Olympics : Meares pips Pendleton to cycling gold
August 8th, 2012 - 5:02 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anna Meares of Australia consigned defending champion Victoria Pendleton to defeat in a controversial Olympic cycling sprint final Tuesday.Pendleton was relegated after winning the first ... Read more...
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Olympics: Chinese cycling team fined for ignoring orders
August 4th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Chinese national cycling team was fined 200 CHF (Swiss franc) for failing to respect instructions from the commissaire for standing on the judges' podium, said a ... Read more...
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Olympic cycling: Britain’s Pendleton holds on for keirin gold
August 4th, 2012 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain's Victoria Pendleton fought off a determined charge from China's Shuang Guo to win the women's keirin track cycling event here at the Olympics Friday.Pendleton ... Read more...
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Olympic cycling: Britain take men’s sprint gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain won gold at the velodrome in world record time Thursday, beating France in the men's team sprint final.Britain's Chris Hoy, Philip Hindes and Jason ... Read more...
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Olympic cycling: Germany take women’s sprint gold after China demoted
August 3rd, 2012 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China's Gong Jinjie and Guo Shuang were demoted to the silver medal in the women's team sprint cycling Thursday, with gold going to Germany's Kristina ... Read more...
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Hoy to carry British flag at Olympics
July 23rd, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Chris Hoy has been given the honour of carrying the British flag at his home Olympics in London, he said ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Indian cyclists disappoint on opening day
November 13th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 13 (IANS) India's Mahita Mohan finished last in the women's 500m time trial while other cyclists could not go beyond the qualifying stages in the other three events at the ... Read more...
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Australian cyclist withdraws from Games in remorse
October 8th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Repenting for his rude gesture at the judges here Wednesday, Australian track cyclist Shane Perkins Friday pulled out of the team sprint event in the Commonwealth Games. ... Read more...
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CWG cycling: Australia snap up two golds
October 8th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Australia won two more gold medals in cycling, creating a record in the men's team sprint at the Commonwealth Games here Friday.Australian men (43.772 seconds) defeated New ... Read more...
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CWG Schedule, Day Five
October 8th, 2010 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Following is the schedule of Commonwealth Games events Friday.Forty three gold medals, including one in para sports, will be decided Friday on the fifth day of the ... Read more...
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CWG Schedule, Day 3
October 6th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Following is the schedule of the Commonwealth Games Wednesday.Twenty seven medals including two in para sport will be decided Wednesday, the third day of the competition-- Athletics ... Read more...
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Kiwi cyclist says Delhi not a problem if he can live under kitchen table for 3 months
September 29th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Sept.29 (ANI): Track cyclist Simon van Velthooven says if he can survive living under a kitchen table for three months, Delhi will be no problem.With all the talk being about health, ... Read more...
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Jobie Dajka found dead
April 8th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
On Tuesday, the Australia's Nine TV network reported that the ex-world champion cyclist Jobie Dajka has been found dead at his home.The details of the death of the 27 year old was ... Read more...
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Cyclist Jobie Dajka’s death ‘not suspicious’, says Adelaide Police
April 8th, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Adelaide, Apr.8 (ANI): Adelaide Police have said that they are not treating the death of former world champion cyclist Jobie Dajka as suspicious.The body of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and world championships ... Read more...
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Chris Hoy named BBC Sports Personality of the Year
December 15th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.15 (ANI): Triple Olympic champion Chris Hoy delivered one of the shocks of the sporting year on Sunday night when he overcame Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington to win the ... Read more...
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