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Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Road Time Trial
The women's road time trial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2021 around the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. 25 cyclists from 20 nations competed in the event. The race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten of Netherlands. Van Vleuten set the fastest times at both intermediate time checks before setting the only time under 31 minutes. She won by 56 seconds over the silver medalist, Marlen Reusser of Switzerland. Reusser set the fourth and fifth fastest times at the first two time checks, respectively. Her final split allowed her to move into second, becoming the only rider within a minute of van Vleuten's time. The bronze medal went to Anna van der Breggen, the world champion and van Vleuten's compatriot. She was faster than Reusser at both time checks before Reusser eventually moved ahead by five seconds at the finish. Background This was the 7th appearance of the event, previously held at every Summer Olympics since 1996. The reigning Olympic champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji Speedway
is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and national racing. Originally managed by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Fuji Speedway was acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000. The circuit hosted the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in 2007 after an absence of nearly 30 years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit owned by Honda. After Fuji Speedway hosted the 2008 race, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka for races from 2009 onward. The Super GT Fuji 500 km race is held at the racetrack on Golden Week. Fuji Speedway has one of the longest straights in motorsport tracks, at in length. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license. History 1963–79: F1 launches in Japan Fuji Speedway Corporation was established in 1963 as Japan NASCAR Corporation. At first, the circuit was planned to hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masomah Ali Zada
Masomah Ali Zada (born on 11 March 1996) is a road cyclist, born in Afghanistan, who qualified for, and took part in, the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team. Born in Afghanistan, Ali Zada spent her early years in Iran, before returning to Afghanistan. Masomah learnt to ride in whilst living in Ghazni Province at the age of 9. Upon moving to Kabul in 2012 she found herself subject to physical and verbal harassment whilst cycling. Masomah and her family (her parents, three brothers and sister) fled Afghanistan in 2016 due to threats from the Taliban, and claimed asylum in France under a humanitarian visa. Currently studying civil engineering at the University of Lille, Masomah received an IOC Refugee Athlete Scholarship in 2019 and took part in the women’s individual time trial at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, finishing 25th of 25. In 2022 Ali Zada became a member of the Athletics' Commission of the International Olympic Commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Labous
Juliette Labous (born 4 November 1998) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode in the women's road race event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2015 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::5th Road race : 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda Juniors : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::4th Road race ::5th Time trial : 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Championships ;2016 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race : 1st Overall Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen ::1st Stage 2b : 3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Championships : 3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::6th Road race ::10th Time trial : 9th Overall Tour of Norway : 9th La Classique Morbihan ;2018 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro Rosa : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Klein (cyclist)
Lisa Klein (born 15 July 1996) is a German professional Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results Road ;2013 : National Junior Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2014 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 5th Road race, 2014 UCI Road World Championships, UCI World Junior Championships ;2015 : 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda, Crescent Vargarda TTT ;2016 : 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda, Crescent Vargarda TTT : 3rd Team time trial, 2016 UCI Road World Championships, UCI World Championships : 2016 European Road Championships, UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Time trial ::10th Road race : 8th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska ;2017 : National Championships ::1st German National Road Race Championships, Road race ::4th German National Time Trial Championships, Time trial : 1st Prologue 2017 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Kirchmann
Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who rides for National Cycling League team Denver Disruptors. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year. Career Kirchmann's first sport was cross-country skiing. She continued to compete as a skier until about the age of 18. Kirchmann originally started mountain biking as summer training for ski racing. She turned professional in 2011 with the team. When the team dissolved at the end of 2011, Kirchmann followed director Rachel Heal to the new team in 2012. Kirchmann signed for on 8 October 2015 for the 2016 season. In June 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She also qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In August 2022, Kirchmann announced tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Gigante
Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Junior and under-23 career In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium, won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships, won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race, In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist. Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021) In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the team. In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships. She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series. She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season. Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol-Ann Canuel
Karol-Ann Canuel (born 18 April 1988) is a Canadian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the , and teams. Career In October 2015 it was announced that Canuel would join for 2016 after two seasons with , reuniting her with former teammates Evelyn Stevens and Chantal Blaak. In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She was part of the squads that won the women's team time trial world championship for three consecutive years, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Canuel retired from competition after the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, having extended her career by a season to compete in the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Olympics. Major results ;2006 : 5th Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships ;2009 : Canada Summer Games ::3rd Criterium ::3rd Time trial ;2011 : 2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin : 4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin : 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IOC Refugee Olympic Team At The 2020 Summer Olympics
The IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, as independent Olympic participants. The IOC code is the French acronym "EOR", which stands for . This was the second appearance of a refugee team in the summer Olympics, following the 2016 Games. For the 2020 Games the team included 29 athletes, up from 10 in the 2016 team. The team comprised athletes originating from 11 nations who currently reside and train across 13 host nations, supported by the IOC's Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes program. At the parade of nations, the IOC Team, according to the Japanese script traditional order and English pronunciation of IOC in Japanese, was the second to parade after Greece who traditionally parade first. Team selection The team was selected on 8 June 2021, represented in the following list, together with each competitor's country of origin and their host National Olympic Committee (NOC). Competitors The following is the list of number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
