Cycling At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's Scratch Race
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The Women's scratch race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the cycling programme, took place on 26 July 2014. Australian Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure came first respectively second – with Elinor Barker from Wales finishing third. The event was held at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland. A total of 24 competitors, including one not starting and three not finishing, from 11 nations took part of the race. Results References Women's scratch race Cycling at the Commonwealth Games – Women's scratch Comm The command in the Unix family of computer operating systems is a utility that is used to compare two files for common and distinct lines. is specified in the POSIX standard. It has been widely available on Unix-like operating systems since ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, these venues hosted the badminton and track cycling events. Situated opposite Celtic Park in the East End, Glasgow, East End of Glasgow, the complex is the headquarters of Sportscotland and Scottish Cycling. History It was built on a site at a cost of £113 million. The construction work took place between 2009 and 2012. The venue opened in October 2012. In September 2017, neighbours Celtic F.C. had plans approved for the construction of a hotel complex within their land, situated directly across the road from the arena and velodrome. Indoor arena The Indoor Arena has a capacity of 6,500 and during the Commonwealth Games it had twelve badminton courts in three indoor sports halls. The arena has a hydraulically lifted 200m indoor running track that hosted the Aviva ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Kenny
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a British track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history. Her husband, fellow British track cyclist Sir Jason Kenny, holds the same national and Olympic achievement on the male side, and together they are the most successful married couple in Olympic history where both spouses have won at least one gold medal (with 12 gold and three silver medals between them). Since first appearing at the European Track Championships in 2010, she has won seven World Championship, 14 Europea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fatehah Mustapa
Fatehah Mustapa (born 12 March 1989 in Terengganu) is a retired Malaysian track cyclist. She competed in the keirin race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 15th. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she reached the bronze medal race in the women's sprint which she lost 2–0 to Jess Varnish. She also finished 5th in the women's 500 m time trial. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the women's sprint. She finished at 21st place in qualification round. Major results ;2007 :3rd 500m Time Trial SEA Games :3rd Women Sprint SEA Games ;2011 :1st 500m Time Trial SEA Games ;2012 :1st Keirin Asian Cycling Championships :2nd Sprint Asian Cycling Championships :3rd Time Trial 500m Asian Cycling Championships :3rd Sprint Grand Prix von Deutschland :3rd Keirin Grand Prix von Deutschland ;2013 :1st Sprint Asian Cycling Championships :1st Keirin Asian Cycling Championships :3rd Time Trial 500m Asian Cycling Championships :1st Sprint Southeast Asian Grand Prix :1st Time Trial 500m S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bianca Hernould
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Variants * Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian * Bianka (Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Czech) * Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) People Medieval period :''In chronological order'' *Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble *Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage *Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan *Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I *Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany Modern era A–K *Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player *Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer *Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model *Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model *Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler * Bianca Bianchi (1855–1947), stage na ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunita Yanglem
Sunīta was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a family of untouchables whose job was of sweeping around the temple area. According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation of the Theragāthā account, Sunīta laments: :"People found me disgusting, :despised me, disparaged me. :Lowering my heart, :I showed reverence to many." Sunīta continues, describing his meeting with the Buddha and ordination: :The compassionate Teacher, :sympathetic to all the world, said: ::"Come monk." :That was my formal Acceptance. Sunīta practiced arduously and eventually became an Arhant. His status was acknowledged by the gods Brahmā Brahma ( sa, ब्रह्मा, Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu, and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 21 ... and Śakra: :Then, as night was ending :& the sun returning, :Indra & Brahmā came to pay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamiko Butler
Tamiko Butler (born 4 January 1991) is a triathlon, triathlete and former road bicycle racing, road cyclist from Antigua and Barbuda. She became Antigua and Barbuda national road champion 2009 national road cycling championships, in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014. She represented her nation at the 2011 Pan American Games in the Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road race, road race and Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's road time trial, time trial and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's road race, road race, Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's individual pursuit, individual pursuit, Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's points race, points race and Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's scratch race, scratch race. She also competed at the 2015 Pan American Games. She was named as Antigua and Barbuda's sportswoman of the year in 2011. Major results Source: ;200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Georgia Williams
Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career She took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports academy suggested that she was suited to the sport, having previously competed in netball and water polo. She took two silver medals at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships: one in the team pursuit in 2010 and another in the individual pursuit in 2011. Williams joined the team in 2013. She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, she was part of the New Zealand team pursuit squads that finished fourth at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In February 2017 it was announced that Williams would join for the 2017 season. She won New Zealand's second ever medal in the women's road race at a Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in 2018, after Susy Pryde at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Major resu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as five World Championship titles, four in the team pursuit (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014) plus one in the individual pursuit at the 2014 World Championships. She currently holds the World Record in the 3 km team pursuit. Rowsell first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005/2006. Early life Rowsell was born in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. She competed for Sutton in the London Youth Games. She attended Cuddington Croft Primary School from 1993 to 2000 and Nonsuch High School for Girls from 2000 to 2007. Career Rowsell was picked up by British Cycling's Talent Team programme in 2004, after being tested at her school. Her first major wins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Brown (cyclist)
Laura Brown is a Canadian cyclist who competes on the track and road including as a member of the Canadian team pursuit team. As a reserve, Brown was part of the Canadian team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the women's team pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in the team pursuit. She also won the points race at the Manchester round of the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup. Brown took up cycling in 2002 after giving up competing in gymnastics due to an ongoing back injury. In October 2014 the UnitedHealthcare Women's Team announced that Brown would be part of their squad for the 2015 season. In 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. Major results ;2013 :1st Points Race, Challenge International sur piste :Los Angeles Grand Prix ::1st Team Pursuit (with Allison Beveridge, Gillian Carleton, Jasmin Glaesser and Stephanie Roorda) ::2nd Omnium ;2015 :1st Team Pursuit, Pan American Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charline Joiner
Charline Jones (née Joiner; born 18 April 1988) is a Scottish former racing cyclist from Dunfermline, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in the team sprint. Personal life In 2018, she married Glasgow Warriors and Scotland rugby union player Lee Jones. Her brother Craig Joiner also represented Scotland in rugby union, while her father Mike and sister Kerry represented Scotland in triathlon and hockey respectively. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Team sprint, National Track Championships ;2009 : 2nd Team sprint, National Track Championships ;2010 : Commonwealth Games ::2nd Team sprint ::6th Sprint : 2nd Team sprint, National Track Championships ;2012 : Scottish Track Championships ::1st Keirin ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Scratch : National Track Championships ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race ::3rd Keirin ;2013 : 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Katie Archibald) ;2014 : 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Crit on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stephanie Roorda
Stephanie Roorda (born 3 December 1986) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team . She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit. Major results ;2007 : National Track Championships ::1st Points race ::1st Keirin ;2008 : National Track Championships ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit :1st Young rider classification Liberty Classic ;2009 :1st Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali :1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships ;2010 :1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships :3rd Team pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing ;2011 :2nd Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing ;2013 :1st Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser) ;2014 : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships :3rd Omnium, Los Angeles Grand Prix ;20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Melissa Hoskins
Melissa Hoskins (born 24 February 1991) is an Australian former track and road racing cyclist. She topped the general classification in the 2012 Tour of Chongming Island. She was a member of the Australian track cycling team pursuit team that finished in fourth place at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hoskins announced her retirement from professional cycling on 2 May 2017. Personal Hoskins was born on 24 February 1991 in Kalamunda, Western Australia. She attended Walliston Primary School before going to high school at Carmel Adventist College in Western Australia. She then went to Murdoch University Western Australia where she pursued a Bachelor of Sports Science. In February 2018 she married cyclist Rohan Dennis. She gave birth to a son at the end of that year. The family split their time between Girona, La Massana and Adelaide. Cycling career Track As a track cyclist, Hoskins specialised in endurance events. She started track cycling when she was fifteen years old following partic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |