is the team who either catches the other team, or records the fastest time (4km for men with four riders, 3km for women with three riders). Keiran: Women's event Friday, August 3. Men's event Tuesday, August 7. A race over eight laps. Riders follow a motorbike (derny) going at 50km/h (45km/h in the women's race).  With 2.5 laps left to go the pacer pulls off and the riders sprint for the finish. Omnium: Men's event August 6-7 (Saturday-Sunday). Women's event August 8-9 (Monday-Tuesday). Six events, a flying lap against the clock, a points race (30km for men, 20km for women), an elimination race where the last rider is kicked out after every two laps, an individual pursuit (4,000m for men, 3,000m for women), a scratch race where first over the line wins (16km for men, 10km for women) and a time trial (1km for men, 500m for women). In each event, cyclists gets points, starting with the winner, who gets one point, second getting two points, etc. The winner of the overall competition is the cyclist with the lowest total score. Sprint: Men's event August 4-6 (Saturday-Monday). Women's event August 5-7 (Sunday-Tuesday). The sprint is a three-lap race between two riders. The BMX race for gold is held on a 470m outdoor track (430m for women) on Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 August. The mass-start Mountain Biking race is on Saturday, 11 August (9.30pm EST) for the women's event, and Sunday, 12 August (10.30pm EST) for the men. Become a