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01/08/2012
Bradley Wiggins Wins Gold, Tops GB Olympics Tables
Cyclist Bradley Wiggins has become Britain’s most decorated Olympian.
He won gold at London 2012 today in the cycling time trial.
His triumph was hours after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won gold for rowing, and came hot on the heels of Wiggins’s winning performance at the Tour de France and his starring role in Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony.
It was the first time trial he has won and came after three golds, one silver and two bronzes on the track.
Wiggins dominated the 44km ride around Hampton Court to move one medal clear of former rower Sir Steve Redgrave as the most successful British Olympian of all time.
The result gives Team GB their seventh and eighth medals of London 2012.
(NE)
He won gold at London 2012 today in the cycling time trial.
His triumph was hours after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won gold for rowing, and came hot on the heels of Wiggins’s winning performance at the Tour de France and his starring role in Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony.
It was the first time trial he has won and came after three golds, one silver and two bronzes on the track.
Wiggins dominated the 44km ride around Hampton Court to move one medal clear of former rower Sir Steve Redgrave as the most successful British Olympian of all time.
The result gives Team GB their seventh and eighth medals of London 2012.
(NE)
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