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  Forest City Velodrome: Come Watch
The individual time trial is often referred to as the "race of truth" – it is just one person on the track at a time, racing from a standing start against the clock.
In the individual pursuit, two riders begin from a standing start on opposite sides of the track, "pursuing" one another until one is caught or the distance if completed.
The rules in the 4000 metre team pursuit are the same as in the individual pursuit except that teams of four riders compete against each other.
www.forestcityvelodrome.ca /comewatch.aspx   (1253 words)

  
 Anchors Online - Individual Pursuit
The purpose of the Individual Pursuit is to encourage you, alumnae members of all ages, to achieve your fullest potential.
Their quest for continued education outside the classroom and sincere desire for mutual improvement were the inspiration for the Individual Pursuit.
The Individual Pursuit Report Form and Personal Artifact Report Form are sent once all Stages and the Personal Artifact are complete.
www.deltagamma.org /individual_pursuit.shtml   (578 words)

  
 BBC Sport Academy | Other Sport | Cycling | What is the individual pursuit all about?
So to win in the pursuit you need to be able to pace yourself and keep a cool head under pressure.
The pursuit has typically been a cross-over event for road racers.
British legend Chris Boardman won the pursuit title at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and also bagged stage wins at the Tour de France.
news.bbc.co.uk /sportacademy/hi/sa/special_events/cycling/newsid_3586000/3586135.stm   (225 words)

  
 Melbourne's girl - Cycling - Commonwealth Games - smh.com.au
Mactier, 30, smashed the opposition in the individual pursuit last night to secure her first Commonwealth Games gold medal and Australian cycling's sixth of this meeting.
Mactier is the world champion in the pursuit and hence went in at unbackable odds, a pressure that she brushed off.
The Victorian rode a 3:35.196 in the gold-silver ride-off to win the individual pursuit at the Melbourne Park velodrome, thrilling her home crowd and her family up in the stands.
www.smh.com.au /news/cycling/mactier-in-pursuit-of-excellence/2006/03/19/1142703224029.html   (651 words)

  
 The Hindu : Punjab cyclists to the fore
To save time, the organisers had decided to do away with the qualifying rounds in the individual pursuit events and the winners were selected on the basis of timings.
Raminder Singh of Punjab won the under-14 boy's 1800m individual pursuit gold by default as the eventual winner Dhunal Bappasaheb was disqualified for being over-aged.
T.H. Aimson Singh of Manipur pedals to gold in the boys' under-18 3000m individual pursuit event of the National cycling championship at the LNCPE velodrome in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/30/stories/0730117g.htm   (635 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
The 27 year-old started the year taking national titles in the individual pursuit and points race as well as the national criterium championship, continuing her good form later on at the second round of the Track World Cup (the only round she contested) in Sydney, where she recorded her fastest time at sea level.
However, the crowning moment was her glorious gold at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she smashed the Games record for the 3000 metre individual pursuit in a time of 3 minutes 32.467 seconds, averaging 50.828 km/h.
In what was becoming a formality, the year began well for Ulmer, repeating her national championship wins in the individual pursuit and points race in March before contesting the second round of the Track World Cup in Mexico later that month.
www.cyclingnews.com /track.php?id=riders/2003/interviews/sarah_ulmer03   (2171 words)

  
 Track world's roundup: Wiggins wins pursuit; German pursuit squad collapses before it hits track
In a statement issued Thursday, the German cycling federation announced the withdrawal of its entry in the team pursuit after riders who ride and train in Thuringen announced they would not ride if a pair of Berlin-based riders were included in the squad.
The dispute stems from a recent decision by German endurance coach pass over seven-time world's medalist Jens Lehman for the individual pursuit squad, despite the fact that the 35-year-old had qualified for the team.
Germany's pursuit team has been one of world's strongest in recent years, having made the podium each year since 1998, earning gold in 1999 and 2000 including the first sub-four-minute performance in the event.
www.velonews.com /race/trk/articles/4756.0.html   (770 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
Dawson was still obviously in good shape after winning the individual pursuit at the Australian national titles on the same track three weeks ago.
Last year she won the individual pursuit at the Mexico World Cup, a stage of the Tour de l'Aude, three stages of the Tour of Willamette, a stage of the Tour de Snowy and the criterium of the New Zealand road titles.
Amy Safe (who won the Australian individual pursuit title three weeks ago) is one to watch, she has only just started and yet she is so strong," Ulmer says.
www.cyclingnews.com /track/2002/worldcup02/trackWCrnd2/?id=pursuit   (942 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A silver in the Individual Pursuit at the national championships in 2003 reminded everyone of his talent.
There was something inevitable about his first individual senior world title which came in the Pursuit at the 2003 world track championships in Stuttgart.
In 2002 she took silver in the Individual Pursuit at the Sydney Track World Cup event and in the high profile Tour de l'Aude in France she rode to an epic solo win in the seventh stage.
www.olympics.org.uk /press/pressdetail.asp?boa_press_id=333   (3097 words)

  
 Team GB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In GB colours, he is best known as a member of the Team Pursuit squad and as a world class individual pursuit rider.
A key member of the Team Pursuit squad which picked up a bronze medal, he narrowly missed another medal in the Madison when he crashed in the final moments of the race when holding second place.
Rob then went on to record perhaps his finest achievement in winning a bronze medal in the individual pursuit at the 2000 world championships in Manchester.
www.olympics.org.uk /teamgb/biogs_athens.asp?AthleteID=183   (188 words)

  
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Cycling's triple Olympic pursuit bronze medallist Brad McGee goes into the Athens Olympics on the back of a nightmare Tour de France, which saw him abandon the first week with excruciating back pain.
He had won bronze in both the individual and team pursuit races at the Atlanta Games in 1996 and would again win an individual bronze at Sydney 2000.
In 2002 McGee won the Commonwealth Games individual pursuit and then stormed to gold in the World Championships individual pursuit the same year in Stuttgart, where Australia also won the sprint, keirin and team pursuit.
www.abc.net.au /olympics/2004/profiles/bradmcgee.htm   (585 words)

  
 BikeCal.com - California Bicycle Guide
Elizabeth Emery (Albuquerque, N.M.) won the individual time trial at the Pan Am Games, and was the top American at the World Road Cycling Championships in the time trial.
Friedick, who also qualified in the individual pursuit, and Laurent were members of the 1996 Olympic squad.
Casey won the individual pursuit at the Pan American Games and is the only cyclist on of both the Olympic Long Team for road and track cycling.
www.bikecal.com /usa-longteam.htm   (1265 words)

  
 Chinese Classes at Florida State University
The second agenda, sustained by the belief that revitalizing the Chinese nation depended on releasing the power of each societal member from China’s stifling feudal tradition, advocated the individual pursuit of liberty, equality and personal happiness.
The mission of national salvation, which was primarily empowered by the Confucian ideology of an authoritarian state, entailed reducing the individual to the tool of redeeming the Chinese nationhood and compromising individual values in the name of communal and national interests.
Since the early decades of the twentieth century, the tension between the two forces has defined the relationship between the state authority of modern China (either Nationalist or Communist) and its largely liberal intelligentsia, and informed the situation in which the violation/promotion of human rights has been conducted.
mailer.fsu.edu /~flan/chinese/documents/syllabus_nation_state.htm   (592 words)

  
 Active.com - Dutch star caps career with individual pursuit gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 30-year-old veteran captured the women's individual pursuit title, finishing in 3 minutes, 33.360 seconds.
Marion Clignet of France won the silver in 3:38.751 and Yvonne McGregor of Britain won the bronze medal race in 3:38.850.
I heard the gun go off on my side first and then it was just tears,'' she said.
www.active.com /story.cfm?story_id=4823&sidebar=487&category=olympics_2000_cycling&CFID=5823601&CFTOKEN=37626502   (350 words)

  
 Olympics-2004
I had some doubts in the early part of the course and I was really suffering after the 10km mark.
Their winning time was the third fastest in Team Pursuit history and this Olympic gold medal adds nicely to their three past World Championships gold medals.
Pursuit riders Bradley Wiggins and Brad McGee after the finals in the pursuit.
www.usauzziesales.com /olympics-2004.htm   (527 words)

  
 Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
Youth will take on experience amongst the British ranks in both the Individual Pursuit and Team Pursuit at the Manchester World Cup between the 9th and the 11th December with all the Brits facing world class international opposition in what is set to be a thrilling Pursuit contest.
In the Team Pursuit the British squad of Andy Tennant, Geraint Thomas, Ross Sander and Ian Stannard will take on World Team Pursuit Champions Rob Hayles, Chris Newton and Paul Manning who will be joined by Madison World Champion Mark Cavendish in the Recycling.co.uk team.
The Individual Pursuit final will take place on Friday 9th December with the Team Pursuit on Saturday the 10th.
www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=8690   (556 words)

  
 Individual pursuit | Ed Rudolph Northbrook Velodrome
I am the proverbial greenhorn with high interest for individual pursuit racing.
You are more than welcome to come and compete and get your time in the state championship individual pursuit evening.
They will be more than happy to do some practice pursuits with you.
www.northbrookvelodrome.org /node/69   (313 words)

  
 Millar for Team Pursuit!?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Individual Pursuit in Athens later this year and a place in
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squad, it was ideal preparation for his individual pursuit.
www.cyclingforums.com /t101478.html   (1574 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Zijlaard-Van Moorsel wins individual pursuit title
In the individual sprint, Russian Svetlana Grankovskaia defeated American Tammy Thomas 2-0 to win gold.
It was her second pursuit title; the other came in 1990.
She also won three gold medals at the Sydney Olympics last year, taking the individual pursuit on the track, the road race and time trial.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2001/0928/1256541.html   (268 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
Men and women compete in a sprint, pursuit, individual and relay.
The top 60 finishers of this competition qualify for the pursuit.
In the pursuit, the competitors start at intervals based on their finishing time in the sprint competition.
www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=BT   (278 words)

  
 The Pursuit Group | Targeted Account Pursuit
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The Pursuit Group is a founding member of the alliance, which provides growth advisory and investment banking services for family-owned and other closely-held middle market companies.
The Pursuit Group can help develop and execute strategies that will significantly increase your chance for success.
www.thepursuitgroup.com /tap.html   (265 words)

  
 Chinese Literature and Culture
This special-topic course will be offered in Spring 2002 to students who are interested in Chinese literature or concerned with the human rights issues raised by the Chinese human rights situation.
The course satisfies the multicultural requirements, and can be taken for minor credits in Chinese and major or minor credits in Asian studies.
The course will introduce each literary period and new topic with a lecture, but it will place great emphasis on class discussion and on creating a dialogue of interpreting the texts covered in the course.
www.fsu.edu /~modlang/divisions/eastasian/flo3930sp02.htm   (394 words)

  
 Hayles Chases Rainbow Bands in Individual Pursuit - 13th October 2004 SportFocus news
A winner of two medals at the Olympics, silver in the Team Pursuit and Bronze in the Madison, Great Britain rider Rob Hayles has added a number of major medals to his collection this year.
There were two Silver medals at the Worlds in May (Team and Individual Pursuit) and many more medals of different colours including gold in Worlds Cups.
When Rob first came back into the GB fold full time, he was brought in for the Team Pursuit and although I'm told by others he was nervous to begin with, the Sydney Olympic bronze medallist soon settled in and was an integral part of the silver medal winning team in Stuttgart (Worlds 2003).
www.sportfocus.com /newspub/story.cfm?id=10619   (1392 words)

  
 Bradley McGee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) in world record breaking time of 3:58.233.
He won a silver medal for the Olympic 4000m Individual Pursuit.
In Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won two bronze medals, for the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bradley_McGee   (744 words)

  
 Germany drops Lehmann from individual pursuit
Germany's two-time Olympic cycling track champion Jens Lehmann has been dropped from the individual pursuit team for this week's world championships it was announced by the national cycling federation (BDR) on Monday.
However Lehmann will still compete in the team pursuit, where he will be alongside among others Bartko.
The championships, slated for July 30 to August 3, were originally scheduled for China but were moved to Stuttgart after the outbreak of the SARS virus.
www.velonews.com /race/trk/articles/4733.0.html   (168 words)

  
 CDA for Individual Pursuit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Trying to get a handle on what type of CDA I can estimate to put into analyticcycling.com to figure out what type of power it'd take to be competitive at the national level for the pursuit.
You live so close to three velodromes it's a simple matter of just going to one, trying a few pursuits and filling in the blanks for all the other data.
Unless you want to go to the San Diego wind tunnel, it's all sort of a waste of your time speculating until you try it and find you like doing it.
www.cyclingforums.com /t312482.html   (382 words)

  
 Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual Pursuit Women - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The women's Individual Pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling) was an event that consisted of matches between two cyclists.
In the women's individual pursuit finals, the current world champion and world record holder, Sarah Ulmer from New Zealand, set a new world record in the final for a time of 3:24.537 for the gold medal.
The Australian, Katie MacTier (3:27.650), set a very fast first 1000 m of 1:10.618, with a lead of one second, but Ulmer reversed this lead in the second 1000 m, and went on to win the pursuit by 3 seconds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Individual_Pursuit_Women   (461 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
She's the girl who won two junior world titles and who won gold in the Individual Pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
The country was right behind her back then, and again when she fought bravely against an injury to just miss bronze in the Pursuit at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by a fraction of a second.
The Individual Pursuit is my priority for the Games, and the road race is after all the track stuff, so it's good timing.
www.cyclingnews.com /riders/2002/interviews/?id=sarahulmer02   (1067 words)

  
 Zeng breaks men's 4km individual pursuit national record
BEIJING, -- Zeng Zhaoyu of Liaoning province broke the national record to win the title of the men's 4km individual pursuit final at the Chinese National Cycling Tournament on July 21.
He is still the best pursuit specialist in China.
Qu, who used to be one member of the Tianjin's pursuit team, demonstrated his speed after winning the gold of the men's individual pursuit at the national championships last week.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /sports/2007-07/21/content_5440956.htm   (178 words)

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