Tag: Velodrom

Velodrome is a sports facility intended for racing cycling on a sloping track, where cyclists reach extremely high speeds. Racing cycling has developed around the world along with road cycling. The first World Championship in racing cycling was held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 28 years before the first World Championship in road cycling in 1921. Competitions in racing cycling have been on the agenda of the Olympic Games since the first meeting of its kind in the modern era in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Modern velodromes consist of two 180-degree inclined branches and two flat sections, which are not always without a slope. The lengths of standard velodromes reach lengths of 150 to 500 meters, with Olympic lengths of at least 250 meters; the length of 333.3 meters is the most popular. Velodromes can be indoor or closed or outdoor. In Slovenia, the only indoor velodrome is in Češča vas near Novo mesto, it was built for the needs of the Junior World Cycling Championships in 1996. Velodrome discipline: Sprint (men, women) Time trial (men 1000 m, women 500 m) Olympic Sprint (Men) Keirin (Men) Chase - Individual (Men 4000 m, Women 3000 m) Chase - Team (Men 4000 m) Point race (men 40 km, women 24 km) Madison (Male) Tandem Sprint (Men) Mass start (men, women) Relegation round (men, women) Riding behind motorcycle (men) At the World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic Games, competitors compete in 12 disciplines - 8 men and 4 women. Disciplines are divided into sprint (sprint, time trial, Olympic sprint, keirin) and endurance (individual and team pursuit, point race, madison). Sprint (men, women)  In sprint, two to four competitors start at the same time, the race is three laps long, and the competitors compete against each other more than against time. Although their