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Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Sprint
The men's cycle sport, cycling Sprint (track cycling), sprint at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark from 4 to 6 August. There were 17 competitors from 17 nations, with nations once again limited to one cyclist each (the limit had fluctuated between one and two since 1928). The event was won by Jason Kenny of Great Britain, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's sprint. Kenny was the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event. Kenny beat Grégory Baugé of France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, France in the final. Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Australia's Shane Perkins took bronze. Background This was the 25th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Two of the quarterfinalists from 2008 returned: silver medalist Jason Kenny of Great Britain and eighth-place finisher Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia. The favorite was Grégory Baugé of France, the four- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Velopark
Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the permanent venues for the 2012 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic and 2012 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. Lee Valley VeloPark is at the northern end of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It has an indoor velodrome and a BMX racing track, which have been used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road bicycle racing, road course and 5 miles (8 km) of Trail#Bicycle trail, mountain bike trails. The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. The facilities built for the Olympics were constructed between 2009 and 2011. The first event in the Velopark was the London round of the 2011 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series. Planning In February 2005, plans were announced for a £22 million VeloPark. Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC+00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and evenings one hour more. BST begins at 01:00 GMT every year on the last Sunday of March and ends at 02:00 BST on the last Sunday of October. The starting and finishing times of daylight saving were aligned across the European Union on 22 October 1995, and the UK retained this alignment after it left the EU; both BST and Central European Summer Time begin and end on the same Sundays at 02:00 Central European Time, 01:00 GMT. Between 1972 and 1995, the BST period was defined as "beginning at two o'clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day after the third Saturday in March or, if that day is Easter Day, the day after the second Saturday in March, and ending at two o'clock, Greenwich mean time, in the morning of the day after the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zafeiris Volikakis
Zafeiris Volikakis (born 20 June 1989 in Volos) is a Greece, Greek Track Cyclist, track cyclist who represented Greece at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with his brother Christos Volikakis. Career highlights Greek Championship #2005 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Novices, Greece (GRE) #2005 1st in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Novices, Greece (GRE) #2006 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Christos Volikakis, Nikolaos Dimotakis, #2006 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Sotirios Bretas, Dimitris Voukelatos, #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Christos Volikakis, Vasileios Galanis, #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Esterhuizen
Bernard Esterhuizen (born 4 October 1992) is a South African track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's sprint. He was a precocious cyclist, and began racing on the track from the age of eight, inspired by his father’s world master’s championship titles. Beginning in 2009, Esterhuizen was based at the UCI World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. He specialized in sprints, being noted for his “explosive racing” in shorter distances. He was chosen to compete in the 2010 at the youth Olympic Festival held in Australia. That year he raced at the Commonwealth Games in the Keirin but crashed. He won in the time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ... at the 2010 Junior World Championship. He qualified for the London Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Zieliński
Damian Zieliński (born 2 December 1981) is a Polish cyclist. He was born in Szczecin. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and at the 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. References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Szczecin Cyclists from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish male cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Poland Polish track cyclists 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Kelemen
Pavel Kelemen (born 28 May 1991) is a Czech racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In 2011 Pavel Kelemen was part of the Czech team sprint team at the European Championships in Apeldoorn, together with Denis Špička and Filip Ditzel. The team finished in 8th. In 2012, Kelemen was nominated by his federation to take part in the London Olympics for the Men's sprint competition. He competed in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ..., alongside the men's keirin event. In 2015, he won the men's keirin event at the European Track Cycling Championships. Major results Road ;2021 : 9th Grand Prix Poland ;2023 : 1st Velká Bíteš-Brno-Velká Bíteš : 8th Umag Trophy Track References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Watkins (cyclist)
James David Watkins (born August 26, 1982) is an American track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's sprint, where he reached the quarterfinals, and sealed a sixth-place ranking in the final classification race. Personal Watkins is a firefighter in his hometown of Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population as of th .... He is married with a daughter. References 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California American track cyclists American male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in cycling 21st-century American spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Njisane Phillip
Njisane Nicholas Phillip (born 29 May 1991) is a former Trinidadian track cyclist active from 2010 until 2019. Born in Siparia, he competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he achieved a fourth place finish in the individual sprint, as well as at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. and at several Pan American Games and Championships. In the latter, he was the 2012 Pan American Championships sprint champion. He is credited with reviving track cycling in his country, and the end of his career coincided with the rise of his compatriot Nicholas Paul, World Championship silver medalist, Nicholas Paul. He retired after the 2019 Pan American Games. Phillip's later career and early retirement were clouded by recreational drug issues. He was stripped of a gold and silver medal from the 2019 Pan American Games after a doping sample was found to contain cannabis, a prohibited though not performance enhancing drug. In 2023, Phillip was arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Dawkins
Edward James Dawkins (born 11 July 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's sprint and the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal in the men's sprint, and was part of the New Zealand time that won the gold medal in the team sprint, with Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster. The team sprint team set two Commonwealth Games records along the way. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won alongside Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell a silver medal in the team sprint, but did not go beyond the round 1 repechage in the individual sprint. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dawkins won gold in the team sprint event alongside Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster. He had previously competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dawkins retired from professional cycling in 2020, and took up the sport of powerlifting Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Miao (cyclist)
Zhang Miao (born 12 August 1988) is a Chinese cyclist. He competed in keirin and the men's individual and team sprint at the 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. References * 1988 births Living people Chinese male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for China Sportspeople from Binzhou Chinese track cyclists Cyclists from Shandong Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRCh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichiro Nakagawa
is a Japanese track cyclist. At the 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 ..., he competed in the Men's sprint. References External links Keirin profile Japanese male cyclists Living people Olympic cyclists for Japan Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Japanese track cyclists 1979 births Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
