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Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sprint
The men's team sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Laoshan Velodrome. After delivering three superb rides in the process, British trio Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, and Jamie Staff defeated France by a 0.523-second margin to dominate the team sprint final with a gold-medal time in 43.128. The French threesome of Grégory Baugé, Kévin Sireau, and Arnaud Tournant took home the silver in 43.651, while Germany's René Enders, Maximilian Levy, and Stefan Nimke edged out the Aussies by eight hundredths of a second for the bronze in 44.014. Competition format A men's team sprint race consists of a three-lap race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. Each member of the team must lead for one of the laps. The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top eight teams advanced to the first round. The first round comprised head-to-head races based on seeding (1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, etc.). The winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track Cycling
Track cycling is a Cycle sport, 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 250 m 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Olympics
''NBC Olympics'' is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal platforms. They include the NBC broadcast network and many of the company's cable networks; Spanish language network Telemundo; and streaming on the NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, and Peacock. The event telecasts during the Olympics have aired primarily in the evening and on weekend afternoons on NBC, and varying times on its cable networks (such as after the close of the stock market day on CNBC, the early mornings on MSNBC, overnights on the USA Network, and formerly various hours on now defunct NBCSN). Additional live coverage is available on the aforementioned streaming platforms. The on-air title of the telecasts, as typically announced at the start of each broadcast and during sponsor billboards is always the official name of the games in question – for example, ''The Games of the XXIX Olympiad'' for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josiah Ng
Josiah Ng Onn Lam (, born 2 February 1980) is a retired Malaysian professional track cyclist. Josiah was the first Malaysian to make it into the cycling Olympic finals becoming a three-time Olympian, representing Malaysia at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. In 2004 he was awarded the Malaysian Olympian and Sportsman of the Year after being the 1st Malaysian cyclist to make a final in cycling at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2010 Josiah won gold at the Commonwealth Games, New Delhi in Keirin at age 30. He is known to have put Malaysia on the map as one of the best countries for developing world-class track cyclists. In 2008, he became the first non-Australian to win the 72nd Melbourne Cup on Wheels at the Melbourne Arena. Early life Josiah had loved cycling since the young age of five years old, as it represented freedom for him. At age 14, he eventually realised his dreams and bought a used racing bike for US$250. He entered his first criterium racing at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azizulhasni Awang
Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysians, Malaysian professional Track cycling, track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. He is also the first Malaysian to have competed in the Olympics five times. Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national Standard-bearer, flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2009, a silver medal in the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, individual sprint. His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin, individual keirin. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazunari Watanabe
is a Japanese cyclist. Watanabe has competed in the keirin and other track events at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London. He also competes in Japanese professional keirin cycling competitions. References * 1983 births Living people Japanese male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Japan Cyclists from Fukushima Prefecture Japanese track cyclists Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiro Nagatsuka
is a Japanese cyclist. He won the silver medal in the Men's team sprint in the 2004 Summer Olympics along with Toshiaki Fushimi and Masaki Inoue. In Japan, he is mostly known as a keirin – "racing track" – is a form of Motor-paced racing, motor-paced cycle racing in which track cycling, track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan ... cyclist. References 1978 births Living people Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Japanese male cyclists Olympic silver medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Keirin cyclists Japanese sportsperson-politicians 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Sportspeople from Ibaraki Prefecture {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyofumi Nagai
(born 18 May 1983) is a track cyclist from Japan. He won a bronze medal in the Keirin race at the 2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr .... References Profile on Yahoo sports Japanese male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan 1983 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Keirin cyclists {{japan-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Kelly
Shane John Kelly Order of Australia, OAM (born 7 January 1972) is a former professional Australian Track cycling, track racing cycle sport, cyclist. Kelly specialised in the men's Track time trial#Men - 1 km Time Trial, 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Kelly is now working in motivational speaking, team building, and cycling fitness and training programs. He is the uncle of Aidan and Ciaran Kelly. Cycling career Kelly began cycling at the age of five. He achieved success as a junior, winning the junior Kilo at the Australian National Track Championships. Kelly has competed in five Summer Olympic Games, Olympic Games. He won a silver medal in the 1000 m time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Kelly is well known for an infamous mishap in the Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics, cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Going into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark French
Mark French (born 13 October 1984) is a retired Australian sprint track cyclist. He started cycling competitively relatively late, at the age of 15, in 1999. Drug scandal French is most recognised for the 2004 scandal where he was accused of taking drugs, after cleaners found 13 ampoules labelled EquiGen (equine-derived growth hormone, an illegal doping agent), syringes and vitamins outside his boarding room at the Australian Institute of Sport. On testing some of the syringes were found to contain the EquiGen hormone. At his drugs hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport French gave sworn evidence that named Shane Kelly, Sean Eadie, Jobie Dajka and Graeme Brown as riders who often injected vitamins and supplements in his room. Further French said that for months they injected themselves once or twice a week in room 121 at the Australian Institute of Sport. French was banned from cycling for two years after he was found to have taken and trafficked corticosteroid an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Ellis (cyclist)
Daniel Ellis (born 7 October 1988) is an Australian sprint cyclist. He was part of the Australian team that won the team sprint at the 2007 World Cup in Sydney. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Ellis was selected as a team member representing Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with Ryan Bayley and Mark French. They qualified for the final ride-off for the bronze medal. After a strong start, they faded and finished fourth, missing a medal by 0.008 second. Ellis began competitive cycling at age 10. He attended Dickson College Dickson College is a public two-year secondary college located in the Canberra suburb of Dickson, Australian Capital Territory. It was established in 1976 on the former Dickson High School campus when it closed. It was set to close after bei ... in Canberra.Cycling Australia As of July 2010 Ellis lives in Seaton, South Australia. Honors and medals *2008 ACTAS Sportstar of the year *2005 ACT Sportstar of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Veldt
Tim Veldt (born 14 February 1984) is a Dutch former track cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for both the road and track teams of . During his career Veldt won two world cup classics in the team sprint, two European titles (under 23 1 km time trial and omnium) as well as three Dutch national titles (1 km time trial twice and keirin). During the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won the silver medal in the team sprint together with Theo Bos and Teun Mulder. Starting August 2017 Veldt became the coach of . In this team the riders are Matthijs Büchli, Theo Bos and Roy van den Berg. Major results ;2003 : National Track Championships ::2nd Kilo ::3rd Sprint ;2004 : 1st Team sprint, 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles : National Track Championships ::2nd Kilo ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Sprint ;2005 : National Track Championships ::1st Kilo ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint : 2nd Team sprint, UCI Track World Championships : 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun Mulder
Teunis ("Teun") Mulder (born 18 June 1981) is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 10th at the individual sprint, 6th at the team sprint (with Theo Bos and Jan Bos) and 11th at the 1 km time trial, while he was eliminated in the first repechage round of the keirin competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's keirin. Mulder was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011. Career highlights ;2000 :2nd, Dutch National Track Championships, 1 km, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) ;2001 :3rd, European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Fiorenzuola (ITA) :1st, Dutch National Track Championships, 1 km, Elite, The Netherlands (NED) :1st, National Championship, Track, Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
