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Hoy Will Drop Races To Stay All Gold
LONDON, Dec 22, 2009 (AFP) – British cycling great Chris Hoy is ready to abandon the defense of some of his Olympic titles at the 2012 London Games if it increases his chances of adding to his gold medal collection.
Hoy was one of the stars of the Beijing Games where he [...]
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- Hoy Wheels Away In Fresh Triumph
November 1st, 2009MANCHESTER, England, Nov 1, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the Track World Cup here on Sunday as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals.
Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who at this event was making his international return from injury, added team sprint [...] - Hoy Leads British Sprint Clean Sweep
October 31st, 2009MANCHESTER, England, Oct 31, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy won the men’s sprint in a race where Great Britain monopolized the podium at the Track World Cup here on Saturday.
Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who claimed one of Britain’s four victories on Friday’s opening day by winning the keirin, [...] - Injured Hoy Withdraws From World Championships
March 4th, 2009LONDON, March 3, 2009 (AFP) – Sir Chris Hoy, Britain’s four-time Olympic track-cycling gold medallist, announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from this month’s World Championships in Poland because of injury.
Hoy, who has suffered complications following a hip injury sustained when falling off his bike in the keirin final [...] - Hoy Arrives At Worlds In Great Fitness
February 17th, 2009LONDON, Feb 17, 2009 (AFP) – British cycling hero Sir Chris Hoy has admitted he faces a race against time in oder to be fit for the World Championships in Poland in six weeks’ time.
The 32-year-old Scot said Tuesday he still felt “pretty sore” after crashing in a World Cup meeting [...] - Hoy Unhurt After Hard Crash In World Cup Keirin
February 15th, 2009PARIS, Feb 14, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has pulled out
of racing the final day of the World Cup track meet in Copenhagen after a
dramatic crash in the final of the men’s keirin on Saturday.
Hoy was the hero for Britain at last year’s Olympics where he won three
gold [...] - Chris Hoy Stuck In Thailand Airport Because Of Protests
December 1st, 2008LONDON, Dec 1, 2008 (AFP) – Four-times Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy was among thousands of people stranded at Bangkok airport because of protests, it emerged Sunday.
Hoy and his girlfriend were on holiday in the country and were due to fly out of Bangkok, but the airport was shut [...] - Pendleton Calls For Olympic Equality For Female Riders
October 30th, 2008MANCHESTER, England, Oct 29, 2008 (AFP) – Victoria Pendleton has told 2012
Olympic Games chiefs it will be an embarrassment if female riders are not
allowed to compete in the same number of races as male cyclists.
Pendleton triumphed in the women’s sprint in Beijing, one of eight golds
won in an impressive total haul [...] - Velodrome To Be Named After History-Maker Chris Hoy
August 19th, 2008GLASGOW, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Chris Hoy, who won his third gold at Beijing
on Tuesday to equal a 100-year-old British Olympic record, is to have a new
national cycling stadium named after him.
The velodrome, which is being built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, will
be named in recognition of his Olympic achievements, [...] - Victoria Pendleton Wins Gold And Says Hoy Is Her Hero
August 19th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Victoria Pendleton admitted that winning a maiden Olympic gold will take a while to sink in.
After capping a tough, three-day tournament to win the women’s sprint ahead of brave Australian Anna Meares, the Englishwoman’s emotions were all tied up by [...] - Triple Gold For Olympic History-Maker Chris Hoy
August 19th, 2008BEIJING, Aug 19, 2008 (AFP) – Flying Scotsman Chris Hoy equaled a 100-year-old British Olympic record on his way to winning his third gold medal of the Beijing Games on Tuesday.
Now the 32-year-old from Edinburgh really can think about forgiving the International Cycling Union (UCI).
Hoy was [...] - Hoy and Kenny Set For Sprint Gold Duel
August 18th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) – British duo Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny are set for an historic clash in the final of the coveted Olympic sprint after making light work of their rivals in their respective quarter-finals on Monday.
Scottish track king Hoy, already [...] - Hoy And Pendleton Set Their Sights On Sprint Gold
August 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Newly-crowned Olympic keirin champion Chris Hoy is primed for a semi-final clash with three-time world sprint champion Theo Bos as he bids for more Olympic gold in the men’s sprint.
Scottish sprint king Hoy continued his bid for his [...] - Britains Chris Hoy Crowned Olympic Keirin King
August 16th, 2008BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Hoy claimed his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics and third of his career when he powered his way unchallenged to the men’s keirin crown here on Saturday.
Fellow Scot Ross Edgar finished second in the six-man final to take the [...] - Golden Brits Clean Up On Beijing Olympic Track
August 16th, 2008by 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 [...] - Brits On Gold Rush, And In Record Time
August 15th, 2008by 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 [...] - Britain’s Hoy, Wiggins Chasing Gold To Be King Of The Keirin
August 14th, 2008by 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 [...] - Olympic Champion Ryan Bayley Picks French For Team Sprint Gold
August 14th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 14, 2008 (AFP) – Double Olympic champion Ryan Bayley has
picked the “unbelievable French” to draw first blood in the five-day track
competition which gets underway with the men’s team sprint on Friday.
Bayley, who added two golds from the men’s sprint and keirin to Australia’s
record six-gold haul [...] - British Cycling Track Stars Set Sights For Olympic Gold Challenge
August 12th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 13, 2008 (AFP) – Track giants Britain, France and Australia are putting the final touches to preparations for a five-day rivalry that is set to thrill fans at the flying saucer-shaped Laoshan Velodrome beginning Friday.
Global pacesetters Britain set the bar high by [...] - Brits Set Sail For Olympic Cycling Paradise
August 6th, 2008by 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 [...] - British Cyclists Plans Beijing Medal Spree
July 26th, 2008LONDON, 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 [...] - British Track Stars Eye Lion’s Share Of Beijing Gold In Cycling
July 24th, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’
competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold in Beijing will come with color and entertainment.
But once in the saddle, the pleasantries will be put to [...] - Chris Hoy, The Flying Scotsman Has His Aims Of Triple Beijing Olympic Gold
July 12th, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – If there is one Olympian the British delegation will look to for gold medal glory in Beijing, it is sure to be Scottish track cycling king Chris Hoy.
A total of 10 gold medals will be contested at the [...] - British Track Stars Eye The Lion’s Share of Cycling Gold At Beijing Olympics
July 1st, 2008by Justin Davis
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’
competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled
battle for gold in Beijing will come with color and entertainment.
But once in the saddle, the pleasantries will be put to one side as four,
and [...]
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