![Julien Absalon, Men鈥檚 Cross Country Mountain Bike Champ [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214578075.jpg)
Defending Men’s Cross Country Mountain Bike Olympic champion, Julien Absalon of France, clocked 1:55:59 hours, 1:07 minutes faster than fellow mate Jean-Christophe Peraud. Nino Schurter from Switzerland had bronze with 1:57:52.
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![Sabine Spitz, Women鈥檚 Cross Country Mountain Bike Champ [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214577283.jpg)
Sabine Spitz from Germany won the Women’s Cross Country Mountain Bike gold medal with a timing of 1:45.11, 0.41 seconds ahead of the silver medalist, Maja Wloszczowska from Poland. Irina Kalentyeva of Russia had bronze.
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![Maris Strombergs, Men鈥檚 BMX King [Cycling: BMX]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214573615.jpg)
Maris Strombergs of Latvia captured the Men’s BMX Cycling gold with a timing of 36.190. Mike Day (36.606) and Donny Robinson (36.972) of the United States, took home silver and bronze respectively.
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![Anne-Caroline Chausso, Women鈥檚 BMX Queen [Cycling: BMX]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214573463.jpg)
Anne-Caroline Chausso of France captured the first Women’s BMX gold medal in the Olympics first BMX Cycling race. She finished the race in 35.976. Her compatriot, Laetitia le Corguille, took silver with 38.042. Jill Kintner of the United States had bronze with 38.674.
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Chris Hoy, Men’s Sprint Gold [Cycling]
Cycling, News August 19th, 2008
![Chris Hoy, Men鈥檚 Sprint Gold [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214564037.jpg)
Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny of Great Britain took gold and silver respectively in Men’s Sprint cycling event at Laoshan Velodrome on 19th August 2008. Mickael Bourgain of France had bronze.
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![Victoria Pendleton, Women鈥檚 Sprint Gold [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214563597.jpg)
Victoria Pendleton of Britain bagged the Women’s Sprint Cycling Olympic gold, Anna Meares of Australia second and Guo Shuang of China at third.
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Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Fernando Perez, Men’s Madison Gold [Cycling]
Cycling, News August 19th, 2008
![Juan Esteban Curuchet & Walter Fernando Perez, Men鈥檚 Madison Gold [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214563428.jpg)
Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez of Argentina clinched the Men’s Madison gold, Spain silver, Russia bronze.
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![Britain, Gold In Men鈥檚 Team Pursuit, Breaks Record [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214559661.jpg)
In the Men’s Team Pursuit event on 18th August 2008 at Laoshan Velodrome, the team from Great Britain broke Olympic and World record by finishing the race in 3:53.314. Denmark was second and New Zealand third.
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![Marianne Vos, Women鈥檚 Points Race Gold [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214559204.jpg)
Marianne Vos of the Netherlands clinched the Women’s Points Race Cycling gold. Yoanka Gonzalez of Cuba took silver while Leire Olaberria of Spain got bronze.
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![Rebecca Romero, Women鈥檚 Individual Pursuit Gold [Cycling]](/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img214555316.jpg)
Rebecca Romero of Great Britain won the Women’s Individual Pursuit (Cycling: Track) gold in in 3 minutes 28.321 seconds. Fellow mate, Wendy Houvenaghel, took silver. Lesya Kalitovska of Ukraine had bronze.
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