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London World Cup Track cycling pictures in the Guardian

Check out the photos from this weekend’s action at the Olympic Velodrome in the Guardian.

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Fantastic results from the UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Team GB is celebrating five Gold medals and is top of the medal table after multiple stunning performances at the Olympic Velodrome this weekend.

Congratulations to Victoria Pendleton, Geraint Thomas and Laura Trott who all medalled.

Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish set a new world best of 32.754sec in the team sprint as they beat Kaarle McCulloch and Anna Meares of Australia, who had broken their own world record earlier in the day.

Victoria and Jess also battled in a gruelling three round Keirin programme, with Victoria reaching the final while Jess reached the minor final.

Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell won Gold as they beat Canada in a record 3:18.148 in the team pursuit final.

Geraint Thomas along with Ed Clancy, Stephen Burke and Peter Kennaugh achieved Silver in the men’s Team Pursuit.

On the last day of the World Cup Laura Trott secured Bronze in the Omnium.

See all results on British Cycling Website

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Silver for Geraint Thomas in men’s Team Pursuit at London World Cup

Geraint along with team members Ed Clancy, Stephen Burke and Peter Kennaugh medalled with Silver in the men’s Team Pursuit this weekend.

Geraint has been described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘Quick, but also possesses the massive endurance of a big tour rider. The engine of the squad.’

Read Geraint’s interview and full article here

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Laura Trott shines on last day of London World Cup

Laura performed outstandingly on the last day of the London World Cup securing Bronze in the woman’s Omnium event.

Exciting video of Laura winning the elimination here on BBC sport:

Laura’s steely performance is summarised below by British Cycling:

…Trott was its undoubted heroine on the final day of competition. Poised in third position after three events, Trott looked good for bronze, and a great performance in the pursuit saw her close in on the silver medal position, with Australian Edmondson and Canadian Whitten ahead. However, 9th in the scratch race dropped Trott back to fourth overall. Trott had it all to do in the final event, the 500m TT, and didn’t disappoint, posting the fastest time of 35.642 and securing bronze.

Read the full article here


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Britain’s Golden Girls- Gold for women’s Team Sprint and Team Pursuit

Victoria Pendleton and Laura Trott were both in women’s teams that won Gold medals and set new world records at the London World Cup this weekend.

Click on the links below to read coverage of the excellent performances by Team GB women:

Golden girls! World record for Pendleton and Varnish as British duo roar to victory Daily Mail

Victoria Pendleton and Co rule the track as Team GB scoop two gold medals Daily Telegraph

Track World Cup: Great Britain win two golds at Olympic Velodrome BBC Sport

British cyclists solve Olympic test “dilemma” with two world record golds and a bronze Inside the Games


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Laura Trott wins Gold in Woman’s Team Pursuit and breaks world record

Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell  won Gold in the woman’s team pursuit event at the Track Cycling World Cup this weekend.

The team beat Canada in the team pursuit final and their performance is the new world record of 3:18.148.

Another awe inspiring performance by Team GB.

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Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish break world record in Team Sprint event at London World Cup

Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish set the new world best of 32.754sec in the woman’s team sprint event on Friday 17th February at the London World Cup.

Victoria and Jess gave a stunning performance to beat world champions Kaarle McCulloch and Anna Meares and in doing so broke the world best set by the Australian pair earlier in the day.

Huge congratulations girls!

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Team Pursuit teams in Final

Both GB’s Team Pursuit teams have qualified for their respective finals.

Women will race Canada tonight – Friday 17th Feb

Men will race Australia on – Sunday 18th Feb

Read more here

Victoria goes today in the Team Sprint. Go VP!

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Victoria features in National Portrait Gallery exhibitions

More than 30 photographic portraits of top athletes and key figures involved in London 2012, including Victoria Pendleton will feature in free outdoor exhibitions this spring and summer in three of Britain’s busiest cities.

The project, which is the largest photographic commission ever undertaken by the National Portrait Gallery will open in Cardiff on March 30th this year before touring to Edinburgh and Birmingham.

The majority of the photographic portraits were first seen at the National Portrait Gallery in exhibitions held there over the previous two summers, Road to 2012: Setting Out (2010) and Road to 2012: Changing Pace (2011).

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Laura Trott’s Evening Standard interview

The rising star Lauar Trott does another geat interview in today’s Standard.

The more the world gets to hear about this engaging and determined 19 year old the better!

Read the full interview here.

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