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Hersony Canelón
Hersony Gadiel Canelón Vera (born 8 December 1988, Caracas) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside César Marcano and Andris Hernández in the Men's Track Team Sprint, and won a gold in 2010. He competed in men's track cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Games in Rio. Career ;2007 : in Pan American Games, Track, Team Sprint, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ;2010 : in Central American and Caribbean Games, Track, Team Sprint, Mayagüez (PUR) : in Central American and Caribbean Games, Track, Keirin, Mayagüez (PUR) : in Central American and Caribbean Games, Sprint, Mayagüez (PUR) : in Pan American Road and Track Championships, Track, Team Sprint, Aguascalientes (MEX) ;2011 : in Pan American Games, Track, Sprint, Guadalajara (MEX) : in Pan American Games, Track, Team Sprint, Guadalajara (MEX) : in Pan American Games, Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 was held on velodromes similar to the ones used today. These velodromes consisted of two straights and slightly banked turns, though they varied more in length and material than the modern 250m track. One appeal of indoor track racing was that spectators could be easily controlled, and hence an entrance fee could be charged, making track racing a lucrative sport. Early track races attracted crowds of up to 2,000 people. Indoor tracks also enabled year-round cycling for the first time. The main early centers for track racing in Britain were Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester and London. The most noticeable changes in over a century of track cycling have concerned the bikes themselves, engineered to be lighter and more aerodynamic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
The 2013 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the CNAR Velodrome, Mexico City, Mexico on February 6–10, 2013. Medal summary Men Women Records Pan American records were set in the following events: * Men's sprint (''flying 200m time trial''/''qualifying round''): 9"709 by Hersony Canelón * Men's 1 km time trial: 1'00"349 by Fabián Puerta * Men's individual pursuit (''qualifying round''): 4'15"279 by Eduardo Sepúlveda * Men's team sprint (''qualifying round''): 43"031 by Venezuela (César Marcano, Hersony Canelón and Ángel Pulgar) * Women's sprint (''flying 200m time trial/qualifying round''): 10"744 by Lisandra Guerra * Women's 500m time trial: 33"272 by Lisandra Guerra Medal table References {{Pan American Cycling Championships Americas Cycling 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andris Hernández
Andris José Hernández Gimenez (born January 11, 1982) is a male professional track cyclist, track and road racing cyclist from Venezuela. He won three medals for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Career ;2002 : 2nd Team pursuit, Cycling at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, Central American and Caribbean Games ;2006 : 1st 2006 Pan American Cycling Championships, Pan American Points Race Championships : Cycling at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Central American and Caribbean Games ::2nd Team pursuit ::2nd Points race : 2nd National Time Trial Championships : 3rd Overall Vuelta al Oriente ;2007 : Cycling at the 2007 Pan American Games, Pan American Games ::1st Points race ::2nd Team sprint ::3rd Madison : 2nd Pan American Road and Track Championships, Pan American Points Race Championships : 9th Overall 2007 Vuelta a Venezuela, Vuelta a Venezuela ;2008 : 1st Stage 4 Clásico Virgen de la Consolación de Tárib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Marcano
César Mervin Marcano Sánchez (born October 22, 1987 in Carabobo) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside Hersony Canelón and Andris Hernández in the Men's Track Team Sprint. Career ;2007 : in Pan American Games, Track, Team Sprint, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ;2010 : in Central American and Caribbean Games, Track, Team Sprint, Mayagüez (PUR) : in Pan American Road and Track Championships, Track, Team Sprint, Aguascalientes (MEX) ;2011 : in Round 2 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Team Sprint, Cali (COL) : in Venezuelan National Championships, Track, Keirin : in Venezuelan National Championships, Track, Sprint ;2012 : in Venezuelan National Championships, Track, Keirin : in Venezuelan National Championships, Track, Sprint : in Venezuelan National Championships, Track, Team Sprint : in Pan American Road and Track Championships, Track, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in 47 disciplines. During the Games, 95 new Pan American records were set; 2,196 medals were awarded; 1,262 doping control tests were performed and about 15,000 volunteers participated in the organization of the event, which was an Olympic qualification for 13 International Federations (IFs). Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Games over San Antonio, Texas, United States, on August 24, 2002, having won an absolute majority of votes (30–21) from the 51 members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) in the first round of voting during the XL PASO General Assembly held in Mexico City, Mexico. This was the first Games held in Brazil since the 1963 Pan American Games that took place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Pan American Cycling Championships
The 2012 Pan American Cycling Championships took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on March 3–11, 2012. Medal summary Road Men Women Track Men Women Medal table References {{2012 in road cycling Americas Americas Cycling 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 t ... Pan American Road and Track Championships International cycle races hosted by Argentina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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