time trial

noun

Sports.

a race in which competitors are timed individually on a set distance over a course or track, especially to qualify for a successive event.

time trial

noun

(esp in cycling) a race in which the competitors compete against the clock over a specified course

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of time trial¹

First recorded in 1855–60

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Fully fresh, Mills said this was the first 5,000m race he had attempted to "time trial" for 18 months - and it paid off.

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Wiggins won Olympic gold medals on the track at the 2004, 2008 and 2016 Games, and also won the road time trial at London 2012, two weeks after becoming the winning the Tour de France.

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Organisers said Greece's Kristian Gkolomeev swam 20.89 seconds in a 50m freestyle time trial in the US in February, 0.02 seconds quicker than the world record set by Brazil's Cesar Cielo in 2009.

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Dennis retired at the end of the 2023 season after a cycling career in which he won a silver medal team pursuit at the London 2012 Olympics and a road time trial bronze at Tokyo 2020.

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He had followed it with an Olympic time trial gold in his home city.

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time travel time value

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