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Victoria Pendleton wins Olympic keirin
LONDON (AP) -- A day after leaving the velodrome in tears, British cyclist Victoria Pendleton sparked scenes of jubilation in the overheated arena. More »
AP - Sports - 11 hours agoCycling: Britain romp to team pursuit gold
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain demolished Australia and their own world record to defend the men's Olympic team pursuit gold medal they won four years ago in Beijing and send the home crowd into a state of delirium on Friday. The British quartet of Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh finished in three minutes, 51.659 seconds, almost three seconds clear of the silver medalists. David Bowie's "Heroes" blasted out over the tannoy as the home fans clapped the gold medalists on a lap of honor after they shaved almost a second off the previous record set on Thursday. ... More »
Reuters - 12 hours agoBritain defends team pursuit gold in record time
LONDON (AP) -- Geraint Thomas, Edward Clancy and the rest of the British men's pursuit team spent most of last month tuning in to daily coverage of the Tour de France, rooting on their former teammate Bradley Wiggins to the yellow jersey. More »
AP - Sports - 12 hours agoCycling: Pendleton powers to keirin gold
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Victoria Pendleton claimed gold in the keirin event at the Olympics on Friday, making up for a disappointing start to her home Games. Poster girl Pendleton, who was disqualified from the team sprint with Jessica Varnish on Thursday, produced an impressive amount of power to claim her second Olympic medal four years after winning the individual sprint in Beijing. "It's the best moment of my career so far. I had a bad year in 2011 and a lot of people wrote me off and I wanted to prove them wrong," Pendleton told reporters. ... More »
Reuters - 12 hours agoPendleton crowned women's Olympic keirin champion
Britain's Victoria Pendleton produced an unbeatable turn of speed inside the final lap to win the inaugural women's keirin gold and claim her second Olympic title on Friday. More »
AFP - 12 hours ago
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