Australia smashes men's cycling team pursuit world record, wins bronze medal in team sprint at Paris Olympics
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia smashes men's cycling team pursuit world record, wins bronze medal in team sprint at Paris Olympics

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Australia has broken the men's team pursuit world record on day two of the Olympic track cycling program. The world record came as Australia won bronze in the men's team sprint, beating France in their ride-off. Australia's Matthew Richardson celebrates clinching the bronze medal of the men's team sprint event. Australia last won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics and finished runner-ups to the British at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

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Matt Glaetzer wins team sprint bronze at the Paris Olympics, ending decades of near misses and heartache
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Matt Glaetzer wins team sprint bronze at the Paris Olympics, ending decades of near misses and heartache

ABC  

There was no gold for Australia on night two of action at the Vélodrome National. The bronze medal won by the team sprint squad of Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Richardson and Matthew Glaetzer carries just as much weight as a medal of any other colour. Coming hot on the heels of a remarkable world record performance in the team pursuit to …

Celebrating 'Charlie's Angels' 40 years after Australia shocked the US to claim gold in the men's team pursuit
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Celebrating 'Charlie's Angels' 40 years after Australia shocked the US to claim gold in the men's team pursuit

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Australia won its first gold medal of the 1984 LA Olympics by beating the big spending, blood doping Yanks on a 'bumpy heap of crap' track at California State University. "When he came along and started to do what he did here in South Australia with a group of us young blokes, we said yeah let's do it," Turtur, 65, …

British women’s sprint squad breaks world record, wins gold in track cycling at the Paris Olympics
7 months, 3 weeks ago

British women’s sprint squad breaks world record, wins gold in track cycling at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France — Track cyclists from Britain have become accustomed to standing on the top step of the podium at the Olympics. “It takes a world record to become an Olympic champion.” The two fastest winning teams from head-to-head heats advanced to race for gold. In other events on the opening night of track cycling, the defending champion Dutch men’s …

Danish men’s pursuit team beats powerful Italians at the cycling world championships
1 year, 7 months ago

Danish men’s pursuit team beats powerful Italians at the cycling world championships

Associated Press  

The Danish men’s pursuit team avenged its loss to Italy at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The Danes finished second to Italy in Tokyo and were third behind Britain and Italy at last year’s world championships, but now they set their sights on next summer’s Olympics in Paris as the favorites. “It’s really unbelievable that we’re world champions.” The Italian …

Aussie cyclist Matthew Glaetzer wins gold - despite shocking pre-race blunder by his own team
2 years, 7 months ago

Aussie cyclist Matthew Glaetzer wins gold - despite shocking pre-race blunder by his own team

Daily Mail  

Australian cyclist Matthew Glaetzer has overcome a diabolical equipment blunder to win gold in the men's 1000m time trial at the Commonwealth Games. Australian cyclist Matthew Glaetzer has overcome a diabolical equipment blunder to win gold in the men's 1000m time trial at the Commonwealth Games Glaetzer, 29, was informed just hours before racing by team officials the handlebars for …

Aussies trim England’s Day 1 lead with 2 late world records
6 years, 11 months ago

Aussies trim England’s Day 1 lead with 2 late world records

Associated Press  

GOLD COAST, Australia — World records on the cycling track and in the pool gave host Australia a late boost on the opening day of competition at the Commonwealth Games after the setback of losing hometown hero Sally Pearson. Olympic champion Mack Horton won Australia’s first gold of the meet in the 400-meter freestyle, while Canada’s Taylor Ruck and England’s …

Commonwealth Games 2018: Australian cyclists clinch hat-trick of golds on Day 1; men's team surpass Rio record
6 years, 11 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2018: Australian cyclists clinch hat-trick of golds on Day 1; men's team surpass Rio record

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The Australians also triumphed in the women’s team pursuit and women’s team sprint — each time over New Zealand — to carry home three of the four golds up for grabs on the first day of cycling action on the track. Brisbane: Australia went some way towards easing the pain of Rio 2016 as the Commonwealth Games hosts sealed a …

Britain smash women's team sprint world record
13 years, 1 month ago

Britain smash women's team sprint world record

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Pendleton and Jessica Varnish gave a packed capacity of 6,000 roaring fans a taster of what to expect at the velodrome when it hosts the Olympic cycling events later this year by slashing 0.074 off the previous record. Britain, spearheaded by Victoria Pendleton, broke the world record in the women’s team sprint as they beat Australia to win gold at …

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