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Britain's Olympic great Chris Hoy announces retirement
Hoy overtook rower Steve Redgrave as Britain's most successful Olympian at last year's Games in London, when he claimed gold medals in the team sprint and the keirin.
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London 2012 Mountain Biking: Julie Bresset storms to women's gold
France's Julie Bresset capped an extraordinary year by storming to victory in the women's mountain bike cross country to claim her maiden Olympic title on Saturday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Strombergs, Pajon storm to BMX gold
Latvian powerhouse Maris Strombergs and hip-hop loving Colombian Mariana Pajon stormed to the the men's and women's BMX golds as Britain's medal favourites failed to shine at the VeloPark on Friday.
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London Olympic: Houvenaghel slams 'vindictive' British cycling
British cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel has hit out at the "vindictive" manner in which she says team officials denied her a chance of an Olympic gold medal.
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London 2012: Hansen battles back from crash to win omnium gold
Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen blocked out the Olympic velodrome's wall of sound to upset British hopes and surge to cycling gold in the Olympic omnium on Sunday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Fukushima refugees cheer for native son
A Japanese track cyclist from the no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is helping unite a community scattered by last year's quake-tsunami disaster as they cheer him on in the London Olympics.
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London Olympics: Size doesn't matter for Malaysia's pocket rocket
Standing 1.66m tall and weighing in at just 66 kilogrammes, Azizulhasni Awang would not look out of place at the weigh-in for an Olympic welterweight boxing bout.
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London 2012 Cycling: Sarah Lee makes cycling history for Hong Kong
China's Guo Shuang and Sarah Lee Wai-Sze of Hong Kong led the Asian charge in the Olympic track cycling events Friday by taking silver and bronze respectively in the women's keirin.
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London 2012 Swimming: Golden Phelps ends individual career in style
US great Michael Phelps closed his Olympic individual career in breathtaking style Friday as America ruled the pool and records tumbled on the cycle track.
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London 2012: Britain defend Olympic pursuit crown, smash record
Britain successfully defended their Olympic team pursuit crown in a new world record time of 3min 51.659sec at a packed London Velodrome on Friday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Fifth gold for Hoy as Britain defend team sprint
Britain's three-man sprint team clocked their second world record of the night to successfully defend their Olympic title in the final against France at a packed London Velodrome Thursday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Germany handed team sprint gold as China relegated
Germany's Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel were crowned inaugural Olympic women's team sprint champions in controversial fashion following the relegation of China at the Velodrome Thursday.
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London 2012: Wiggins claims fourth Olympic gold from time trial
Bradley Wiggins of Britain claimed his fourth Olympic gold medal when he won the men's road race time trial here on Wednesday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Marianna Vos the boss in women's road race
Dutch cycling sensation Marianna Vos finally added Olympic road race gold to her impressive collection of titles after dominating Britain's Lizzie Armitstead in a two-up sprint on Saturday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Cavendish laments GB strength as gold bid fails
Mark Cavendish said the very strength of the British road cycling team had counted against him as his bid for Olympic road race gold ended in failure on the streets of London on Saturday.
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Britain's Olympic great Chris Hoy announces retirement
Hoy overtook rower Steve Redgrave as Britain's most successful Olympian at last year's Games in London, when he claimed gold medals in the team sprint and the keirin.
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London 2012 Mountain Biking: Julie Bresset storms to women's gold
France's Julie Bresset capped an extraordinary year by storming to victory in the women's mountain bike cross country to claim her maiden Olympic title on Saturday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Strombergs, Pajon storm to BMX gold
Latvian powerhouse Maris Strombergs and hip-hop loving Colombian Mariana Pajon stormed to the the men's and women's BMX golds as Britain's medal favourites failed to shine at the VeloPark on Friday.
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London Olympic: Houvenaghel slams 'vindictive' British cycling
British cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel has hit out at the "vindictive" manner in which she says team officials denied her a chance of an Olympic gold medal.
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London 2012: Hansen battles back from crash to win omnium gold
Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen blocked out the Olympic velodrome's wall of sound to upset British hopes and surge to cycling gold in the Olympic omnium on Sunday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Fukushima refugees cheer for native son
A Japanese track cyclist from the no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is helping unite a community scattered by last year's quake-tsunami disaster as they cheer him on in the London Olympics.
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London Olympics: Size doesn't matter for Malaysia's pocket rocket
Standing 1.66m tall and weighing in at just 66 kilogrammes, Azizulhasni Awang would not look out of place at the weigh-in for an Olympic welterweight boxing bout.
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London 2012 Cycling: Sarah Lee makes cycling history for Hong Kong
China's Guo Shuang and Sarah Lee Wai-Sze of Hong Kong led the Asian charge in the Olympic track cycling events Friday by taking silver and bronze respectively in the women's keirin.
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London 2012 Swimming: Golden Phelps ends individual career in style
US great Michael Phelps closed his Olympic individual career in breathtaking style Friday as America ruled the pool and records tumbled on the cycle track.
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London 2012: Britain defend Olympic pursuit crown, smash record
Britain successfully defended their Olympic team pursuit crown in a new world record time of 3min 51.659sec at a packed London Velodrome on Friday.
-
London 2012 Cycling: Fifth gold for Hoy as Britain defend team sprint
Britain's three-man sprint team clocked their second world record of the night to successfully defend their Olympic title in the final against France at a packed London Velodrome Thursday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Germany handed team sprint gold as China relegated
Germany's Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel were crowned inaugural Olympic women's team sprint champions in controversial fashion following the relegation of China at the Velodrome Thursday.
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London 2012: Wiggins claims fourth Olympic gold from time trial
Bradley Wiggins of Britain claimed his fourth Olympic gold medal when he won the men's road race time trial here on Wednesday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Marianna Vos the boss in women's road race
Dutch cycling sensation Marianna Vos finally added Olympic road race gold to her impressive collection of titles after dominating Britain's Lizzie Armitstead in a two-up sprint on Saturday.
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London 2012 Cycling: Cavendish laments GB strength as gold bid fails
Mark Cavendish said the very strength of the British road cycling team had counted against him as his bid for Olympic road race gold ended in failure on the streets of London on Saturday.
