The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit is the world championship

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

for women held annually at the

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 ...

. The first competition of this event was at the 2008 championships in

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, United Kingdom. Following its introduction as an elite event Great Britain dominated the event, winning the gold medal on six out of the first eight occasions it was held. From 2014 onwards, the United States came to prominence, winning four titles, with Australia the winner on three occasions. In 2021, Germany became the fourth different nation to win gold in the event. Until 2014, the distance raced was 3 kilometres, or twelve laps on a typical indoor velodrome track. in 2014 the event was extended to 4000m, to match the men's event, and the number of riders raised from 3 to 4. British rider Laura Trott, with 4 gold medals, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals, is the most successful individual rider in the event's history. American riders

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and Chloé Dygert have each won the event four times, while Australian

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has won three gold medals over a span of nine years.

Medalists

Medal table

References

External links

Track Cycling World Championships 2016–1893
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cyclingarchives.com Women's team pursuit Lists of UCI Track Cycling World Championships medalists {{Cycling-stub