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The bicycle kick is known in English by three names: bicycle kick, overhead kick, and scissors kick. The term "bicycle kick" describes the action of the legs while the body is in mid-air, resembling the pedalling of a bicycle. [ 3] The manoeuvre is also called an "overhead kick", which refers to the ball being kicked above the head, [ 4] or a ...
Presence. Olympic. London, 1908. (Demonstration Game – Ireland 3-v-1 Germany) Cycle polo, bicycle polo, or bike polo ( polo-vélo in French; Radpolo in German) is a team sport, similar to traditional polo, except that bicycles are used instead of horses. There are two versions of the sport: Hardcourt Bike Polo and grass court bike polo.
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, [b] Super NES or SNES, [c] is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, [16] 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
A track bicycle or track bike is a form of fixed-gear bicycle optimized for racing at a velodrome or at an outdoor track. Some road racing and club cyclists use a fixed-gear bicycle for training during the winter months, generally using a relatively low gear ratio, believed to help develop a good pedalling style. [5]
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with ...
Cycling. European city bike. Children riding a bike in Ghana. Cycling, [ 1] also known as bicycling[ 2] or biking, [ 3] is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle. It encompasses the use of human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles.
Freestyle park. South American Games. 2022 Asunción. Freestyle park. José Augusto Torres Gil[ b] (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics, at which a road race and five track events were held. Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2020.