Team GB Set New Team Pursuit World Record - London 2012 Olympics

Team GB's quartet of Edward Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh set a new world record of 3:51.659 in the Velodrome for the men's cycling team pursuit event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3 August 2012).

Cycling is among the rare sports that have always featured on the Olympic programme. Road cycling, however, was not on the programme of the Paris 1900, St Louis 1904 or London 1908 Games, while track cycling wasn't in the programme of the Stockholm 1912 Games.
The first road event in Olympic history took place in 1896 on the marathon route at the first Games of the modern era in Athens. The race started in Athens, headed towards Marathon, then returned to Athens, at the Phaliron velodrome.
Olympic cycling was added to the women's programme in Los Angeles in 1984, with an individual road event.

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[turtleshatz]

This could be the same 13 seconds of footage on repeat and I wouldn't know

[vlKenzo]

I dont understand what's happening, but i like it

[KyleJPie]

Dont know why, but the center shot when they both cross the camera in opposite directions makes me laugh

[GrannysPimple]

these two guys are so fast its like seeing 4 of them

[porlearktuy]

I don't know why, but this event kinda scares me a bit. Like if one guy goes too fast or messes up you could end up severely hurting someone.

[HasAfzal]

As a British person it made me so proud to have the Olympics hosted in our country and witnessing Team GB excel in all the events especially the cycling. I hope we do well in Rio!

[Umur]

How are they keeping their speeds perfectly in sync?Not crashing into each other?

[FLATTZCLUR]

This sport seems like something out of a Wes Anderson movie.

[xuxon]

Just hearing the crowd roar, it's definitely going to be missed in Tokio.

[nicoowen]

For anyone who's wondering why the first cyclist goes to the back of the line, there's drafting/slipstreaming that makes it easier to pedal for the back of the line. So the first cyclist spends the most power, and they're taking turns on the first one

[eikki]

Youtube
2012: naaaa
2019: we are going to recommend this

[MrSupercrazyllama]

The amount of skill involved in this... wow

[henrywang]

Play this video at 2 times speed and THAT'S a new world record!!!!

[traceurGeorge]

London 2012 still sends shivers down my spine

[DJWolves]

Never heard of this, what a cool sport!

[sahilsharma]

The shot of both teams crossing looks animated....like a transition scene from a cartoon network show😄😄

[vicjones]

The atmosphere in there in 2012 was unbelievable - Team GB were unreal

[ludacris]

I'm seriously loving watching all these videos back right now. However, I remember watching most of these events live on TV at the time, and if this channel shows us anything, it's how much better the BBC's commentary was.

[benstadler]

Team GB is almost all on Team Sky. And people wonder why Froome is so dominant when he has these guys pulling for him

[WeMuckAround]

12 year old me was there in the audience! Was so great to see Team GB win a few gold medals that day