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 CYCLING
July 25-26
Wagner College Stadium-Staten Island, N.Y.

Mens & Womens Competition
All Day - $16
The 1998 Goodwill Games will welcome six of the worlds cycling powerhouses to
Wagner College Stadium. The Games have secured some of cyclings best teams,
including: USA, Russia, Germany, Belgium, the World All-Stars and the Pan-Am
All-Stars. "The Vandedrome", a unique, portable velodrome with a 53°
banking, will serve as the track for the innovative cycling competition.
FORMAT:
- Two-day track event
- All teams compete in 11 finals each. In each race, points are awarded toward the team
score. The team with the most points after the second day is the winner.
- Six teams with a total of eight cyclists (five men and three women on each team)
July 25 - 3:00pm-6:00pm
Men & Women
July 26 - 3:00pm-6:00pm
Men & Women
Events to include:
- Men's kierin heats and finals
- Men and women's chariot race
- Men's and women's elimination
- Men's 50-lap scratch
- Women's 30-lap scratch race
- Men's and women's sprint heats and finals
- Men's magic mile heats and final
- Men and women's kierin point race final
HIGHLIGHTS OF CYCLING AT THE GOODWILL GAMES
- 1994: Women's road cycling was swept by the United States team with an exciting
finish between gold medalist Brooke Blackwelder and silver medalist Karen
Bliss-Livingston. The two women finished the 25km course at exactly the same time, and
judges had to use the second tie-breaking criterion (winner of the final lap) to declare
Blackwelder the champion.
- 1986: Three world records were set: Michael Huebner of Germany in men's sprints,
Soviet Union for the Men's 4 km team pursuit and Erika Salumyae of the Soviet Union for
women's sprints.
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