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An omnium (from Latin omnium: of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling.Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that feature the three primary road race events (time trial, mass start and criterium).
The Olympic road race, one of the most iconic events at the Games, is also one with the most turnover in medals. No rider has ever won two gold medals, and only one rider has won two medals; Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, with a gold medal in London 2012, following a silver medal in Sydney 2000. Until 1992 and the Games in Barcelona, all ...
The men's cycling omnium at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 14 and 15 August. [1] The medals were presented by Marisol Casado, IOC member, Spain and Renato Di Rocco, Member of the UCI Management Committee.
Here are all the Olympic medal events scheduled for Sunday, in addition to what time the action starts. ... 7:56 a.m.: women’s omnium, points race 4/4. This article originally appeared on USA ...
Kristen Faulkner also captured two gold medals in Paris, winning the Olympic road race and joining Valente and teammates Lily Williams and Chloe Dygert in winning the team pursuit. The three gold ...
Jennifer Valente of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal of the women's omnium event at the Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris.
The most successful Olympic cyclists of each sex are husband-and-wife couple Jason and Laura Kenny, with Jason winning seven golds and two silver medals and Laura five golds and one silver medal. Jason also holds the record of most decorated cyclist, with nine medals, and is the only cyclist to have successfully defended Olympic gold medals in ...
The omnium bronze medal went to Fabio van den Bossche of Belgium, who led going into the points race and wound up with 131. Benjamin Thomas wins omnium gold at the Paris Olympics, Ellesse Andrews ...