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Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Omnium
The women's cycle sport, cycling omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012. Laura Kenny, Laura Trott from Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Great Britain, the reigning World and European champion in the event, won the gold medal. Sarah Hammer from the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics, United States took silver and Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Australia's Annette Edmondson won the bronze. Competition format The competition consisted of six events, with a point-for-place system. * Flying lap: an individual time trial over with a "flying start". * Points race: a points race, with scoring for intermediate sprints as well as for lapping the pack. * Elimination race: a "miss-and-out" elimination race, with the last rider in every sprint (each two laps) eliminated. * Individual pursuit: a individual pursuit, with placing based on time. * Scratch race: a scratch race, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Velopark
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the permanent venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and 5 miles (8 km) of mountain bike trails. The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. The facilities built for the Olympics were constructed between 2009 and 2011. The first event in the Velopark was the London round of the 2011 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series. Planning In February 2005, plans were announced for a £22 million VeloPark. Sport England would invest £10.5 million, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority £6 million an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Hsiao Mei-yu
Hsiao Mei-yu (; born 7 January 1985 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese road and track bicycle racer. She participated in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games. In 2010, she won a gold medal at the women's road race event. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, she finished over the time limit, and competed in the women's omnium, placing 17th. Hsiao next participated in the 2014 Asian Games and won four medals, including a gold in the women's omnium. In 2016 Hsiao returned to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to compete in the Cycling Track Women's Omnium event, where she received 64 points to place 17th, the same placement as at the London Olympics four years earlier. Her best omnium event was the time trial where she ranked seventh. She was the only competitor from Taiwan. Major results Track ;2006 : 3rd Keirin, Asian Track Championships ;2009 : 3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships ;2010 : Asian Track Championships ::3rd Omnium ::3rd Team pursuit ;2014 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Luisa Calle
María Luisa Calle Williams (born October 3, 1968) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for the banned stimulant heptaminol. The medal was returned, however, after the test result was proven incorrect. On October 16, 2011, at the 2011 Pan American Games' individual time trial, Calle, 43 years old at the time, won the gold medal with a time of 28:04.82. On 22 July 2015, it was disclosed that she had tested positive for GHRP2 at the 2015 Pan American Games and was subsequently banned for four years. Major results ;1999 : 1st Road Race, National Road Championships : 2nd in Pan American Games, Track, Pursuit, Winnipeg (CAN) : 3rd in Pan American Games, Track, Points Race, Winnipeg (CAN) ;2001 : 1st in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Sanchez (cyclist)
Clara Henriette ( Sanchez, born 20 September 1983 in Martigues) was a French professional track cyclist and is now the coach of the French national sprint squad. She won the Keirin World Championship on two occasions, 2004 and 2005. She competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Palmarès ; 2002 : National Track Championships :: 2nd, 500 m : World Championships, Copenhagen :: 2nd, Keirin ; 2003 : National Track Championships :: 1st, 500 m ; 2004 : National Track Championships :: 1st, 500 m : World Championships, Melbourne :: 1st, Keirin : 2004 World Cup :: 2nd, Team Sprint, Moscow :: 2nd, Team Sprint, Manchester :: 3rd, 500 m, Sydney ; 2005 : World Championships, Los Angeles :: 1st, Keirin : 2005–2006 World Cup :: 1st, Keirin, Manchester ; 2006 : National Track Championships :: 1st, 500 m : 2005–2006 World Cup :: 2nd, Sprint, Los Angeles :: 1st, Keirin, Los Angeles : World Championships A world championship is generally an ... [...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] |
Huang Li
Huang Li (; born 23 December 1988, Shanghai) is a Chinese female track cyclist who specialises in omnium. Career results ;2014 :3rd Omnium, Adelaide Cycling Grand Prix :3rd Omnium, South Australian Track Classic ;2015 :2nd Omnium, Taiwan Hsin-Chu Track International Classic ;2017 :Asian Track Championships ::1st Scratch Race ::2nd Points Race :1st Omnium, ITS Melbourne - DISC Grand Prix :1st Omnium, National Track Championships :2nd Omnium, ITS Melbourne - Hisense Grand Prix See also * China at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Cycling **Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Omnium The women's cycle sport, cycling omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012. Laura Kenny, Laura Trott from Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Great Britain, ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Li 1988 births Living people Chinese female cyclists Chinese track cyclists Sportspeople from Shangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Małgorzata Wojtyra
Małgorzata Wojtyra (born 21 September 1989) is a Polish track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Omnium, finishing in 11th place overall. Career results ;2008 :3rd Scratch Race, International Track Challenge Vienna ;2009 :International Track Challenge Vienna ::1st Points Race ::1st Scratch Race :2nd Scratch Race, UEC European U23 Track Championships ;2010 :UEC European U23 Track Championships ::2nd Omnium, UEC European U23 Track Championships ::2nd Team Pursuit (with Renata Dąbrowska and Katarzyna Pawłowska) ;2011 :UEC European U23 Track Championships ::1st Omnium ::2nd Scratch Race ::2nd Team Pursuit (with Eugenia Alickun and Katarzyna Pawłowska) :: 3rd Team Sprint (with Natalia Rutkowska) ;2013 :Grand Prix of Poland ::2nd Omnium ::3rd Points Race ;2014 :Panevėžys ::1st Points Race ::3rd Omnium ::3rd Scratch Race :1st Omnium, GP Prostějov – Memorial of Otmar Malecek :Grand Prix of Poland ::2nd Points Race ::3rd Scratch Race :Grand Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Romanyuta
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Augustinas (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Аугустинас, née Romanyuta; born 22 January 1988 in Tula) is a Russian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Major results Track ;2005 : 2nd Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships : 3rd Scratch, UCI Junior World Championships ;2006 : UEC European Junior Championships ::2nd Points race ::3rd Scratch : UCI Junior World Championships ::3rd Points race ::3rd Scratch ;2007 : 2007–08 UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Team pursuit, Sydney ::2nd Team pursuit, Beijing ;2008 : 2008–09 UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Points race, Melbourne ::3rd Scratch, Melbourne : 2nd Scratch, 2007–08 UCI World Cup Classics, Los Angeles : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Scratch Race ::3rd Team Pursuit (with Oxana Kozonchuk, Maria Mishina and Victoria Kondel) ;2009 : 2008–09 UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Scratch, Beijing ::3rd Team pursuit, Beijing : 2009–10 UCI Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsiana Sharakova
Tatsiana Valerevna Sharakova ( be, Таццяна Валер'еўна Шаракова; born 31 July 1984) is a Belarusian racing cyclist, who rides for Belarusian amateur team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team. Doping Sharakova tested positive for Tuaminoheptane at the 2012 UEC European Track Championships and received an 18-month doping suspension. Major results Road Source: ;2002 : 9th Tour de Berne ;2003 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2004 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Gran Premio Brissago Lago Maggiore ;2005 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial ;2006 : 3rd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale ::1st Young rider classification ;2007 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial ;2008 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin ::1st Stage 4b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlies Mejías
Marlies Mejías García (born 29 December 1992) is a Cuban road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Omnium, finishing in 8th place overall. Major results Road ;2010 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2012 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Road race, Pan American Road Championships ;2013 : 2nd Road race, Pan American Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial : 5th Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis ::1st Young rider classification : 7th Road race, Pan American Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 2nd Road race, Pan American Games ;2016 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Overall Tour Internacional Femenino de Uruguay ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
