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==Flying 200 m time trial== The flying 200 m time trial (so-called because riders have a flying start, as opposed to the standing start in the kilo/500 m) is rarely held on its own. It is more commonly used as the qualifying event for the [[sprint (cycling)|sprint]] competition, or as part of an [[Omnium]] competition. [[Velodrome]]s have a line painted across the track at 200 m before the finish line, for this purpose. Therefore, the size the track will determine where the 200-meter line is (for 250 m tracks, it is about two-thirds of the way through the first bend; for 200-meter tracks, it is the finish line; for 400-meter tracks, it is the start line in the back straight). The clock will start as they cross this line and stop when they reach the finish line. Depending on the size of the track, riders have between one and three laps to build up speed before the clock starts. They will ride around the very top of the track as they near the start line, then drop down to the bottom to gain as much speed as possible from rolling down the steep inclined banking. The Flying 200 m is ridden on a standard track bike (drop handlebars, spoked front wheel) when it is part of the Sprint competition, and often during the Omnium as well so riders need have only one bike. Disc front wheel is permitted for sprint qualification round. UCI rules and regulations Article 1.3.018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/51/61/Clarificationguideofrules2012-ENG_English.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801195100/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/16/51/61/Clarificationguideofrules2012-ENG_English.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref> A fast time at the elite level is just above 10 seconds for men, 11 seconds for women. The world record of 9.100 seconds was set by [[Nicholas Paul (cyclist)|Nicholas Paul]] of Trinidad and Tobago at the Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Cochabamba, Bolivia on September 6, 2019.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/about--discipline/about-track-cycling/men-elite-world-records.pdf?sfvrsn=244fc916_28|title=Union Cycliste Internationale β Men Elite β World Records|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|date=5 December 2020|accessdate=19 February 2020|format=PDF}}</ref> The Olympic Record of 9.551 seconds was set by [[Jason Kenny]] of Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Olympics, beating his own Olympic Record of 9.713 seconds set at the 2012 London Olympics.
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