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Cycling at the Olympics
Events
There are four disciplines in cycling to be competed in at the 2008 Olympics. BMX was added to the Olympic program in 2008.
- Cycling - Track
- Cycling - Road
- Cycling - Mountain Bike
- Cycling - BMX
Trivia
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Cycling has been part of the Olympic games since the beginning of the modern era.
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In Rome 1960, after taking amphetamines, Danish cyclist Knuth Jensen collapsed during a race, fatally fracturing his skull.
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East German athlete Christa Rothenburger won a silver medal in track cycling in Seoul in 1988. Seven months earlier she had won the women's 1000 meter speed skating event at the Winter Olympics in Calgary. She became the first and only athlete to win medals in both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year.
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in 2008 in Beijing, representing Australia in BMX cycling was a rider called Kamakazi, who changed his name from Jamie Hildebrandt by deed poll.
Related Pages
- There is more information about the sport of Cycling
- See also information about cycling at the Commonwealth Games.
- List of Olympic Sports
