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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 ...
A team pursuit race involves two teams of four cyclists. Each team starts at opposite sides of the track. There are two ways to win: finish 16 laps (4 km) before the other team does or catch the other team. The time for each team is determined by the third cyclist to cross the finish line; the fourth cyclist does not need to finish.
Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [19] Team sprint (500 m) [a] [c] (progression) 31.804 Bao Shanju Zhong Tianshi China 2 August 2021 Olympic Games: Izu, Japan [21] 4000 m individual pursuit (progression) 4:24.060 Anna Morris Great Britain 22 February 2025 British Championships: Manchester, UK [22] 4000m team pursuit (progression ...
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It was first introduced into championship racing in 1995. The team sprint has been an Olympic event for men since 2000 and for women since 2012. Like the team pursuit event, two teams race against each other, starting on opposite sides of the track. At the end of the first lap, the leading rider in each team pulls up the banking leaving the ...
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Olympic road race champion Kristen Faulkner will go for her second gold medal of the Paris Games with U.S. teammates Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and ...
This is an overview of the progression of the Olympic track cycling record of the men's 4000 m team pursuit, as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). [1] The men's team pursuit was introduced at the 1908 Summer Olympics and with the 4000 m distance at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Strangely the UCI list the first Olympic record as ...
Aug 7, 2024; Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; Lily Williams of Team United States celebrates winning the gold medal in women’s team pursuit during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at ...