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Cycling At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Team Sprint
The women's cycling team sprint at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August 2016. The event was won by the Chinese pairing of Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi over the Russian pairing of Daria Shmeleva and Anastasia Voynova. The defending champions, Germans Kristina Vogel and Miriam Welte, won the bronze medal. The medals were presented by Yang Yang, IOC member, China and Marian Stenina, Member of the UCI Management Committee. Competition format The women's team sprint race consists of a two-lap race between two teams of two cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps. Schedule All times are Brasília Time ( UTC-03:00) Results Qualification The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round. * Q = qualified First round First round heats are held as follows: Heat 1: 4th v 5th qualifier Heat 2: 3rd v 6th qualifier Heat 3: 2nd v 7th qualifier Heat 4: 1st v 8th qualifier The heat winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Olympic Velodrome
The Rio Olympic Velodrome, officially the Velódromo Municipal do Rio (''Rio Municipal Velodrome''), is a velodrome located in the Barra Olympic Park sports complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built as a replacement for the former Barra Velodrome, the venue hosted track cycling events during the 2016 Summer Olympics, and is scheduled to host track cycling events during the 2016 Summer Paralympics. After the conclusion of the games, the velodrome will form part of the Olympic Training Center. Design The Rio Olympic Velodrome was designed by Schuermann Architects, a German design group led by Ralph Schuermann. The group had previously designed the Laoshan Velodrome for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with six other Olympic cycling venues and twenty World Championship venues. The wooden track is made from timber sourced from the Siberian pine, considered to be the fastest surface for track cycling. History Demolition of Barra Velodrome The Barra Velodrome, one of thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing licenses to riders and enforces disciplinary rules, such as in matters of doping. The UCI also manages the classification of races and the points ranking system in various cycling disciplines including road and track cycling, mountain biking and BMX, for both men and women, amateur and professional. It also oversees the World Championships. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UCI said that Russian and Belarusian teams are forbidden from competing in international events. It also stripped both Russia and Belarus of scheduled events. History UCI was founded in 1900 in Paris by the national cycling sports organisations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland. It replaced the International Cycling Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Hansen
Natasha Hansen (born 15 November 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist who has represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Hansen competed at the 2018 Gold Coast games and won two silver medals in the sprint & team sprint, and a bronze in the keirin. Early life Hansen was born in 1989 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore and is of Samoan descent. She grew up in Canterbury and played netball and was in the Canterbury Flames wider squad, including trials at the national secondary level. Her motivation for taking up track cycling during secondary school was to increase her fitness for netball. Career At her second national trials, she set new national records in sprint and 500 m, which qualified her for the 2007 UCI Juniors World Championships held in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This was her first international event and gained her a training place in World Cycling Centre in the French speaking part of Switzerland, to where she moved. Hansen moved back to New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Casas
Helena Casas Roigé (born 27 July 1988) is a track cyclist from Catalonia. She represented Spain at the 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 .... Casas competed for the Spanish track cycling team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. There, she finished seventh, alongside her partner Tania Calvo, in the women's team sprint, and rode a flying lap of 11.707 seconds in the qualifying round of the individual sprint race, which left her in the penultimate position against a field of 26 other competitors. Career results ;2008 :Grand Prix International Ville de Barcelone ::1st Keirin ::1st 500m Time Trial ;2013 :Copa Internacional de Pista ::1st Team Sprint (with Tania Calvo) ::2nd Keirin ::2nd Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Calvo
Tania Calvo Barbero (born 16 June 1992) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major results ;2013 : Copa Internacional de Pista ::1st Sprint ::1st Team Sprint (with Helena Casas Helena Casas Roigé (born 27 July 1988) is a track cyclist from Catalonia. She represented Spain at the 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the Wor ...) : UEC European U23 Track Championships ::2nd Sprint ::3rd 500m Time Trial ;2014 : 1st Sprint, Öschelbronn : 2nd Sprint, UEC European Track Championships : 2nd Keirin, Singen : 2nd Sprint, Oberhausen : 3rd Sprint, UEC European U23 Track Championships ;2015 : 1st Sprint, 6 giorni delle rose - Fiorenzuola : 1st Keirin, Irish International Track GP : Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona ::1st Keirin ::1st Sprint : Grand Prix of Poland ::2nd Keirin : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Sullivan
Monique Sullivan (born 21 February 1989) is a Canadian cyclist. She was born in Calgary, Alberta. She competed in keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she placed sixth. She also competed in women's sprint and placed 11th. Career She won a bronze medal at the 2007 Track Cycling World Junior Championships in the Keirin event. In 2009, she had top-10 finishes at World Cup event in Beijing (sprint) and Manchester (keirin). She won the National Championship in the sprint event in 2010 and won bronze in the 500m. That year, she'd also capture silver at the Pan American Championships in Mexico City, Mexico and finished in fourth place in the 500m and sprint events. In 2011, Sullivan had top-10 finishes in the sprint and keirin events at the World Cup in Cali, Colombia. In 2012, Sullivan captured double gold at the Pan American Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina. She finished first in the women's keirin and the women's sprint. She also competed at the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate O'Brien (cyclist)
Kate O'Brien (born 23 July 1988 in Calgary) is a Canadian female track cyclist and former bobsledder. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career After being introduced to bobsleigh in 2010, O’Brien competed at the 2013 FIBT World Championships with pilot Jenny Ciochetti, but a torn hamstring took her out of the first half of the Olympic season and she missed qualifying as a bobsleigh brakeman for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She decided to try piloting a bobsled and attended driving school in Calgary in March 2014. At the same time, there was a testing camp for Cycling Canada at the Canadian Sport Institute. Having scored good test results, she was competing internationally within months. In September, she debuted at the Pan American Championships, finishing fifth in both the team sprint (with Monique Sullivan) and the keirin. O’Brien split 2014-15 between track cycling and bobsleigh, competing on both World Cup circuits as well as at both world championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Cueff
Virginie Cueff (born 18 June 1988, in Gouesnou) is a French professional racing cyclist. Palmarès ;2006 :2nd Sprint, European Track Championships, Juniors, Athens :3rd 500 m, European Track Championships, Juniors, Athens :2nd European Championship, Track, Scratch, Juniors (F), Athens :3rd Sydney, Team Sprint (AUS) :3rd Moscou, Team Sprint (RUS) :3rd Sydney, Team Sprint (F) (AUS) ;2007 :3rd 500 m, European Track Championships, U23, Cottbus (GER) :2nd Los Angeles, Team Sprint (F) (USA) ;2009 :1st Team Sprint, UEC European U23 Track Championships ;2010 :UEC European U23 Track Championships ::1st Team Sprint ::2nd Keirin ::2nd Sprint ::3rd 500m Time Trail ;2013 :3rd Keirin, European Track Championships, Apeldoorn (NED) ;2014 :South East Asian GP Track (1) ::1st Keirin ::1st Sprint :South East Asian GP Track (3) ::1st Sprint ::2nd Keirin :Fenioux Piste International ::1st Keirin ::1st Team sprint (with Sandie Clair) :2nd Sprint, South East Asian GP Track (2) :Grand Prix de V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandie Clair
Sandie Clair (born 1 April 1988) is a French professional racing cyclist and bobsledder. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time-trial. A month later she came third in the junior world 500m championship. She won two medals at the world junior championship in 2006, then at Ghent won the world championship 500m and came third in the sprint. She rode World Cup meetings throughout 2007 and 2008 and won the team sprint with Clara Sanchez at Cali in 2008. She came third in the 500m world championship at Manchester in 2008. From 2007 to 2010, she won eight titles at éspoir level in the European championships, including three in the team sprint with Virginie Cueff. In 2010, she won four medals, including three at the European éspoir championship in St Petersburg. In November she won the sprint and team sprint championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elis Ligtlee
Elis Ligtlee (born 28 June 1994) is a Dutch track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She won the gold medal in the keirin race at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following her Olympic victory, Ligtlee was officially inducted to the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Major results ;2013 :Revolution ::1st Sprint – Round 2, Glasgow ::2nd Keirin – Round 2, Glasgow :UEC European U23 Track Championships ::1st Team Sprint (with Shanne Braspennincx) ::1st 500m Time Trial ::3rd Sprint :Grand Prix Sprint Apeldoorn ::2nd Sprint ::3rd Keirin ;2014 :1st Sprint, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester :1st Sprint, Champions of Sprint :Festival of Speed ::1st Sprint ::2nd Keirin :Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint ::2nd Team Sprint (with Shanne Braspennincx) :UEC European U23 Track Championships ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint ::2nd Team Sprint (with Yesna Rijkhoff) ::3rd 500m Time Trial :UEC European Track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurine Van Riessen
Laurine van Riessen (born 10 August 1987) is a long track speed skater and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team . She competed for the Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the 500, 1000, and 1500 metres and won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres. In 2015, she switched to track cycling and won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. Van Riessen competed for the Netherlands in track cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... In 2017, she rode for the British team Matrix Pro Cycling. On 4 September 2018 she joined . Major results ;2015 :National Track Championships ::1st 500m time trial ::1st Individual sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Morton
Stephanie Morton, (born 28 November 1990) is a retired Australian track cyclist. She has won national and international cycling titles, and was Felicity Johnson's tandem pilot at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a gold medal. Personal Stephanie Morton was born in Adelaide on 28 November 1990. , she works for the "Bee Safe on Bikes" education program for junior primary school students. Cycling Morton is a member of South Coast Cycling Club and is part of Team Jayco AIS. She started cycling competitively at the age of 15. Competing at the 2011 National Keirin Final, she finished second behind Anna Meares. She made her Australian national team debut at the 2011 Para-cycling Track World Championships with Felicity Johnson. She has said forming a friendship and real partnership was key for the pair's success. In 2012, she participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles as the pilot for Johnson, and finished first in the B tandem 1& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
