In motorsports, the pole position is the position at the front at the start of a racing event. This position may be inside or outside of the front row, depending on where the racing line is on the particular circuit, but it will always be ahead of the other vehicle(s) on the front row. This position is typically given to the vehicle and driver with the best qualifying time in the trials before the race. This number-one qualifying driver is referred to as the pole-sitter.
The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix was the 60th edition of the official World Championship and the 11th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
Thomas Allen Shields is an American competitive swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian and the current American record-holder in the short course 50-meter and 200-meter butterfly events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Shields won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay for swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in the prelims. Later the same year he became the first American to swim faster than 44 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a new American record of 43.84. For the 2020 Summer Olympics, he swam the butterfly leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay in the prelims, and won a gold medal in the event when the finals relay finished in first place.
Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist. He is the former world record holder in the short course 100-metre individual medley, the current textile world record, World Cup record and Russian national record holder in the 100-metre individual medley and 100-metre freestyle, and Russian record holder in the 50-metre freestyle. He also holds the European record for the 100-metre individual medley. Formerly he held the Russian national record in the 50-metre backstroke and the 50-metre butterfly, and held the European and Russian records in the 50-metre breaststroke.
Kyle Chalmers, is an Australian competitive swimmer who specialises in freestyle and butterfly events. He is the Oceanian record and the Australian record holder in the short course 50 metre freestyle, 50 metre butterfly, and 100 metre freestyle events. He was the 2016 Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 metre freestyle, winning the gold medal in world junior record time. He won his second Olympic medal in the 100 metre freestyle Olympic Games event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning the silver medal with a time of 47.08 in the final. He also won a silver medal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju in the 100 metre freestyle.
Blake John Pieroni is an American professional swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He is a two time Olympian and gold medalist in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. On the relay in 2016, he swam in the prelims of the race, on the 2020 Olympics 4x100-meter freestyle relay he swam in both the prelims and the final. He won his first Olympic gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Olympic Games, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the prelims.
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 and 27 February 2020.
The men's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.
The men's team pursuit competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 and 6 October 2021.
The women's team pursuit competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 and 6 October 2021.
The men's points race competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 6 October 2021.
The Men's team sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 October 2021.
The Women's team sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 October 2021.
The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 and 21 October 2021.
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 and 21 October 2021.
The Men's sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 23 and 24 October 2021.
The Women's sprint competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 21 and 22 October 2021.
The Men's omnium competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 23 October 2021.
The Women's omnium competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 22 October 2021.
