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Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Sprint
The women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome. This track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ... event consisted of numerous rounds. The competition began with a time trial over 200 metres. The top 12 cyclists in that qualifying round were seeded into the 1/8 finals. There, they raced one-on-one. The six winners advanced to the quarterfinals, with the six losers getting another chance at the repechage. This repechage consisted of three-cyclist heats, with the two winners moving on to the quarterfinals. Beginning with the quarterfinals, the head-to-head competitions switched to a best-of-three format. That format was also used for the semifinals and final. In addition, the bronze medal competition was a best-of-t ... [...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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Jennie Reed
Jennie Reed (born April 20, 1978) is a World and U.S. champion track cyclist and Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012). Jennie began track cycling at the age of 16 in Redmond, Washington. She won National titles in the match sprint and individual pursuit at her first U.S. Track Cycling National Championship in 1994. She went on to compete in the sprint disciplines at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and the Team Pursuit in 2012. Jennie competed in 13 World Championships, 11 consecutively. She won 25 World Cup medals between the Sprint events (Sprint & Keirin) as well as the endurance events (Scratch & Team Pursuit). Jennie is the only U.S. track cyclist to successfully transition from a sprint athlete, winning the World Championships in the Keirin to an endurance track athlete, winning a Silver Medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2012 Olympics. Career highlights ;1998 :1st, Matched Sprints, USA Cycling National Track Championships :3rd, World Cup, Track, Sprint, Cali ;1999 :2nd, World Cup, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The Summer Olympics – Women's Sprint
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two-wheeled bicycles, "cycling" also includes the riding of unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles, recumbent and similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs). Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number approximately one billion worldwide. They are the principal means of transportation in many parts of the world, especially in densely populated European cities. Cycling is widely regarded as an effective and efficient mode of transportation optimal for short to moderate distances. Bicycles provide numerous possible benefits in comparison with motor vehicles, including the sustained physical exercise involved in cycling, easier parking, increased maneuverability, and access to roads, bike paths and rural trails. Cycling also offers a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shortest/most convenient route across fields, parks or woods * Forest track, a track (unpaved road) or trail through a forest * Fossil trackway, a type of trace fossil, usually preserving a line of animal footprints * Trackway, an ancient route of travel or track used by animals * Trail * Vineyard track, a land estate (defined by law) meant for the growing of vine grapes Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Tracks (1976 film), ''Tracks'' (1976 film), an American film starring Dennis Hopper * Tracks (2003 film), ''Tracks'' (2003 film), a 2003 animated short film * Tracks (2013 film), ''Tracks'' (2013 film), an Australian film starring Mia Wasikowska * The Track (film), ''The Track'' (film), a 1975 French thriller–drama film Literature * Trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Medal Icon
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc Refining (metallurgy), refining. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes bimetallism, alongside gold: while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of the seven metals of antiquity, silver has had an enduring role in most h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal Icon
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Medal Icon
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as ultimate tensile strength, strength, ductility, or machinability. The three-age system, archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in western Eurasia and India is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE (~3500 BCE), and to the early 2nd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Daily
''China Daily'' () is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Overview ''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any English-language newspaper in China. The headquarters and principal editorial office is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing. The newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several major foreign cities including New York City, Washington, D.C., London, and Kathmandu. The paper is published by satellite offices in the United States, Hong Kong, and Europe. ''China Daily'' also produces an insert of sponsored content called ''China Watch'' that has been distributed inside other newspapers including ''The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Le Figaro''. Within mainland China, the newspaper targets primarily diplomats, foreign expatriates, tourists, and locals wishing to improve their English. The China edition also o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakie Tsukuda
is a Japanese track cyclist. She mounted a spirited challenge over South Africa's Tracey van Niekerk for the women's sprint gold medal at the 2007 UCI B World Championships in Cape Town, and later represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Tsukuda qualified for her first Japanese squad, as a 22-year-old, in the women's sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth from the UCI "B" World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa. After grabbing the twelfth and final seed in 12.134 (an average speed of 59.337 km/h) on the morning prelims, Tsukuda lost her first round match-up to Great Britain's top medal favorite Victoria Pendleton in a spectacular fashion, finished third in her repechage heat behind Belarus' Natallia Tsylinskaya and Cuba's Lisandra Guerra, and then placed twelfth overall in a single four-rider 200 m race to round out the field. Career highlights ;2006 * 6th Asian Games ( Sprint), Doha (QAT) ;2007 * UCI B World Championships (Keirin) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Grankovskaya
Svetlana Grankovskaya (also spelt ''Svetlana Grankovskaia'', born 22 February 1976) is a Ukrainian track racing cyclist from Kharkiv, and four times world champion. Despite being born in Ukraine, independent since 1991, she has represented Russia at world championships, Summer Olympics and World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... events. She missed a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing the sprint in the final against Anna Meares of Australia. Palmarès ;2001 :1st Sprint, Track World Championships ;2002 :2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey :3rd Keirin, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey :2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Moscow ;2003 :1st Sprint, Track World Championships :1st Keirin, Track World Championships ;2004 :1st Sprint, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Hijgenaar
Yvonne Hijgenaar (born 15 May 1980 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch racing cyclist and former national speed skater. Background Hijgenaar is a former speed skater who for two years was in the Netherlands national team.Sportief Alkmaar, October 2007 In 2001, she switched from skating to track cycling after finding she rode so much better than she skated that she could often ride by male riders in training. When her former skating teammates made technical advances better than she could, she stayed permanently in cycling. "When I look at the number of national championships, world championships and an Olympic Games that I've ridden, I am happy with my choice," she said. Olympic Games Hijgenaar represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she took part in the individual sprint as well as the 500 metres time trial. She did not impress in the individual sprint where she finished 11th. However, her 500 metres time trial time of 34.532 (52.125 km/h) brought her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisandra Guerra
Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (born 31 October 1987, Matanzas) is a Cuban racing cyclist. Major results ;2005 :1st 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Juniors :1st Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Juniors :1st Pan American Championships, Track, 500 m :2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Sprint :2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Keirin ;2006 :1st Pan American Championships, Track, 500 m :1st Pan American Championships, Track, Keirin :2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Sprint :3rd 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Moscow, Sprint :1st Moscow, 500 m ;2007 :1st Los Angeles, 500 m :3rd Los Angeles, Team Sprint :2nd 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships :2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Keirin :1st Pan American Championships, Track, 500 m TT :1st Pan American Championships, Track, Sprint :2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Team Sprint :1st Aigle, 500 m :3rd Aigle, Elimination race :2nd Aigle, Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
