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Belgium was the host nation for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. 336 competitors, 326 men and 10 women, took part in 121 events in 23 sports.
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Marc Ryan is a New Zealand racing cyclist.
The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28 July and 12 August. The venues were the London Velopark for track cycling and BMX, and Hadleigh Farm, in Essex, for mountain biking. The road races took place over a course starting and ending in The Mall in central London and heading out into Surrey, while the time trials started and finished at Hampton Court Palace in Richmond upon Thames. Eighteen events were contested and around 500 athletes participated.
Karen Hanlen is a New Zealand mountain biker. She represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, competing in the women's cross-country cycling event.
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Hugo Barrette is a Canadian cyclist, specializing in track time trials. Barrette is from the Magdalen Islands, Quebec and now lives in Santa Monica, California, in the USA.
James Joseph is a Guyanese cyclist, specializing in track cycling match sprinting. 9th overall in match sprints in the 1980 Summer Olympics and competed in match sprints in the 1984 Summer Olympics In October 2017, Joseph set the 200m Flying Start world record of 11.42 seconds at the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Masters Championship in California, USA.
The Polidano Group is the largest private construction business in Malta.
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