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UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Sprint
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint is the world championship sprint event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Galina Yermolayeva and Galina Tsareva of the Soviet Union, and Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain have each won this event on six occasions, the most by any cyclist. Medalists Medal table See also *UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin *UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint is the world championship sprint event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Between its inception and 1992, the sprint was separated into two events; one for professi ... External linksTrack Cycling World Championships 2016–1893bikecult.comWorld Championship, Track, Sprint, Elitecyclingarchives.comResultsfrom Cyclebase.nl {{DEFAULTSORT:UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's sprint Women's sprint Lists of UCI Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprint (cycling)
The sprint or match sprint is a track cycling event involving between two and four riders, though it is usually run as a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other. Men's sprint has been an Olympic event at every games except 1904 (which had races at seven different distances) and 1912 (which had no track cycling events). Women's sprints have been contested at every Olympics since 1988. Racing style Depending on the size of the velodrome, this event can be from 250 m to 1000 m. Unlike the Sprint (running), sprints in athletics (sport), athletics, these events do not usually start with riders sprinting from the starting line and they are not confined to lanes. The early parts of each race will often be highly tactical with riders pedalling slowly, as they carefully jockey for position, often trying to force their opponents up high on the track in an attempt to get their rivals to make the first move. Some e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
