Emma Johansson of Sweden launches from the starting gate at the women's individual time trial race in Beijing. Johannson, who won the silver medal during the women's road race Sunday, took 21st place during the time trial, pulling in 3 minutes 27 seconds behind gold medalist Kristin Armstrong of the United States.Christine Thorburn (USA) of Palo Alto pulled in three seconds behind Thurig to get fifth place.
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland took his second medal from Beijing with his time trial gold win. Cancellara brought it home 1 hour 2 minute time in his race against the clock. Gustav Erik Larsson (Ssweden) took the silver medal while American Levi Leipheimer rounded out the podium with his bronze medal. The other member of the USA time trial team, David Zabriskie, placed 12th.
- Cyclingnews: Armstrong claims gold.
- KWC: Armstrong Gold!
- Cyclingnews: Cancellara realises dream with Olympic TT gold.
- KWC: Cancellara: Golden.
- This story of Cancellara's race to the bronze in the St. Louis Post Dispatch is a good account of what Fabian did for this third place finish on the road race. "It’s one of the most extraordinary individual efforts I’ve seen in more than 30 years covering sports," writes Dave Luecking. "Folks, Cancellara’s averaged almost 70 kilometers per hour, or in U.S. lingo, about 44 miles per hour, en route to the final kilometer."
- Much much more at Cyclodro.me.
- And speaking of the Cyclodrome, Ken has added Tour of Utah coverage. The Tour of Utah, a five stage race with over 30,000 feet of climbing over 336 miles, started about 10 minutes ago in Nephi, UT.
Next up: Men's and Women's BMX seeding; men's BMX quarterfinals on Wednesday, August 20.
Oh man, I shouldn't have looked before watching the race tonight. Oh well, great news anyway. I hope it gets good coverage in primetime.
ReplyDeleteYou know you can always count on me for spoilers. Sorry about that!
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