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vitesse

English translation: sprint

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French term or phrase:vitesse
English translation:sprint
Entered by: Conor McAuley

11:23 Jan 15, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ Sport - track cycling
French term or phrase: vitesse
"Gané a remporté deux titres mondiaux à Stuttgart (keirin et vitesse)."

Pursuit?
Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 14:00
sprint
Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is called "sprint"

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-01-15 11:26:26 GMT)
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\"The men\'s sprint competition got underway with the 200 metre qualifying in the morning, followed by the first round of match sprints. Fastest of the 20 starters was Frenchman, Laurent Gane, who recorded 10.184 seconds (70.7 km/h) to beat German surprise, Matthias John by 0.125 seconds.\"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/oct00/trackworlds002...
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IanW (X)
Local time: 14:00
Grading comment
Thanks Ian. Have a good weekend!
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
sprint


Explanation:
I'm pretty sure this is called "sprint"

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-01-15 11:26:26 GMT)
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\"The men\'s sprint competition got underway with the 200 metre qualifying in the morning, followed by the first round of match sprints. Fastest of the 20 starters was Frenchman, Laurent Gane, who recorded 10.184 seconds (70.7 km/h) to beat German surprise, Matthias John by 0.125 seconds.\"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/oct00/trackworlds002...

IanW (X)
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 234
Grading comment
Thanks Ian. Have a good weekend!

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