Velodrome
noun
An arena with a specially designed track for cycling competitions.
The Olympic Games often feature cycling events in a velodrome.
Often appears as...
- olympic velodrome
- indoor velodrome
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Sport
noun
An arena with a specially designed track for cycling competitions.
The Olympic Games often feature cycling events in a velodrome.
Often appears as...
- olympic velodrome
- indoor velodrome
Usage tips
Sport
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Venue
A velodrome is a specific type of sports arena dedicated to track cycling events.
The national championships were held at the newly built velodrome.
Pro Tip 2/3Cycling Context
Use 'velodrome' when discussing or reading about competitive cycling or cyclist training.
She spends her mornings training at the local velodrome.
Pro Tip 3/3Banked Track
A velodrome features steeply banked oval tracks which allow for high-speed cycling.
Racers reached thrilling speeds on the velodrome's banked turns.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Venue
A velodrome is a specific type of sports arena dedicated to track cycling events.
The national championships were held at the newly built velodrome.
Pro Tip 2/3Cycling Context
Use 'velodrome' when discussing or reading about competitive cycling or cyclist training.
She spends her mornings training at the local velodrome.
Pro Tip 3/3Banked Track
A velodrome features steeply banked oval tracks which allow for high-speed cycling.
Racers reached thrilling speeds on the velodrome's banked turns.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Venue
A velodrome is a specific type of sports arena dedicated to track cycling events.
The national championships were held at the newly built velodrome.
Pro Tip 2/3Cycling Context
Use 'velodrome' when discussing or reading about competitive cycling or cyclist training.
She spends her mornings training at the local velodrome.
Pro Tip 3/3Banked Track
A velodrome features steeply banked oval tracks which allow for high-speed cycling.
Racers reached thrilling speeds on the velodrome's banked turns.
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Quote examples
Lucy Powell
British Politician
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
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Keith Gessen
American Novelist
Astana is a government city, not a tourist city, but all you do is tour it. You tour it in the cab from the airport, passing the gleaming new English-language Nazarbayev University and then the new soccer stadium, speed-skating track, and ten-thousand-seat velodrome.
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Lucy Powell
British Politician
Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.
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Eddy Merckx
The closest I have come to death was when I had my crash at the Blois outdoor velodrome in central France in September 1969.
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Bradley Wiggins
British Athlete
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
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Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
Before Rio, I had never been at the top of the velodrome track but now I train from the top of the track.
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Lucy Powell
British Politician
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
Quote examples
Keith Gessen
American Novelist
Astana is a government city, not a tourist city, but all you do is tour it. You tour it in the cab from the airport, passing the gleaming new English-language Nazarbayev University and then the new soccer stadium, speed-skating track, and ten-thousand-seat velodrome.
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Lucy Powell
British Politician
Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.
Quote examples
Eddy Merckx
The closest I have come to death was when I had my crash at the Blois outdoor velodrome in central France in September 1969.
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Bradley Wiggins
British Athlete
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
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Kadeena Cox
British Athlete
Before Rio, I had never been at the top of the velodrome track but now I train from the top of the track.
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