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Laura Kenny
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a British track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history. Her husband, fellow British track cyclist Sir Jason Kenny, holds the same national and Olympic achievement on the male side, and together they are the most successful married couple in Olympic history where both spouses have won at least one gold medal (with 12 gold and three silver medals between them). Since first appearing at the European Track Championships in 2010, she has won seven World Championship, 14 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dame
''Dame'' is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth realms, such as Australia and New Zealand, with the masculine form of address being ''Sir''. It is the female equivalent for knighthood, which is traditionally granted to males. Dame is also style used by baronetesses Suo jure, in their own right. A woman appointed to the grades of the Dame Commander or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), Order of Saint John, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Most Honourable Order of the Bath, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Royal Victorian Order, or the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire becomes a dame. A Central European order in which female members receive the rank of Dame is the Order of St. George (H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Madison
The women's Madison event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists (15 teams of 2) from 15 nations competed. Background This was the debut appearance of the women's event. The men's Madison was held from 2000 to 2008, then was dropped for 2012 and 2016 because there was no women's equivalent. The event returned in 2020 with a new women's counterpart. The reigning (2020) world champions are Kirsten Wild and Amy Pieters of the Netherlands. Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands are traditionally strong track cycling nations, while Belgium and France have strong pedigrees in Madison events. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 1 team of 2 cyclists in the madison. Quota places are allocated to the NOC, which selects the cyclists. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The 8 top nations in the team pursuit rankings automatically qualified a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Omnium
The Women's omnium event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016. As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Ol ... was held on 5 and 6 March 2016. Laura Trott of Great Britain won the gold medal. Results Scratch race The scratch race was started at 10:48. Individual pursuit The Individual pursuit was started at . Elimination race The Elimination race was started at . 500 m time trial The 500 m time trial was started at 10:16. Flying lap The Flying lap was started at 11:28. Points race The Points race was started at 14:42. Final standings After all events. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's omnium Women's omnium UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Scratch
The Women's scratch event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016. As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Ol ... was held on 3 March 2016. Laura Trott of Great Britain won gold. Results The race was started at 20:20. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's scratch Women's scratch UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016. As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics, the championships were particularly important for cyclists and national teams aiming to qualify for the track cycling competitions at Rio 2016. Hosts Great Britain finished top of the medals table with five gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Preparations Tickets prices for the 12 different sessions ranged between £15 and £90, with student and over 60s discounts available. Higher priced tickets were tickets with better seating locations, afternoon (final) sessions and the sessions at the weekend. On 20 February 50,000 tickets were sold, with most of the sessions sold out. For the championships 200 volunteers were recruited and helped in a variety of roles during set-up and across the event, from programme sellers and accr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Team Pursuit
The Women's team sprint at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2014. They took place in Cali, Colombia from 26 February to 2 March 2014 in the Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño. Schedule This was the schedule of e ... was held on 27 February 2014. 11 nations participated in the contest. After all teams have contested qualifying, the fastest two squads advanced to the final and raced for the gold medal, while the teams ranked third and fourth, raced for the bronze medal. Medalists Results Qualifying The qualifying was started at 13:30. Finals The finals were started at 21:05. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's team pursuit 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2014. They took place in Cali, Colombia from 26 February to 2 March 2014 in the Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño. Schedule This was the schedule of events: Medal summary *Shaded events are non-Olympic Medal table References External links *Results bookPictures on Flickr {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2014 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ... Sport in Cali February 2014 sports events in South America March 2014 sports events in South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Team Pursuit
The Women's team pursuit at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012. Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), an ... was held on February 21. 10 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze. Medalists Results Qualifying The qualifying was held at 14:20. Finals The finals were held at 20:20. Small Final Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's team pursuit 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012. Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), and nine in total topped the medal table. Australia, Germany, France, the United States and Ireland all enjoyed a successful championships. Becky James of Great Britain, debuting at this level, won four medals, including two gold, in a single Championships, the first British cyclist to do so. Sarah Hammer of the United States also won two gold medals from two events, as did Stefan Bötticher of Germany and Michael Hepburn of Australia. Martyn Irvine of Ireland broke a 116-year wait for a male Irish track medal with silver in the individual pursuit, only to return an hour later to take Ireland's first ever track gold medal in the Scratch race. Laura Trott suffered her first major senior track defeat, taking silver in the Omnium behind Hamme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Team Pursuit
The Women's team pursuit at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the w ... was held on April 5. 14 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze. Medalists Results Qualifying The Qualifying was held at . * The time set by the Australian team in qualifying was itself a new world record, but was immediately overtaken by the Great Britain team. Finals The finals were held at 19:15. Small Final Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's team pursuit 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Omnium
The Women's omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the w ... was held on April 6–7. 24 athletes participated in the contest. Medalists Results Flying Lap The race was held at 16:35. Points Race The race was held at 20:55. Elimination Race The race was held at 22:45. Individual Pursuit The race was held at 14:35. Scratch Race The race was held at 19:10. 500m Time Trial The race was held at 19:50. Standings ''Final Results.'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's omnium 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2012. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 4 to 8 April 2012. The championships took place in the Hisense Arena which previously hosted the world championships in 2004 and from 2008 to 2010 a round of the World Cup as well as the track cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The championships were also the final ranking event for the purposes of Olympic qualification. Ten of the nineteen World Championship disciplines are replicated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The championships were dominated by the rivalry between Australia and Great Britain, who shared 12 of the 19 gold medals available between them, including in eight of the ten Olympic events. Australia won the greatest total number of medals (15). while the British team led in Olympic events. Of the other nations, only Germany won more than one gold medal. Several World Records were broken during the championship. Krist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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