Olympics: Ulmer smashes world record to bag pursuit cycling gold
134168
ATHENS : New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer smashed her second world record in as many days on the way to claiming the 3000-metre individual pursuit cycling gold medal at the Athens Olympics.
564215
Australia set a world record in winning the 400-meter medley relay at the Short Course World Championships on Saturday night. Sophie Edington, Brooke Hanson, Jessica Schipper and Lisbeth Lenton won in 3 minutes
537882
U.S. speedskater Shani Davis broke his own world record in the 1,500 meters Sunday at the World Cup final.
124992
American 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner succeeded Michael Johnson as the Olympic gold medallist Monday with a personal best of 44.
26524
Southern stars: 3000 metres women&#39;s pursuit gold medallist Sarah Ulmer, right, hug&#39;s Australia&#39;s silver medallist Katie Mactier after beating her in a record breaking final.
672854
Britain&#39;s Bradley Wiggins won the gold medal in men&#39;s individual pursuit Saturday, finishing the 4,000-meter final in 4:16.
441650
ATHENS (CP) - Lori-Ann Muenzer claimed Canada&#39;s first-ever cycling gold medal at the Olympics, defeating Russian Tamilla Abassova in the sprint final in convincing fashion Tuesday.
90870
ATHENS - An Olympic medal finally dangling from her neck, New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer was today crowned track cycling&#39;s peerless female endurance rider after obliterating her own world record en route to completing a golden individual pursuit treble.
714035
New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer dealt her rivals a heavy psychogical blow today, reclaiming her individual pursuit world record in magnificent fashion at a sweltering Olympic Velodrome here today.
480073
Mikhail Ignatyev of Russia produced an awesome display to win the gold medal in the men&#39;s points race on Tuesday. Ignatyev coasted to victory on 93 points after making the vital breakthrough with two of the 16 sprints remaining in the 40km race.
408939
Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Track cyclists Anna Meares of Australia and Chris Hoy of Great Britain won time trial gold medals Friday afternoon with record times.
766338
Michael Rogers, a 24-year-old Australian, received two gold medals today at the bicycling road world championships.
440356
Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life Sunday night, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86. Defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze in 9.87, falling short in his quest to crown himself the "greatest sprinter of all time."
303337
ATHENS, Greece - The United States took gold and bronze in the men&#39;s Olympic cycling individual time trial on Wednesday with Tyler Hamilton topping the podium and his team Bobby Julich finishing third.
228748
Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry armed herself with a world record while Michael Phelps targeted his fourth Olympic gold medal backed by a Games record in qualifying for Thursday&#39;s finals.
221068
Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand won the women&#39;s individual pursuit competition in track cycling Sunday at the Olympics.
632977
Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand won women&#39;s 3,000m individual pursuit with a new world record of 3 minutes 24.537 seconds on Sunday, beating Australian strong rival Katie Mactier, who clocked 3:27.