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2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - CM, Great Britain, March 26-30, 2008

Day 1 - March 26: Men's individual pursuit qualifying & final, scratch race final, team sprint qualifying & final, Women's 500m time trial

Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
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UCI President Pat McQuaid
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Thailand’s Jutatip Maneephan
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Lyubov Shulika of the Ukraine
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Germany’s Miriam Welte digs deep.
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Virginie Cueff in the 500m.
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Sandie Clair of France heads towards a bronze medal
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Willy Kanis of the Netherlands
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Shanaze Reade of Great Britain
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Silver medallist Simona Krepeckaite
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Gold medallist Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba
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In the men’s pursuit final
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Experienced Russian rider Alexei Markov
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Bradley Wiggins on his way to a second successive gold
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Jenning Huizenga
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Bradley Wiggins
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One of several attacks
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Bunch action in the men’s scratch race.
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Denmark’s Daniel Kreutzfeldt
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Bunch action in the men’s scratch race.
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Three laps to go,
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The last lap charge in the scratch race.
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Lisouski crosses the line first in the scratch race
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Gold medallist Bradley Wiggins
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German sprinter Maximilian Levy
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The French team sprint squad in the final.
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The GB team sprint squad in the final.
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Aliksandr Lisouski receives flowers
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The podium for the men’s scratch race.
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The top three team sprint teams on the podium.
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When the PA system failed
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France’s winning team sprinters.
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Wiggins salutes his home crowd
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The Czech team sprinters
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Poland's team sprinters
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Greece's lead-out man
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Russia's team sprinters
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Two thirds of the Ukrainian team
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China's team sprint squad
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Two of the Japanese team
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Japan's anchor man
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The Australian team
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Spain's team
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Great Britain's team
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Germany's lead-out man
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The last two in the German team
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Chris Hoy zips around
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Germany's anchor man
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France's team sprint squad
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France's team sprint squad
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The Netherlands team sprinters
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Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez of Cuba
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Aliksandr Lisouski of Belarus was active from the start
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Bunch action
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Robert Bengsch (Germany) tails Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)
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Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands)
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Diana Maria Garcia (Colombia)
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Lyubov Shulika (Ukraine)
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Lulu Zheng (China)
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Gritted teeth from
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A big starting effort from
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Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
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Shanaze Reade (Great Britain)
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Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba)
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Jutatip Maneephan (Thailand)
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Kaarle McCulloch (Australia)
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Miriam Welte (Germany)
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Jinjie Gong (China)
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Sandi Clair (France)
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Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
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Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
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David O'Loughlin (Ireland)
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Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
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Wiggins powered to victory
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Wiggins showed his experience
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Two men broke clear in the scratch race
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Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands)
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Brad Wiggins waves
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It was an exhausting day
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Wiggins gets another rainbow jersey
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The pursuit podium
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Taylor Phinney placed 8th
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Phinney racked up enough points to qualify
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Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Colombia)
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David O'Loughlin (Ireland) finished a very credible sixth
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Hayden Roulston (New Zealand)
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Alexi Markov (Russia) took a well deserved bronze
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The battle for gold in the Men's Individual Pursuit
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...and defending World Champion Bradley Wiggins
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Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
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The official opening ceremony
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The poise, balance, strength and agility
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Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez
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The newly crowned world champion
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The Men's Scratch Race was fast, furious
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Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus)
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The French team took victory
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The energy and excitment
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A young fan cheers on proceedings
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From bronze to carbon:
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