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Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Sprint
The men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17–19 at the Laoshan Velodrome. There were 21 competitors from 15 nations, with each nation limited to two cyclists. The event was won by Chris Hoy of Great Britain, the nation's first victory in the men's sprint and first medal in the event since 1948. He faced his teammate Jason Kenny in the final, the first time since 1984 that one nation had taken the top two spots. Mickaël Bourgain of France earned bronze. Germany's four-Games (five if East Germany before unification is included) podium streak ended. Background This was the 24th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Three of the quarterfinalists from 2004 returned: gold medalist Ryan Bayley of Australia, silver medalist Theo Bos of the Netherlands, and eighth-place finisher Mickaël Bourgain of France. Bos (the 2004, 2006, and 2007 world champion) and Chris Hoy of Great Britain (the 2008 world champion a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laoshan Velodrome
The Laoshan Velodrome () is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007. The velodrome hosted Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics, track cycling disciplines during the Olympics. It has a capacity of 6,000 spectators, a 250-metre oval shaped track, and a total land surface of 32,920 square metres. The Laoshan Velodrome will be used for international and national cycling competitions and training after the Olympic Games. The seating capacity may be reduced to 3,500. The velodrome was designed by Schuermann Architects, designers of the ADT Event Center in Carson, CA and the UCI Cycling Center in Aigle, Switzerland. References External l ...
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Time In China
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Time'' (BJT, ) domestically and ''China Standard Time'' (CST) internationally. Daylight saving time has not been observed since 1991. China Standard Time (UTC+8) is consistent across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Mongolia, etc. History In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai. By the end of 19th century, the time standard provided by the observatory had been switched to GMT+08:00. The practice has spread to other coastal ports, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Kwiatkowski
Łukasz Kwiatkowski (29 May 1982 – 25 November 2018) was a Polish professional track cyclist. He represented his nation Poland in two Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and also claimed numerous medals in track cycling at the UCI World Cup and European Championships since 2002. During his sporting career, Kwiatkowski raced for the ASK Stal Grudziądz pro cycling team before his official retirement in 2010. Racing career Kwiatkowski was born in Grudziądz. Considered one of Poland's strongest cyclists, he made headlines on the international scene as an 18-year-old teen, when he claimed the silver medal in the sprint final match against Australia's Ryan Bayley at the 2000 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Fiorenzuola, Italy. An early success from junior cycling tournaments helped Kwiatkowski develop his form from a pure power sprinter into being one of the most successful Polish cyclists of all time. This showed that he had collected numerous medals in men's Keirin, sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Lei (cyclist)
Zhang Lei (born April 4, 1981 in Shandong) is a male Chinese racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ..., who has twice competed for China at the Olympic Games. Sports career *1999 Shandong Provincial Cycling Team; *2005 National Team Major performances *2001 National Games - 2nd team sprint; *2002 National Championships - 1st sprint; *2006 Asian Games - 2nd team sprint; *2007 Asian Championships - 1st team sprint; *2008 World Championships - 7th team sprint; *2010 World Cup Classic, Beijing, China - 1st team sprint (5th overall World Cup rank at end of series); *2010 World Championships, Ballerup, Denmark - 4th team sprint; *2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou, China - 1st team sprint, 1st individual sprint Records *2002 Moscow - 11th sprint (NR) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Blatchford
Michael Benjamin Blatchford (born January 29, 1986 in Cypress, California) is an American professional track cyclist. Considered one of the youngest and most dynamic American sprinters on the present-day track circuit, Blatchford has held two Pan American and four U.S. national championship titles in his career resume since he scored his first triumph as an eighteen-year-old junior in 2004. He also represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics and eventually led off the Americans for the silver medal in men's team sprint at the 2011 Pan American Games. Blatchford currently races for Project London 2012 pro cycling team, and works as a resident athlete for the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Racing career Growing up in Cypress, California, where he was home-schooled through high school, Blatchford started his cycling career at age thirteen, when he first discovered the now-defunct Olympic Velodrome that hosted the track cycling tournament a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsubasa Kitatsuru
is a Japanese professional track cyclist. He has collected five Asian Championships and two Asian Games medals to his career hardware in men's sprint, and later represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Kitatsuru currently races for the Japan Professional Cycling Union. Emerging as one of Japan's most successful sprinters in track cycling, Kitatsuru sought sporting headlines at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, where he defeated South Korea's Choi Lae-Seon in the decided with a best time of 10.882 seconds, making him the fifth Japanese rider in the Games' history to take home the men's sprint gold. Kitatsuru qualified for his first Japanese squad, as a 23-year-old, in the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, men's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team's four available berths based on Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI's selection process from the Track World Rankings. Kitatsuru lost his round-of-sixteen match-up against Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun Mulder
Teunis ("Teun") Mulder (born 18 June 1981 in Zuuk, Gelderland) is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 10th at the individual sprint, 6th at the team sprint (with Theo Bos and Jan Bos) and 11th at the 1 km time trial, while he was eliminated in the first repechage round of the keirin competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's keirin. Mulder was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011. Career highlights ;2000 :2nd, Dutch National Track Championships, 1 km, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) ;2001 :3rd, European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Fiorenzuola (ITA) :1st, Dutch National Track Championships, 1 km, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :1st, National Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazunari Watanabe
is a Japanese cyclist. Watanabe has competed in the keirin and other track events at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London. He also competes in Japanese professional keirin cycling competitions. References * 1983 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Japan Sportspeople from Fukushima Prefecture Japanese track cyclists Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark French
Mark French (born 13 October 1984) is a retired Australian sprint track cyclist. He started cycling competitively relatively late, at the age of 15, in 1999. Drug scandal French is most recognised for the 2004 scandal where he was accused of taking drugs, after cleaners found 13 ampoules labelled EquiGen (equine-derived growth hormone, an illegal doping agent), syringes and vitamins outside his boarding room at the Australian Institute of Sport. On testing some of the syringes were found to contain the EquiGen hormone. At his drugs hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport French gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly, Sean Eadie, Jobie Dajka and Graeme Brown as riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room. Further French said that for months they injected themselves once or twice a week in room 121 at the Australian Institute of Sport. French was banned from cycling for two years after he was found to have taken and trafficked corticosteroid and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Chiappa
Roberto Chiappa (born 11 September 1973) is an Italian track cyclist born in Terni. He is a 44 time Italian Champion and became World Junior Sprint Champion in 1991 as well as World Champion in 1993 at the Tandem. He holds the Italian 200m Record in 10.18s. He rode at four Olympic Games. Career highlights ;1990 :, World U19 Sprint Championship, Middlesbrough (GBR) ;1991 : World U19 Sprint Champion, Colorado Springs (USA) ;1992 :4th, Olympic Games, Sprint, Barcelona (SPA) ;1993 : World Amateur Tandem Champion, Hamar (NOR-with Federico Paris) ;1994 :, World Amateur Tandem Championship, Palermo (ITA-with Federico Paris) ;1996 :3rd, World Cup, Track, Sprint, Busto Garolfo (ITA) :9th, Olympic Games, Sprint, Atlanta (USA) ;1997 : World Military Sprint Champion ;1998 :1st, World Cup, Track, Keirin, Hyères (FRA) ;1999 :1st, World Cup, Track, Keirin, Mexico City (MEX) :2nd, World Cup, Track, Keirin, Frisco, Texas (USA) :, European Omnium Sprints Championship ;2000 :7th, Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azizulhasni Awang
Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni bin Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and the only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009, a silver in the individual sprint. His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a bronze in the individual keirin. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of individual keirin. In 2017, he won his first World Championship title in the keirin, and became the first Malaysian to ever wear the coveted rainbow jersey. Early life and education Azizulhasni was born in Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia to his biological parent Awang Embong and Rokiah Husin. He is the eighth of nine children in his family and was adopted by Mustafa Ngah and Sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Levy
Maximilian Levy (born 26 June 1987) is a German former track cyclist. Levy won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint representing Germany at the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won another bronze in the men's team sprint, and a silver in the men's keirin. He was the world champion in keirin 2009 and in the team sprint 2010, 2011, and 2013. Levy retired from competition after the conclusion of the 2021 UCI Track Champions League in December of that year. Major results ;2004 :1st World Junior Track Cycling championships (Kilo) :1st World Junior Track Cycling championships (Team sprint) with Robert Förstemann & Benjamin Wittmann ;2005 :1st National Championship (Kilo) :1st European Junior Track Championships (Kilo) :1st European Junior Track Championships (Individual sprint) :1st World Junior Track Cycling championships (Team sprint) with René Enders & Benjamin Wittmann :1st World Junior Track Cycling championships (Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
