Cycling At The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Cycle sport, Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Format For the Youth Olympics instead of competitors competing separately they compete as a team. In the boys' and girls' combined team event two athletes compete together. The event contains five stages; three road events (road race, criterium and time trial) and two cross-country events (cross-country eliminator and short track). One member of each team competes in each stage with the exception of the road race where both cyclists compete. Two mixed BMX events (racing and freestyle park) will take place with each team containing one boy and one girl. The freestyle park event will contain a team of athletes from different nations. Qualification Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 1 team of 2 athletes for the combined events and the BMX racing event. For the BMX freestyle park event each NO ...
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Parque Tres De Febrero
Parque Tres de Febrero, popularly known as Bosques de Palermo (Palermo Woods), is an urban park of approximately 400 hectares (about 989 acres) located in the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located between Libertador and Figueroa Alcorta Avenues, it is known for its groves, lakes, and rose gardens (''El Rosedal''). History Following the 1852 overthrow of strongman Juan Manuel de Rosas, his extensive northside Buenos Aires properties became public lands and, in 1862, a municipal ordinance provided for a city park on most of that land. On the initiative of Congressman Vicente Fidel López and President Domingo Sarmiento, work began in 1874 on ''Parque Tres de Febrero'' (February 3 Park), named in honor of February 3, 1852, the date of the defeat of Governor Rosas, among whose opponents had been Sarmiento. Designed by urbanist Jordán Czeslaw Wysocki and architect Julio Dormal, the park was inaugurated on November 11, 1875. The dramatic economic growth of Bue ...
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