Sergey Polynskiy (born 16 September 1981 in

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) is a Russian professional track cyclist. He won a bronze medal for the Russian home squad in men's team sprint at the first stage of the 2004 UCI World Cup series in

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, and later represented his nation

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at the

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. Polynskiy currently races professionally for Petroholding Leningrad Cycling Team. Polynskiy qualified for the Russian squad, in two track cycling events at the

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by receiving a berth from the UCI Track World Rankings. In the men's team sprint, held on the first day of the track program, Polynskiy and his teammates

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and Sergey Kucherov battled in an opening heat against the Aussies (led by five-time Olympic veteran

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) with a twelfth-place time in 45.964 and an average speed of 59.647 km/h, failing to advance further to the top eight match round. The following day, in the men's keirin, Polynskiy could not ignite a late surge on the final stretch to defeat against three other cyclists Kiyofumi Nagai of Japan,

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of Ukraine, and Ricardo Lynch of Jamaica for the semifinal spot in the repechage.

Career highlights

;2005 * Stage 1, UCI World Cup (Team sprint),

(RUS) ;2011 * Grand Prix von Deutschland im Sprint (Sprint), Germany * Russian Championships (Team sprint), Russia * Russian Championships (Keirin), Russia * Russian Championships (Sprint), Russia ;2013 * Russian Championships (1 km time trial),

(RUS)

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* 1981 births Living people Russian male cyclists Russian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Russia Sportspeople from Ryazan {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub