the pursuit of track cycling' by London resident and life-long supporter of the Herne Hill Velodrome, Leonard Lyes.

Herne Hill is is the track on which triple Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins first started racing at the age of 12.  Wiggins called the redevelopment “fantastic”, adding that he hoped the new track would encourage “more young people head down to Herne Hill to learn the ropes, develop their skills and, who knows, start their journey towards Olympic success.”