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2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Individual Pursuit
The Women's Individual Pursuit was one of the eight women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ..., United Kingdom. 20 cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th best riders raced for the bronze medal. The qualification took place on 27 March and the Finals later the same day. World record Qualifying Finals References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Uci Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Individual Pursuit Women's individual pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Rainbow
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Écréhous, Les Écréhous, Minquiers, Les Minquiers, and Pierres de Lecq, Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the The Crown, English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Thürig
Karin Thürig (born 4 July 1972 in Rothenburg, Switzerland, Rothenburg) is a Switzerland, Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the winner of the 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial. In 2011, she took second at the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Palmarès Cycling ; 2001 : 2nd, Individual time trial, National Road Championships ; 2002 : 3rd, Individual time trial, World Road Championships : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships ; 2003 : 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, 2003 Track World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Cape Town ; 2004 : 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, 2004 Track World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Moscow :: 2nd, Pursuit, Sydney : 1st, Individual time trial, National Road Championships : 1st, Stage 1, Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen : 3rd, Individual time trial, Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, Athens : 1st Chrono Champenois-Trophée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Paulikaite
Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as the word Shweta in Sanskrit. Particularly unique among similar common Russian names, this one is not of ancient Slavic origin, but was coined by Alexander Vostokov in 1802 and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad "Svetlana", the latter first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, Macedonia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries. In the Russian Orthodox Church ''Svetlana'' is used as a Russian translation of ''Photina'' (derived from ''phos'' ( el, φως, "light")), a name sometimes ascribed to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (the Bible, John 4). Semantically similar names to this are '' Lucia'' (of Latin origin, meaning "light"), ''Claire'' ("light" or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Slyusareva
Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva (russian: Ольга Анатольевна Слюсарева) (born 28 April 1969 in Chervonyi Donets, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the points race, bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the points race, and at the 2004 Olympic Games in the road race. Since 2019, she is the Mayor of Tula, a city about 193km (120mi) South of Moscow. Career highlights ;1995 :2nd, World Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Bogotá ;1998 :1st, European Championship, Track Omnium :3rd, World Championship, Track, Points race, Elite, Bordeaux :2nd, World Cup, Track, Points race, Victoria, British Columbia ;1999 :1st, European Championship, Track Omnium :3rd, National Championship, Road, Elite, Russia :3rd, World Cup, Track, Points race, Mexico City :1st, World Cup, Track, Points race, Frisco, Texas ;2000 :3rd, Olympic Summer Games, Track, Points race, Sydney :3rd, World Championship, Track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Guderzo
Tatiana Guderzo (born 22 August 1984) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She won the world road race championship on 26 September 2009 at Mendrisio, Switzerland and a bronze medal in the road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Major results Source: at ''Cycling Archives'' Road ;2002 : 2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
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Tara Whitten
Tara Alice Whitten (born 13 July 1980) is a Canadian former racing cyclist. Career A former cross-country skier from Edmonton, Alberta, Whitten began track racing seriously in 2008 having dabbled in it since 2005. The same year she won the points race and individual pursuit at the Canadian National Track Championships, and also took the bronze medal in the scratch race and 500 meter time trial events. Whitten began the 2008–2009 track cycling season strongly, winning two silver medals at first round of the Track World Cup in Manchester, United Kingdom, in October. She went on to take two bronze medals in the third round in Cali, Colombia, and a further two silver medals in the fifth and final round in Copenhagen, Denmark, in February 2009. In March 2009, Whitten won the silver medal in the Omnium at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, the first time the event was included in the championships. In December 2009, Whitten rode on the team that won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leire Olaberria
Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (); born 17 February 1977) is a Spanish racing cyclist from the Basque Country. She won the Bronze medal in the Women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing behind Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Yoanka González (Cuba). Major results Track ;2006 : 2nd Points race, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney ;2007 : 3rd Points race, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles ;2008 : 2nd Points race, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne : 3rd Points race, Summer Olympics ;2010 : 1st Omnium, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne : 1st Omnium, UEC European Track Championships : 3rd Omnium, UCI Track Cycling World Championships ;2013 : International Belgian Open ::1st Omnium ::1st Scratch : Revolution Series, Round 1 ::2nd Scratch ::3rd Points race : 3rd Omnium, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes : 3rd Points race, UEC European Track Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova
Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova, also written as Elizaveta Bochkaryova, ( uk, Єлизавета Бочкарьова; born May 5, 1978, in Lviv) is a Ukrainian track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's team pursuit for the national team. Career highlights ;2008 :2nd Team Pursuit, 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pur ... External links Profileat ''Sports-Reference.com'' Ukrainian female cyclists 1978 births Sportspeople from Lviv Living people Olympic cyclists for Ukraine Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ukrainian track cyclists {{Ukraine-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Chalykh
Elena Tchalykh (born 25 March 1974) is a Russian professional racing cyclist who competed from 2011 on for Azerbaijan. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race and in the Women's time trial. Career highlights ;1990 :1st Pursuit, Track World Championships (Junior) :3rd Points race, Track World Championships (Junior) ;1992 :2nd Pursuit, Track World Championships (Junior) ;2000 :3rd Pursuit, Track World Championships ;2001 :1st Russian National Road Race Championships :3rd Pursuit, Track World Championships ;2003 :2nd Omnium, European Track Championships ;2004 :3rd Pursuit, Track World Championships :3rd Pursuit, Round 2, 2004–2005 Track World Cup, Los Angeles ;2008 :2nd Team Pursuit, Round 3, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Los Angeles :3rd Scratch, Round 3, 2007–2008 Track World Cup, Los Angeles :1st omnium, 2008 European Track Championships :1st Russian National Time Trial Championships ;2009 :3rd Team Pursuit, Round 4, 2008–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
