time trial

noun

: a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance

Examples of time trial in a Sentence

He posted the second best lap in the time trials.

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His first gold medal came in 2004 in Athens for the men’s 1,000m time trial. —

Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024 Knibb, who had already competed in women’s event on Wednesday as well as the cycling time trial a week ago (finishing 19th in both), closed the gap on the bike before just being edged out for gold in the dash for the line. —

Ben Burrows, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 The course for the women’s C5 road time trial measured just half the length of the men’s, as BBC Sports reported. —

Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Sep. 2024 Taylor Knibb resigned her position in the road race to focus on the time trial and triathlon events, and Faulkner took her place. —

Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for time trial