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The start (top) and the race (bottom) of a women's team pursuit with three riders at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (Pictured: Ellen van Dijk , Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder ) 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 ...
Team Time Date Event Place Ref United States: Chad Hedrick Derek Parra K. C. Boutiette: 3:48.56: 13 November 2004: World Cup: Hamar, Norway [2] Netherlands: Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars: 3:46.44: 21 November 2004: World Cup: Berlin, Germany [3] Canada: Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison: 3:39.69: 12 November 2005: World Cup ...
The men's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Hallgeir Engebråten, Peder Kongshaug and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, representing Norway, won the event. Norway defended their 2018 title, but ...
The team pursuit is a team event in speed skating and is skated by teams of three skaters. Races resemble the team pursuit event in track cycling . [ 17 ] Two teams race at a time, starting at a line in the middle of the straightaway.
The men's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held on 11 February 2025 in Harbin, China. [1] Records
Team Time Date Event Place Ref Canada: Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen: 3:05.49: 14 November 2004: World Cup: Hamar, Norway [2] Canada: Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen: 3:03.07: 21 November 2004: World Cup: Berlin, Germany [3] Germany: Anni Friesinger Daniela Anschütz Claudia Pechstein: 2:56.04: 13 November 2005: World ...
However, the speed skating events at the Olympic Games were always individual distances, no medals are awarded for a combined event (the only exception being the 1924 Winter Olympics). Towards the end of the 20th century, skaters started to specialize and it became rare that a skater was able to dominate both the short and the long distances.
The Netherlands are the 2021 World Single Distances champion in team pursuit, with Canada second and the Russian Skating Union third. Canada were leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup after three events before the Olympics, ahead of Japan and the Netherlands.