Laura Kenny left out of British team for European Championships
2 years, 4 months ago

Laura Kenny left out of British team for European Championships

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Great Britain storm to women’s team sprint gold at Cycling World Championships
2 months, 1 week ago

Great Britain storm to women’s team sprint gold at Cycling World Championships

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Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris

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Dame Sarah Storey not ruling out competing in LA aged 50 after winning 19th gold
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dame Sarah Storey not ruling out competing in LA aged 50 after winning 19th gold

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It's medals and mayhem for Team GB's cycling aces as Emma Finucane makes history with bronze in the women's sprint while Jack Carlin crashes out of the keirin in Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

It's medals and mayhem for Team GB's cycling aces as Emma Finucane makes history with bronze in the women's sprint while Jack Carlin crashes out of the keirin in Paris

Daily Mail  

Two scenes half an hour apart at the velodrome provided a neat distillation of how these Games played out for those riding in Team GB skinsuits. First, it fell to Emma Finucane to take bronze in the women’s sprint and with it came a significant slice of history. I wish I’d got a book for someone to tell me how …

Today at the Olympics: Sunday’s schedule and highlights including Emma Finucane and Closing Ceremony
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Today at the Olympics: Sunday’s schedule and highlights including Emma Finucane and Closing Ceremony

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GB already within medals target range but can they find gold flourish in Paris?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

GB already within medals target range but can they find gold flourish in Paris?

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Day 11 at the Paris Olympics: Sky high hopes for Team GB
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Day 11 at the Paris Olympics: Sky high hopes for Team GB

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Team GB’s new golden girl of cycling set to inspire historic run at Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Team GB’s new golden girl of cycling set to inspire historic run at Olympics

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Geraint Thomas misses out on Team GB cycling squad for Paris Olympics
6 months ago

Geraint Thomas misses out on Team GB cycling squad for Paris Olympics

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Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the cycling competition
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the cycling competition

Associated Press  

A roadmap to follow for cycling — BMX freestyle and racing, time trial and road racing, track cycling and cross-country mountain biking — during the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Chloe Dygert, United States: The reigning time trial world champion also will compete in the road race and the team pursuit. —Hannah Roberts, United States: The five-time and reigning BMX …

BMX racing world championships hit South Carolina with Olympic berths on the line
7 months, 1 week ago

BMX racing world championships hit South Carolina with Olympic berths on the line

Associated Press  

The almost nomadic nature of high-level BMX racing means that American riders such as Alise Willoughby, the two-time world champion and a former Olympic silver medalist, rarely get to compete in front of friends and family. They competed in a World Cup in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few weeks ago, and this weekend they are in Rock Hill, South Carolina, for …

Laura Kenny retires as Britain’s most successful female Olympian with five golds
9 months, 1 week ago

Laura Kenny retires as Britain’s most successful female Olympian with five golds

The Hindu  

Laura Kenny, Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete, announced her retirement from cycling on Monday because she wants to spend more time at home with her family. “It’s been in my head a little while, the sacrifices of leaving the children and your family at home is really quite big and it really is a big decision to make,” Kenny …

Laura Kenny confirms retirement as Britain's greatest ever female Olympian
9 months, 1 week ago

Laura Kenny confirms retirement as Britain's greatest ever female Olympian

China Daily  

LONDON -- Britain's most successful ever female Olympic athlete, Laura Kenny, on Monday announced she will not compete in the Paris Olympic Games and is retiring from cycling at the age of 31. Kenny won five Olympic gold medals and a silver, claiming gold in the team pursuit and omnium events in London 2012, and repeating those triumphs in Rio …

UCI World C’Ships: Flying Finucane flings down Paris marker, Quintero’s keirin joy
1 year, 4 months ago

UCI World C’Ships: Flying Finucane flings down Paris marker, Quintero’s keirin joy

The Hindu  

Emma Finucane became the first British track rider to win the women’s sprint gold at the World Championships for 10 years as she beat Germany’s Lea Friedrich in the final on Wednesday. The final night of competition on the boards provided a big upset as Colombia’s Kevin Quintero left the big favourites in his wake to win the men’s keirin …

Jennifer Valente gives US second gold medal in as many days at cycling world championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Jennifer Valente gives US second gold medal in as many days at cycling world championships

Associated Press  

Jennifer Valente kept the Americans atop the podium at the cycling world championships on Friday. “It’s really exciting,” Valente said, “but just trying to refocus, actually, on the rest of the races.” In the men’s team sprint, and a rematch of last year’s final, the Dutch team of Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland avenged its loss …

UCI World Championships: German sprinters win gold again, Dygert back up to speed
1 year, 4 months ago

UCI World Championships: German sprinters win gold again, Dygert back up to speed

The Hindu  

Germany’s track trio Lea Friedrich, Emma Hinze and Pauline Grabosch powered to a fourth successive gold medal in the team sprint and set a world record in the process at the first combined UCI World Championships on Thursday. Germany’s Pauline Sophie Grabosch, left, Emma Hinze, center, and Lea Friedrich pose with their gold medals after winning The Women’s Elite Team …

Cycling governing body packing nearly all of its world championships into 11 days in Scotland
1 year, 4 months ago

Cycling governing body packing nearly all of its world championships into 11 days in Scotland

Associated Press  

Tadej Pogačar said his focus was on resting after the Tour de France, where the two-time winner was unable to keep up with Jonas Vingegaard over the final week in the mountains and finished a distant second to his biggest rival in Paris. Pogačar confirmed this week that he will line up for Slovenia in the men’s road race at …

Tom Pidcock wins European gold in mountain bike cross-country
2 years, 4 months ago

Tom Pidcock wins European gold in mountain bike cross-country

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Much-changed Great Britain track cycling team head to Munich
2 years, 4 months ago

Much-changed Great Britain track cycling team head to Munich

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Dame Laura Kenny pulls OUT of European Championships in Munich
2 years, 4 months ago

Dame Laura Kenny pulls OUT of European Championships in Munich

Daily Mail  

Dame Laura Kenny has pulled out of this week’s European Championships as she seeks a break from cycling. But after winning Commonwealth Games gold last Monday, Kenny said she may rethink her plans to take time out following her traumatic year – a decision that was confirmed on Tuesday. Dame Laura Kenny has pulled out of this week's European Championships …

Olympic cycling champion Kenny wins gold for England at Commonwealth Games
2 years, 4 months ago

Olympic cycling champion Kenny wins gold for England at Commonwealth Games

China Daily  

LONDON -- Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny repeated her glory on the Lee Valley Velo Park track in London as she won the women's 10km scratch race at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. On the same track ten years ago, Kenny brought home two Olympic cycling golds before taking three more at the following two Games. The 30-year-old, suffering a …

Laura Kenny and James Hall go for gold on day three of Commonwealth Games
2 years, 4 months ago

Laura Kenny and James Hall go for gold on day three of Commonwealth Games

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Dame Sarah Storey: Who is the cyclist seeking to become Britain’s greatest Paralympian?
3 years, 4 months ago

Dame Sarah Storey: Who is the cyclist seeking to become Britain’s greatest Paralympian?

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Team GB's Laura Kenny reveals she got pregnancy advice from Jessica Ennis-Hill
3 years, 4 months ago

Team GB's Laura Kenny reveals she got pregnancy advice from Jessica Ennis-Hill

Daily Mail  

Team GB's Laura Kenny says she got advice about juggling parenthood and Olympic training from Jessica Ennis-Hill throughout her pregnancy. Laura - who now has six Olympic medals across three Games, including five golds - shares young son Albie with husband Jason, who is the country's most decorated Olympian. Scroll down for video Team GB's Laura Kenny says she got …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canadian track cyclist Kelsey Mitchell wins gold in women's sprint
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canadian track cyclist Kelsey Mitchell wins gold in women's sprint

Firstpost  

Mitchell won the first two races in a best-of-three final against Olena Starikova of Ukraine to clinch Canada’s first gold medal at the Izu Velodrome. Canada’s Kelsey Mitchell won gold in the women’s sprint on the final day of the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, just four years after taking up the sport. It is only Canada’s second Olympic gold medal …

Laura Kenny and Lauren Price lead British medal hopes on final day
3 years, 4 months ago

Laura Kenny and Lauren Price lead British medal hopes on final day

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Cycling and Modern Pentathlon GB golds on day 14 – British medallists in Tokyo
3 years, 4 months ago

Cycling and Modern Pentathlon GB golds on day 14 – British medallists in Tokyo

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Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald win madison gold for Great Britain
3 years, 4 months ago

Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald win madison gold for Great Britain

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Laura and Jason Kenny race ahead in record books – the power couple in numbers
3 years, 4 months ago

Laura and Jason Kenny race ahead in record books – the power couple in numbers

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Today at the Games: Britain bag hockey bronze as Lauren Price wins semi-final
3 years, 4 months ago

Today at the Games: Britain bag hockey bronze as Lauren Price wins semi-final

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Imperious Laura Kenny in line for damehood after Madison gold with Katie Archibald, Team GB's Jack Carlin lands sprint bronze
3 years, 4 months ago

Imperious Laura Kenny in line for damehood after Madison gold with Katie Archibald, Team GB's Jack Carlin lands sprint bronze

The Telegraph  

Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny win historic Madison title Bicycle golf, beating the boys and surviving a collapsed lung – the making of Laura Kenny, a British sporting icon ​ Team GB rider Jack Carlin wins men's sprint bronze medal Team GB's Katy Marchant into tomorrow's sprint 1/8 finals Laura Kenny is in line for a damehood after securing her …

Who is Laura Kenny? How many medals does the British cyclist have?
3 years, 4 months ago

Who is Laura Kenny? How many medals does the British cyclist have?

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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB’s Ben Whittaker goes for boxing gold on Wednesday
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Team GB’s Ben Whittaker goes for boxing gold on Wednesday

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Today at the Olympics: Silver success for Team GB after eventing gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Today at the Olympics: Silver success for Team GB after eventing gold

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Tokyo Olympics: Jason Kenny and Laura ready to fire up gold-medal machine
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Jason Kenny and Laura ready to fire up gold-medal machine

The Hindu  

If Jason Kenny and his wife Laura were a country, their five track cycling golds at the Rio Olympics would have put them in the top 20 in the medals table. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES "A lot of people have told me about that," Laura, who won team pursuit and omnium gold at London and Rio as …

Here are 12 Olympians representing Great Britain to keep your eyes on in Tokyo
3 years, 5 months ago

Here are 12 Olympians representing Great Britain to keep your eyes on in Tokyo

Daily Mail  

Britain are sending their biggest squad of athletes to an Olympics abroad, with 376 competing across 26 sports in Tokyo. 7 JADE JONES TAEKWONDO — AGE 28 Women's -57kg gold medal contest — Sunday July 25, 1.30pm Jade Jones can become the first British woman to win golds at three separate Games, pipping Charlotte Dujardin, Helen Glover and Laura Kenny …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: British sprint queen Dina Asher-Smith has historical perspective
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: British sprint queen Dina Asher-Smith has historical perspective

Firstpost  

The 200m world champion is one of the favourites to win over the distance but faces stiff competition from rivals such as Gabrielle Thomas, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and defending Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. Team GB’s golden girl Dina Asher-Smith is chasing a sprint double at the Tokyo Olympics but says her background as a history student helps her put her achievements …

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