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Cyclist Wiggins picks up second Olympic gold
3:27pm Monday 18th August 2008
By Chris Gee »
Chorley-based cyclist Bradley Wiggins picked up his second Olympic gold as part of Great Britain's men's pursuit team who defeated Denmark in a new world record time.
Wiggins, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy finished in three minutes, 53.314 seconds beating the Danes by 6.7 seconds.
It gave Wiggins his second gold medal after his victory in the individual pursuit of the Beijing Games and GB their 11th cycling medal.
Wiggins, who has now won five medals in three Olympics, told the BBC: "It was phenomenal. Yesterday I was pretty down after the first couple of rounds because I wasn't my normal self and didn't want to let these guys down.
"To put it in perspective, that was 11 seconds faster than the Olympic record we set in Sydney eight years ago.”
Wiggins bid to claim a third medal on Tuesday when he competes in the Madison event.
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