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Bryony Botha
Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields. Career Botha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College. At the 2015 Juniors Track World Championships Botha was part of the team pursuit that won the event, and broke the world team pursuit record. In 2017 Botha represented New Zealand at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships where she won the team pursuit and scratch race. Later in the year Botha also competed at the Chile Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the women's team pursuit. She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games claiming silver in the team pursuit. Botha also won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland. In February 2025 at the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Botha set a new w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takapuna
Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is an isthmus between Shoal Bay, New Zealand, Shoal Bay, arm of the Waitematā Harbour, and the Hauraki Gulf. Lake Pupuke, a volcanic maar and one of the oldest features of the Auckland volcanic field, is a freshwater lake located in the suburb. Takapuna was settled by Tāmaki Māori in the 13th or 14th centuries, who utilised the resources of Lake Pupuke, and a Metrosideros excelsa, pōhutukawa grove called . The grove still exists to this day and was an important location for funeral ceremonies. In 1847, the first European farmers settled at Takapuna, and New Zealand Government, the Crown gifted land at Takapuna to Ngāpuhi chief Eruera Maihi Patuone in order to create a protective barrier for Auckland. Jean-Baptiste Pompallier established St Mary's Seminary, St Mary's College at Takapuna in 1849. The area became a popular tourist destination for wealthy families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's Individual Pursuit
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of bicycle pedal, pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world for purposes including transport, recreation, exercise, and competitive sport. History Cycling became popularized in Europe and North America in the latter part and especially the last decade of the 19th century. Today, over 50 percent of the human population knows how to ride a bike. War The bicycle has been used as a method of reconnaissance as well as transporting soldiers and supplies to combat zones. In this it has taken over many of the functions of horses in warfare. In the Second Boer War, both sides used bicycles for scouting. In World War I, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand used bicycles to move troops. In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50,000 bicycle troops, and similar forces were instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Morris
Anna Morris (born 13 June 1995) is a Welsh track cyclist. Career Morris was a latecomer to cycling, only taking up the sport while studying medicine at the University of Southampton. She had a breakout year in 2022, earning three medals at the British National Track Championships before going on to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Morris earned her first global medal when part of the team pursuit squad that took silver at the UCI Track World Championships in October 2022. She won two golds at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, taking both the individual and team pursuit titles. On February 15, 2025, Morris won the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, and set a new world record in that event twice that day, by setting a world record time of 4:28.306 in the qualifying ride and then a new world record time of 4:25.874 in the final. On February 22, 2025, Morris once again beat h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newshub
''Newshub'' (stylised as Newshub.) was a New Zealand news service that operated from 1989 to 2024 and served as the local news division of Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand until its closure. The division, known as ''3 News'' until 2016, had produced news bulletins and current affairs programming for the television channel Three (TV channel), Three from its inception. It also operated a news website and on radio stations run by MediaWorks Radio, MediaWorks between 2016 and 2021. The Newshub brand was launched in February 2016 as part of the division's transition to digital journalism. MediaWorks sold Three and Newshub to US multimedia company Discovery, Inc., with the acquisition completed in December 2020. On 28 February 2024, it was announced that Newshub would shut down on 5 July 2024. On 10 April 2024, the closure was confirmed by Warner Bros. Discovery, with Newshub winding down on 5 July 2024. Media company Stuff (company), Stuff was commissioned to produced a new nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangitoto College
Rangitoto College is a state coeducational secondary school, located on the North Shore City, North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Serving years 9 to 13, Rangitoto has a school roll of as of making it the largest "brick-and-mortar" school in New Zealand (only The Correspondence School is larger, with students). Patrick Gale is the current principal. History Rangitoto College opened in 1956, with an initial roll of 180 Year 9 and 10 students (then known as Forms 3 and 4). A block and D block are the school's two original buildings; these are standard school buildings of the "1950s Single Storey" type, with long single-storey blocks of classrooms orientated east-west with a corridor connecting the classrooms on the south side. Location Rangitoto College is located in Mairangi Bay, on the East Coast Bays on Auckland's North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore. The easternmost field as well as many of the classrooms on the eastern side of the school have a view of the Rangitoto Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Shields
Nicole Shields (born 9 September 1999) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning silver in the team pursuit (alongside Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, and Emily Shearman). Early life She grew up in Clyde, New Zealand and attended Dunstan High School in Central Otago. Shields was a member of the under-17 New Zealand development squad. In April 2015, she became the first female cyclist in 20 years to win two consecutive time trials and road races at the New Zealand club national championships. Career She was a member of the New Zealand 4000m pursuit teams that won silvers at the 2016 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland and the 2017 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Italy. Shields won both the New Zealand's Individual Pursuit Track Nationals and the Team Pursuit at the Oceania Championships at U19 level. She signed for the cycling team in October 2019. That year, she was part of the New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Shearman
Emily Shearman (born 23 February 1999) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She represented her country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the team pursuit. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha and Nicole Shields Nicole Shields (born 9 September 1999) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning silver in the team pursuit (alongside Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, and Emily Shearman). Early life She grew up .... She won silver medals in the team pursuit at the 2016 and 2017 Junior World Championships. She competed at the 2019/2020 World Cup and 2019/2020 Oceania Championships winning gold in the team pursuit. She won silver in the team pursuit at 2023 World Championships. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shearman, Emily Living people 1999 births New Zealand female cyclists Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Wollaston
Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional track Cycle sport, racing cyclist and road cyclist riding for . She was a double-medallist at the Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics and is the first New Zealand rider to win two titles at the same 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, track World Championships. Early life Wollaston was born on 4 January 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand. She is the youngest of three sisters; her sister Nina has medalled at a Para-cycling road World Cup in 2019. She grew up in Auckland but later moved to the Waikato. She got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with the St Peter's School, Cambridge, St Peter's School cycling team. Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and as of 2024 is a part-time law student at the University of Waikato. Career Wollaston was part of the New Zealand team that won the team pursuit race in Hong Kong as part of the 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycle Sport
Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX, mountain bike trials, Hardcourt Bike Polo, hardcourt bike polo and cycleball. The (UCI) is the world Sport governing body, governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport. Bicycle races are popular all over the world, especially in Europe. The countries most devoted to bicycle racing include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The 2014 UCI Juniors Track World Championships was the 11th annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held at the Gwangmyeong Speedom in Gwangmyeong, South Korea from 8 to 12 August 2014. Medals were won across 19 disciplines. Medal summary Notes * Held on a 333m track. Team sprint records are only kept for 250m tracks. Medals table References External links 2014 UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championshipstrackcyclingnews.comthe-sports.org {{UCI Juniors Track World Championships UCI Juniors Track World Championships Uci Juniors Track World Championships, 2014 Track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ... Sport in Seoul International cycle races hosted by South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships was the annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held at the Saryarka Velodrome in Astana, Kazakhstan from 19 to 23 August 2015. Medals were won across 19 disciplines. Medal summary Medal table References External links UCI mini-site {{UCI Juniors Track World Championships UCI Juniors Track World Championships UCI Juniors Track World Championships, 2015 Track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ... Sports competitions in Astana International sports competitions hosted by Kazakhstan August 2015 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Junior Track World Championships
The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). In the period 2005–2009 the championships were part of the UCI Junior World Championships. Current events include: track time trial, time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint (track cycling), sprint, team sprint, omnium and madison (cycling), madison. Women's events are shorter than men's. Championships are open to riders selected by their respective national cycling associations. They compete in the colours of their country. The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner and silver and bronze medals to the second and third place-getters. World champions wear their rainbow jerseys until the following year's championship, but they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
