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Taylor Phinney
Taylor Phinney turned 18 years old on June 27, 2008. He's an Olympic track cyclist who competes in the intense event of individual pursuit. His father won an Olympic bronze medal in road racing and was the first American to win a stage... [more]
Taylor Phinney turned 18 years old on June 27, 2008. He's an Olympic track cyclist who competes in the intense event of individual pursuit. His father won an Olympic bronze medal in road racing and was the first American to win a stage in the Tour de France. His mother was the first woman to win a gold in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games in women's cycling. Pedigree aside, Taylor is quickly carving out a name for himself in the sport.
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Eighteen year old cycling sensation Taylor Phinney qualified for the finals in the Men's Individual Pursuit. This is his first Olympic competition and he qualified 7th (out of 8) for the event. This is considerable lower than he would have liked, of course, but he's in and all that counts is that his legs are in top form on Saturday for the big race. And: Qualyfing 7th isn't bad considering he took up track riding just 10 months ago. His spirit is infectious. Yesterday, before qualifing...
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5 facts about Taylor Phinney. 1) His mother was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in cycling and his father was the first American to win a stage in the Tour de France. 2) He lives in Boulder, Colorado and turns 18 on June 27, 2008. 3) His first Olympic competition is the Individual Pursuit where to riders start on opposite sides of the track and race 16 laps – first rider to complete the 16 laps or catch the other rider wins. 4) He is the defending Junior World Champion in the...
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Chalk this up one up in the "Oh Hell Yeah" section of your score cards: Taylor Phinney's 3000-meter individual pursuit short course sprint time of 3 minutes 16.65 seconds is a new junior world record. As you might recall, Phinney, competing in just his 7th race, defeated Holland's Jenning Huizenga to take his first World Cup victory. That was in January of 2008 and it seems as though the 17-year-old from Boulder, Colorado just keeps getting faster. In fact, it stands to reason that by...
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The Olympics only come once every four years, which means you only get one month, every four years, to watch some serious Olympic eye candy compete in some of the most scrutinized sporting event known to man. And there is definitely eye candy. The training and dedication that goes into being an Olympic athlete is no simple undertaking. It takes a certain person to push their bodies to these limits, and we’re thankful for that. Because in the end, Olympic athletes are hot. We’ve compiled a...
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Neal Henderson is the Sport Science Manager at Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. He is a USA Cycling certified coach and works with a diverse clientele at BCSM. He has been Taylor Phinney’s personal coach since 2006 and traveled with Phinney and his family in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics...
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Dreams of Olympic gold medals died in the first rounds of their respective races for US cyclists Taylor Phinney and Sarah Hammer at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
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BEIJING — Cyclist Taylor Phinney of Boulder placed seventh in the qualification round for the men's 4000m individual pursuit event at the Laoshan Velodrome here Friday with a time of 4:22.
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BEIJING - Taylor Phinney already talks about the 2012 Olympics.
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The youngest qualifier in yesterday's 4,000-meter individual pursuit, 18-year-old American Taylor Phinney, above, lost to eventual silver medalist Hayden Roulston of New Zealand. (By Cameron Spencer -- Getty Images) American cyclist Taylor Phinney's ...
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His father, Davis Phinney, was the first American to win a stage at the Tour de France and also won an Olympic bronze medal in the team time trial in Los ...
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Scotland's Chris Hoy anchored Britain to an historic victory in the coveted Olympic team sprint final in Beijing Friday to leave world champions France with the silver. Hoy, who is aiming for a further two gold medals in the five-day, ten final race
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Scotland's Chris Hoy anchored Britain to an historic victory in the coveted Olympic team sprint final in Beijing Friday to leave world champions France with the silver.
Meanwhile, in pursuit qualifications, American Taylor Phinney moved on to Saturday's rounds.
Hoy, who is aiming for a further...
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He'll likely never be an overall contender for the Tour de France, but he could become a threat to win the prologue, and hence wear the yellow jersey, ...
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Taylor's eventual plans include spending more time on road cycling and eventually competing at the Tour de France. His coach, Neal Henderson, said Phinney ...
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