Individual pursuit — The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin their race from a stationary position (nowadays held by gates, in the past, riders were supported by track officials until the starting gun fired) on opposite sides of the… … Wikipedia
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual pursuit — Infobox Olympic event event = Men s individual pursuit games = 2008 Summer caption = venue = Laoshan Velodrome dates = August 15 (opening rounds) August 16 (final) competitors = 18 nations = 11 win value = 4:15.977 gold = Bradley Wiggins goldNOC … Wikipedia
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual pursuit — Infobox Olympic event event = Women s individual pursuit games = 2008 Summer caption = venue = Laoshan Velodrome dates = August 15 (preliminaries) August 16 (semifinals) August 17 (final) competitors = 13 nations = 11 win value = 3:28.321 gold =… … Wikipedia
2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit — The Men s Individual Pursuit was one of the 10 men s events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on March 29, 2007.22 Cyclists from 14 countries participated in the contest. After the qualification, the… … Wikipedia
Pursuit racing — is where two or more competitors (or teams) are either chasing after each other or chasing after a lead competitor or team.In Biathlon and Cross country skiing, this is the second part of a Sprint Pursuit race where the Sprint winner will start… … Wikipedia
pursuit — [[t]pə(r)sju͟ːt, AM su͟ːt[/t]] pursuits 1) N UNCOUNT: N of n, oft in N of n Your pursuit of something is your attempts at achieving it. If you do something in pursuit of a particular result, you do it in order to achieve that result. ...a young… … English dictionary
Race in ancient history — The question what significance specific races had in ancient history has been answered from completely different perspective. Historically, theories on the Aryan race and the Nordic race have emphasised the importance of white people, but there… … Wikipedia
Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's team pursuit — These are the official results of the Men s Team Pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 64 participants from 16 nations.Final Classificationee also*Men s Individual Road RaceReferences*… … Wikipedia
Meridian race riot of 1871 — Location of Meridian in Lauderdale County The Meridian race riot of 1871, also called the Meridian Riot, was a race riot in Meridian, Mississippi in March 1871. It followed the arrest of freedmen accused of inciting riot in a do … Wikipedia
Master race — Herrenvolk redirects here. For the X Files episode, see Herrenvolk (The X Files). Arno Breker s 1939 neoclassical sculpture Die Partei (The Party), which flanked one of the entrances to the Albert Speer designed Reich Chancellery of the Third… … Wikipedia
