The 2009
UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World Championship for
track cycling. They took place at the
BGŻ Arena in
Pruszków
Pruszków is a city in east-central Poland, capital of Pruszków County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Pruszków is located along the western edge of the Warsaw metropolitan area.
Pruszków is the largest city in the Warsaw metropolitan area outs ...
, Poland from 25 to 29 March 2009. Nineteen events were on the programme, with the women's
omnium being added to the eighteen events contested at the
2008 championships.
Australia topped the medal table with four gold medals, with France on second and Great Britain on third place.
In the Men's events,
Michael Mørkøv and
Alex Rasmussen, both of Denmark, and
Grégory Baugé of France took home two gold medals while Australian
Cameron Meyer took home a gold and two silver medals.
For the women,
Simona Krupeckaitė
Simona Krupeckaitė (born 13 December 1982) is a Lithuanian former professional Track cycling, track cyclist. She is the UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m Time Trial, 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record hol ...
of
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
won three medals; a gold and two bronzes.
Victoria Pendleton and
Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britain won three medals each; a gold, a silver, and a bronze with.
Medal table
Medal summary
See also
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Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
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2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
References
External links
Results bookTrack Cycling World Championships - Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29, 2009
cycling news.com
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Uci Track Cycling World Championships, 2009
Track cycling
UCI Track Cycling World Championships by year
Cycling
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
Sport in Masovian Voivodeship
March 2009 sports events in Europe