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by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) - Two-time Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins expects a tough battle on Monday when he leads Britain out in a bid to claim their first Olympic gold in the coveted team pursuit.
Britain underlined their credentials as heirs to defending [...]
WIGGINS SCORCHES TO GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN
WIGGINS WINS OLYMPIC GOLD
San Luis Obispo, CA, 16 August 2008 - Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins fulfilled all expectations by netting the gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games individual pursuit on Saturday.
24 hours after setting a new Olympic record during the qualifying round, Wiggins saw off New Zeland’s Hayden [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) - Englishman Bradley Wiggins successfully defended his Olympic crown when he won the individual pursuit track cycling gold medal for Britain here on Saturday.
New Zealand’s Hayden Roulston took the silver medal with Britain’s Steven Burke winning the bronze.
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by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) - Britain continued its dominance of the Olympic track cycling events here on Saturday by adding a further two golds, two silvers and a bronze medal to their impressive win in the men’s team sprint.
It got so bad [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) - Britain lived up to their billing as the dominant force on the boards of the Laoshan velodrome here Friday with a show of sprint power that has left their gold medal rivals shaking.
Scotland’s Chris Hoy anchored Britain to [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s search for more Olympic track
cycling glory was given a huge boost Friday in the qualifying sessions for the
men’s and women’s individual pursuit.
And it could come with the additional bonus of Bradley Wiggins breaking
compatriot Chris Boardman’s longstanding world record of four [...]
BEIJING, Aug 15, 2008 (AFP) - Defending champion Bradley Wiggins set a new
Olympic record of four minutes 15.031 seconds in winning his qualifying heat
for the men’s individual pursuit cycling at the Laoshan Velodrome on Friday.
Wiggins brushed aside concerns over a recent virus by hammering over 16
laps of the 250km track to [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Chris Hoy could face his biggest
test yet as the king of the keirin when he bids to add Olympic gold to his two
world titles here on Saturday.
A day after aiming to give Britain the edge in the team sprint, the
hotly-contested [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) - Bradley McGee is hoping to put a silver
lining around yet another injury-hit season when he saddles up with Olympic
medals - not history - on his mind at the Laoshan velodrome on Friday.
But as he aims to qualify for the men’s individual [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - British cycling chief Dave Brailsford is
confident his Olympic squad will blaze a trail to the podium in Beijing by
medalling in 11 of the sport’s 18 finals.
The Manchester-based Performance Director of British track cycling
conceded, however, they could leave some medal opportunities for [...]
by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 5, 2008 (AFP) - The thought of putting his impressive
endurance skills to the test on the world’s biggest stage is just another
day’s work for Bradley Wiggins.
Britain’s reigning individual pursuit champion, who at the Olympics will
also bid for gold in the team event and the two-man [...]
LONDON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Great Britain’s cyclists are planning a gold
medal spree at the Beijing Olympics.
Defending Olympic champions Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy are the leading
contenders among a 25-strong team harboring realistic gold medal hopes in six
disciplines.
Britain’s cyclists impressed in Athens four years ago when Wiggins and [...]
Today was the start of the Amgen Tour of California with some of the world’s best bicycle riders coming to compete in Palo Alto, California. The morning started with bitter cold, but warmed up nicely by the time the riders took to the starting ramp. The crowds were lined up over 10 deep, in [...]