2006 Commonwealth Games - JR

Melbourne, Australia, March 16-26, 2006

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March 26: Men’s road race

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• The men off to a quick start
• The peloton make their way beside the Yarra river
• Ben Day (AUS) leads the green and gold train
• The Aussies had control for most of the race
• Allan Davis (AUS) looked like he might win….
• Mathew Hayman (AUS) was to be the victor though

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• Australia set tempo to keep the break within reach
• Svein Tuft and Gord Fraser in the peloton
• David George couldn't hold off Hayman and had to settle for silver
• Australia spent a lot of time at the front
• Allan Davis took the bronze
• David Kinjah (Kenya) rode strongly in the break and finished 27th to huge cheers
• Stephen Cummings (England) crossed the line in fourth, just out of the medals
• The break - David Kinjah (the surprisingly strong Kenyan in the break), Perras and Duncan Urquhart (scotland), who began the break
• Gord Fraser finished fifth
• Commonwealth champion Mathew Hayman
• Jeremy Maartens covered the break for South Africa
• Perras and Sharman in the break
• Australia and South Africa controlled the race
• Australia attacked as the peloton was catching the break
• South Africa and Australia dominated the race
• Tuft was a workhorse for Team Canada
• The race split up into many small groups by lap 12
• Mat Hayman forces the pace
• Mat Hayman at the front
• Will Walker
• Svein Tuft bridged up to the first chase group with two laps to go
• Martin Gilbert and Gord Fraser
• Cox, George and Hayman made the key break
• Henderson and Cummings
• Chasing down the break
• Fraser and Tuft with a lap to go
• Gold for Mat Hayman
• The podium - David George, Mat Hayman and Allan Davis

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• The Will Walker fan club - l-r Dave Sanders (head coach VIS), Jerry Ryan (Jayco Caravans, one of Australia's biggest cycling supporters), Petra Walker (Will's proud mum), one of Victoria's finest, Inspector Neil Howard and John Trevorrow
• Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) launched the first attack of the men's road race
• The break works together to stay away
• The Australian team leads the chase.

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• Ben Day (Australia) out of the saddle early into the men's road race at the Commonwealth Games.
• Jeremy Maartens (South Africa) leads David Kinjah (Kenya) over a rise on the streets of South Yarra in Melbourne.
• Canadian Dominique Perras looks around to see the gap back to the peloton has opened up in the early stages of the race.
• Here come the Aussies...
• The Aussies are surrounded by South Africans which became the theme of the race.
• The peloton make their way up a climb near the Botanical Gardens.
• Robin Sharman (L) of England lends a hand to Kenyan David Kinjah.
• Ben Day leads the Aussie train under the trees in South Yarra.
• Man, am I glad to see this....
• It's thirsty work for England's Robin Sharman in the lead group.
• Aaron Kemps (Australia) is feeling hungry in the peloton.
• David George (South Africa) bridged the gap to the leaders in the second half of the race.
• A South African rider looks to see where the attack will come from in the peloton.
• Mathew Hayman of Australia is sandwiched between South African riders.
• Jeremy Maartens (R) of South Africa had sure worked up a thirst under the Australian sun.
• A rider from Namibia is hands free during the race.
• The winning break is on with an Australian and two South Africans opening up a gap on the rest in the concluding laps.
• A huge crowd had gathered along the finishing straight near the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne .
• Mathew Hayman (Australia) begins his celebrations as South African David George battles on behind.
• Mathew Hayman (Australia) salutes the judge a Commonwealth Games gold medalist.
• Allan 'Alby' Davis of Australia crosses the line a bronze medallist.
• The sprint is on for the remaining riders .
• Aussie helpers - (L-R) Peter Dawson, Ben Day and Aaron Kemps - Oh yeah!.
• Kenyan David Kinjah amazed all in his efforts to make the leading group early in the race.
• Mathew Hayman (Australia) reflects on his gold medal ride.
• Mathew Hayman (Australia), another gold medallist in Aussie cycling ranks.
• Allan Davis (Australia) on the podium with a bronze medal.
• The men's road race podium - (L-R) David George (South Africa, 2nd), Matt Hayman (Australia, 1st), and Allan Davis (Australia, 3rd).
• Matt Hayman (Australia) won the final gold medal on offer at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

March 26: Women’s road race

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• The women's road race gets started on a cool but sunny Sunday morning
• Gina Grain (Canada) finished 4th
• Nicole Cooke (Wales) tried to break away more than once
• Mandy Poitras (Canada) leads the break
• Sue Palmer-Komar (Canada)
• The break stayed away all day until Bates dropped them
• Mandy Poitras (Canada)
• The peloton
• Sarah Ulmer (New Zealand) was a marked rider all day
• Nikki Harris (England)
• The break with Bates at the back
• Natalie Bates starts her last lap
• Natalie Bates
• Emma Jones (England) tried one last attack to avoid being gobbled up by the peloton
• Nicole Cooke - the defending champion was strong, but needed some team-mates in support
• Audrey Lemieux was a late addition to the Canadian team after Lyne Bessette was injured
• Natalie Bates joins sister Kathy with a gold medal
• Natalie Bates was out front a long time
• Sprinting for silver
• Oenone Wood just pipped Nicole Cooke at the line
• It was a team win for Australia
• Thepodium - Oenone Wood, Natalie Bates, and Nicole Cooke
• All smiles for the medal winners
• Nicole Cooke wraps herself in the flag

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• Australian riders police the front of the field
• The break - Emma Jones (England), Natalie Bates (Australia), Mandy Poitras (Canada) and Toni Bradshaw (New Zealand). Noor Azian Binti Alias (Malaysia) is just out of shot on the left.
• Nicole Cooke (Wales) attempts to chase the break but is shadowed by Oenone Wood (Australia)
• Natalie Bates (Australia) turned in a magnificent solo effort.

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• Warren McDonald (AUS) pre race with Oenone Wood (AUS)
• The small women's field on course
• The peloton climbs Punt Road
• Nicole Cooke (Wales) with Oenone Wood (AUS) close behind
• The New Zealand girls on the front of the main group
• Natalie Bates (AUS) climbs to victory in picturesque surroundings
• Natalie Bates (AUS) was way too strong
• Sarah Ulmer (NZ) led the remainders up the last climb
• Olivia Gollan (AUS) shows the effort

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• Natalie Bates (Australia) soon found herself in the leading break after the first lap
• Kate Bates (Australia) checks with the team car on her sister's progress
• The gap was there on lap three on City Road
• Riders in the chasing bunch with Melbourne in the background
• Natalie Bates (Australia) keeps check on the radio with the time-gap over the peloton
• The peloton rolling along City Road in the women's road race
• Natalie Bates (Australia) has only media bikes for company on her way to the gold medal
• Mandy Poitras (Canada) was in the initial leading group that opened up a gap early into the race
• Natalie Bates carries the Aussie flag to the line and takes the gold medal
• Oenone Wood (Australia) and Nicole Cooke (L) of Wales sprint for the silver and bronze medals in Melbourne
• An elated Oenone Wood (Australia) grabs the silver medal in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Gold medal winner Natalie Bates hugs sister Kate after her victory
• Natalie Bates is rapt as she grabs Australian team coach Warren McDonald
• Hey girls wait for me… Olivia Gollan rushes to the line to join in the celebrations
• Hey Sis, I'm on my way so let's party!
• Oenone Wood (L) and Natalie Bates wait for their Australian teammates to join them at the ceremony
• Oenone Wood of Australia, a silver medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• I give you my sister… a Commonwealth Games gold medalist
• The podium (L-R): Oenone Wood (Australia, 2nd), Natalie Bates (Australia, 1st), and Nicole Cooke (Wales, 3rd)
• Natalie Bates of Australia on her way to a Commonwealth Games gold medal
• The Aussie girls on the podium (L-R): Olivia Gollan, Oenone Wood, Rochelle Gilmore, Kate Bates, Natalie Bates, Sara Carrigan and Nicole Cooke from Wales
• Natalie Bates, a deserving winner of the gold medal in Melbourne
• Natalie Bates has emulated her sister Kate by winning gold in Melbourne

March 23: Men’s cross-country mountain bike race

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• The start of the men's race
• The men let the dust fly
• Chris Jongewaard (Aus) attacked from the outset
• Seamus McGrath (Canada) in action
• Mannie Heymans (Namibia) looking a bite wors for wear
• The crowds were huge
• Oli Beckingsale (England) rode to second place
• Seamus McGrath (Canada) couldn’t quite hold on, but still got the bronze
• Liam Killeen (England) out of the shadows
• Liam Killeen (England) nears the final straight and looks happy to take the gold
• Clinton Avery (NZL) chats with his mum after the race
• The men's medal winners

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• James Ouchterlony (Scotland)
• Chris Jongewaard (Australia) stayed away for six laps
• Clinton Avery (New Zealand)
• Kashi Leuchs (New Zealand)
• Liam Killeen (England)
• Seamus McGrath (Canada)
• Kashi Leuchs was an early member of the chase group
• Mike Northcote (New Zealand)
• Simon Richardson (England)
• Chris Jongewaard (Australia)
• Sid Taberlay (Australia)
• Killeen and McGrath reeling in Jongewaard
• Oli Beckingsale (England) was at the front of the race all day
• Kashi Leuchs dropped back from the front chase group
• Oli Beckingsale chased back up to Killeen and McGrath after mechanical problems
• Chris Jongewaard spent three quarters of the race off the front
• McGrath instigated the chase for Jongewaard
• Killeen bided his time
• Geoff Kabush struggled
• The lead trio start their last lap
• Sid Taberlay (Australia)
• Geoff Kabush had a frustrating day
• Liam Killeen rates this his best result ever
• Oli Beckingsale was one of the strongest riders in the race
• McGrath recovers

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• Liam Killeen (England) leads the chase of runaway early leader Chris Jongewaard
• Jongewaard (Australia) tackles one of the many technical corners
• A fresh looking Killeen rode to the gold medal
• Really sunny days call for some really big sunglasses, hey Sid?
• Geoff Kabush (Canada) couldn't make the podium at the Commonwealth Games
• Jongewaard was shattered by the final lap
• Oli Beckingsale, the silver medallist, gave England a 1-2 finish
• Seamus McGrath (Canada) disappears into the dust as descends through 'the Berms'

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• Riders on the startline for the men's cross-country mountain bike race
• They're off in the 2006 Commonwealth Games men's cross-country race, and everyone want's a photo
• The dust is flying as the field departs in the men's cross-country mountain bike race
• Liam Killeen (England) leads the chase group in pursuit of Aussie Chris Jongewaard
• South African Willie Burry Stander strikes trouble and almost loses the shades
• A hungry Chris Jongewaard (Australia) went flat-out from the gun in the men's cross-country mountain bike race
• Jongewaard out on his own in the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Oli Beckingsale (England) has teammate Liam Killeen on his tail
• Thanks mate…
• Aussie Chris Jongewaard set the pace early into the race
• Liam Killeen (England) in pursuit of leader Chris Jongewaard (Australia)
• Joshua Fleming (Australia) looking for a top ten finish in the men's cross-country mountain bike race
• Geoff Kabush (Canada) won the gold medal for the best side-boards of the day award
• Clinton Avery (New Zealand) under the shade of the trees in Lysterfield Park
• Marc Bassingthwaighte (Namibia) in action during the Commonwealth Games men's mountain bike race
• It's been a long week for the Commonwealth Games volunteers
• Chris Jongewaard (Australia) led for most of the race before being caught with two laps remaining
• Jongewaard started to feel the pinch in the thirty degree heat in the closing laps, relenquishing the lead to Englishman Liam Killeen
• Seamus Patrick McGrath (Canada) leads Aussie Sid Taberlay around Lysterfield Park in Melbourne
• Thirsty work for Australian Sid Taberlay
• Liam Killeen from England leads Canadian Seamus McGrath over the line with one lap to go
• Sid Taberlay from Tasmania has been a consistent rider in Australian ranks for some time now
• Joshua Fleming (Australia) corners out of the home straight in the concluding laps
• Liam Killeen (England) takes out the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games men's cross-country mountain bike gold medal
• Killeen is nabbed by the English flag after taking the gold medal!
• Chris Jongewaard (Australia) performs his party tricks after finishing in fourth place
• Jongewaard cools down after the energy sapping men's cross-country mountain bike race at the Commonwealth Games
• Prince Andrew was there to present the medals at Lysterfield Park in Melbourne
• The podium (L-R): Oli Beckingsale (England, 2nd), Liam Killeen (England,1st), and Seamus McGrath (Canada,3rd)
• English teammates Oli Beckingsale (L) and Liam Killeen celebrate their medals in Melbourne

March 23: Women’s cross-country mountain bike race

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• Dellys Starr (Aus) in action
• Robyn Wong (NZL) on course
• Ruth McGavigan (Sco) entertaining the crowd
• Emma Colson (Aus) on a descent
• Marie-Helene Premont (Canada) won from the start
• Rosara Joseph (NZL) saved a bit of face for down under for the silver
• Dellys Starr (Aus) finished fourth
• Kiara Bisaro (Canada) nears the end and looks content with bronze

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• High in the hills at Lysterfield Park where the Commonwealth Games mountain biking medals were up for grabs
• Marie-Helene Premont (Canada) riding towards a gold medal
• Kiara Bisaro (Canada) rode into third place for a bronzemedal
• Rosara Joseph (New Zealand) finds the back of the course a little tough early into the 6 lap race
• Dellys Starr (Australia) was the highest placed Aussie in the women's cross-country race
• Amy Hunt (England) in the hills on the back of the course
• Amy Hunt (England) saving energy on the hills in Lysterfield Park
• Emma Colson (Australia) on a downhill section of the course
• Ruth McGavigan (Scotland) amongst the banners of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Spectators took advantage of every possible viewing option
• Sonia Foote (New Zealand), one of three riders from Kiwi land to compete in the women's cross-country
• Marie-Helene Premont (Canada) celebrates her win in the women's cross-country at the Commonwealth Games
• Premont is congratulated by a Canadian team member after her gold medal ride
• The maple leaf of Canada is out in force after Premont claimed gold at Lysterfield Park
• Rosara Joseph (New Zealand) is welcomed to the finish-line by a support member after winning a silver medal
• Premont (L) and Bisaro embrace after a Canadian one-two in the women's cross-country
• Rosara Joseph proudly shows the New Zealand flag after her silver medal ride
• Dellys Starr (Australia) feels the strain after a tough ride in thirty-degree heat on the outskirts of Melbourne
• Aussie Emma Colson high-fives the crowd in the finishing straight at Lysterfield Park
• Emma Colson (Australia) can still smile after missing out on the medals in the women's cross-country
• Emma Colson (Australia) feeling the heat after her ride in the women's cross-country mountain bike race
• Emma Colson (Australia) takes a breather after her ride in the mountain bike cross-country race at the Commonwealth Games
• The podium (L-R): Rosara Joseph (New Zealand, 2nd), Marie-Helene Premont (Canada, 1st), and Kiara Bisaro (Canada, 3rd)
• Marie Helene-Premont (Canada) is the centre of attention after winning gold at the women's cross country mountain bike race
• The smile of a gold medalist: Canada's Marie-Helene Premont
• (L-R) Joseph, Premont and Bisaro display their medals from the women's cross country mountain bike race

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• Marie-Helene Premont negotiates the Rock Garden dropoff
• Kiara Bisaro (Canada) in the Rock Garden
• Rosara Joseph (New Zealand)
• Robyn Wong (New Zealand)
• Emma Colson (Australia) finished 7th
• Premont continued to push the pace even with a wide lead
• Claire Baxter crashed and finished a lap down
• Rosara Joseph moved into second in the last two laps
• Bisaro chases Rosara Joseph late in the race
• Amy Hunt negotiating a technical section
• Marie-Helene Premont rode away from the rest of the field to win gold
• Kiara Bisaro took the bronze for Canada
• Premont celebrates
• Rosara Joseph surged late in the race to take the silver
• Dellys Starr challenged for the bronze early in the race, eventually finishing 5th
• Amy Hunt was the youngest rider in the race at 19 years
• Sonia Foote (New Zealand)
• 22 year old Myra Moller from the Cook Islands
• Ruth McGavigan (Scotland) finished 10th
• Premont won Canada's first cycling gold of the Melbourne Games
• Congratulations all round in the Canadian camp
• Bisaro and Premont enjoy the moment
• Premont joins Chrissy Redden (Canada - Manchester Games) as one of two gold medal winners in women's mountain bike
• Marie-Helene Premont wins Commonwealth gold
• The podium (L to R): Rosara Joseph, Marie-Helene Premont, Kiara Bisaro

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• The women's race gets underway
• Marie-Helene Premont (Can) took the lead very early on
• Emma Colson (Aus) digs deep
• Claire Baxter (Aus) suffered two mechanicals in quick succession and ran with her bike for several kilometres
• Dellys Starr (Aus)
• Scottish rider, Ruth McGavigan finished tenth
• Marie-Helene Premont with just under 6km to go
• A delighted Marie-Helene Premont (Can) waves the Canadian flag as she finishes
• Rosara Joseph (NZl) finished with silver
• Amy Hunt (Eng) finished a creditable fourth
• Myra Moller (Cook Islands) blew a kiss to the crowds as she finished in eighth place
• The podium (L-R): Rosara Jospeh (Nzl, 2nd), Marie-Helene Premont (Can, 1st), Kiara Bisaro (Can, 3rd)

March 21: Men’s road time trial

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• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) was a power house today
• Ben Day (Australia) putting everything into it
• Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) doing it for the Kiwis
• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) on way to gold
• Green and gold
• David McCann (Ireland) in good technique
• Paul Manning (England) had a go
• Alex Coutts (Scotland) gave his all
• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) on the winners podium
• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) with the other place getters
• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) feeling content

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• Hedson Mathieu shows off the Seychelles spectacular team kit
• Etienne Bonello (Malta) passes Yannick Lincoln (Mauritius)
• Poloko Makara (Lesotho) riding his new bike
• Julian Bellido of Gibraltar made the long trip to Australia
• James Malako of Zambia tackles one of the short climbs
• Not all riders have the latest in time trial technology: this is Percival Navolo of Fiji
• Tyler Butterfield (Bermuda) up close and personal
• Neil Thomas (British Virgin Islands) had a very vocal coach urging him on
• Robert Marsh (Antigua & Barbuda) in action
• Imran Sharif (Pakistan) buries his head
• Tinga Turner - the Jamaican competitor
• Logan Hutchings was the first to better the long standing opening time
• Philip Clarke (Barbados) about to be caught by Jonathan Massie (Bahamas) and Paul Manning (England)
• Peter Latham (New Zealand) briefly held the best time
• Michael Hutchinson (Northern Ireland) narrowly missed a medal
• Ben Day heads to the silver medal
• Gordon McCauley won the bronze medal for New Zealand
• David McCann (Northern Ireland) virtually disappears behind his aero helmet
• O’Neill may not have the lowest profile, but he gets the job done!
• Gold medallist Nathan O’Neill a picture of concentration

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• Heading under the bridge on the esplanade in St.Kilda during the men's time trial at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Damien Foukou Tekou (Cameroon) on a lonely ride against the clock in Melbourne
• Crowds took advantage of elevated viewing points along the beach road in St.Kilda for the time trial
• Drafting is not permitted in time trials…but what about behind your own shadow?
• Here comes another one in the men's time trial in St.Kilda, Melbourne
• Julian Bellido from Gibraltar heads along the St.Kilda esplanade during the 49km time trial
• The volunteers at the Melbourne Games have been sensational and here take the chance to cheer on competitors in the time trial
• Logan Hutchings of New Zealand makes his way 'all along the watchtower'
• Paul Manning of England powers himself while an Aussie flag protects a fan from the heat of the sun
• Andrew Roche of Ireland, perhaps inspiring others to ride like the wind?
• Peter Latham of New Zealand in action during the men's time trial
• Arno Viljoen of Namibia climbs a small rise just prior to the finish
• Matt Brammeier of Wales just after leaving the starting gate in St.Kilda
• Matt Brammeier (Wales) against the clock in the men's time trial
• New Zealander Gordon McCauley riding towards a bronze medal in the time trial
• Irishman David McCann won the time trial in the 2005 Herald Sun Tour but would have liked some hills in this ride against the clock
• 2006 Tour de Langkawi winner David George of South Africa is well forward in the saddle early into his ride
• Svein Tuft of Canada was the second last rider to leave the starting gate in St.Kilda
• Australian Nathan O'Neill was a hot favourite to take gold and didn't let his supporters down
• The Commonwealth Games are wearing out more than just the competitors!
• Nathan O'Neil (Australia) takes the gold medal on the big screen as a section of the huge crowd look on
• A boxing kangaroo and the New Zealand flag greet the medal winners at the presentation
• A proud Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) after claiming the bronze medal in the time trial
• Ben Day made it a great day when he won the silver medal in the time trial
• The medal winners salute the huge crowd that gathered for the ceremony
• The happy medal winners (L-R): Gordon McCauley (New Zealand, 3rd), Nathan O'Neil (Australia, 1st), and Ben Day (Australia, 2nd)
• Ben Day (R) and Nathan O'Neill sign autographs for the crowd after claiming silver and gold respectively
• Number one, Nathan O'Neill, a gold medal winner and an audience awaits

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• Nathan O'Neill
• Ben Day (Australia) silver
• Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) bronze
• Who is this masked man?
• Peter Latham (New Zealand), 8th
• Zach Bell (Canada) 13th
• Paul Manning (England) 9th
• Nathan O'Neill with 1 K to go - he knew he had it
• Peter Latham had mechanical problems in the first kilometre, but still managed 8th
• Zach Bell (Canada)
• Svein Tuft (Canada) 7th
• Gordon McCauley came back from a broken wrist to take the bronze
• David George (Republic of South Africa)
• Stuart Dangerfield (England) 6th
• Nathan O'Neill (Australia) had been the favourite, and he did not disappoint.
• Ben Day, Nathan O'Neill, Gordon McCauley
• Gordon McCauley, Nathan O'Neill, Ben Day

March 21: Women’s road time trial

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• Alison Shanks (New Zealand)
• Oenone Wood (Australia)
• Wendy Houvenaghel (England)
• Erinne Willock (Canada)
• Rachel Heal (England)
• Sue Palmer-Komar (Canada)
• Melissa Holt (New Zealand)
• Kathryn Watt (Australia)
• Oenone Wood (Australia)
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) - totally focused
• Kathryn Watt (Australia) knows she's done a good time
• Melissa Holt (New Zealand) was pushed into fourth by the Australian sweep.
• Oenone Wood
• The podium - Kathy Watt, Oenone Wood, and Sarah Carrigan (Orstraya, Orstraya, Orstraya)
• The medalists greet the crowd

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• Stephania Magri (Malta) was the first rider off
• Oenone Wood (Australia) was quickly back up to speed after the turn around
• Wood heads back towards the city through a huge crowd
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) was within 1 second of Wood at the turn
• Melissa Holt (New Zealand) was the best of the rest, taking fourth place at the finish
• The silver medallist's shop - Kathy Watt Cycling – stands out through the crowd
• The locals were right behind their neighbour
• I wonder why this shop’s not open?
• Third fastest at the turn, Watt flew home to finish only 15 seconds behind Wood

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• Oenone Wood (Australia) on her way on a perfect day
• Oenone Wood (Australia) heads down the esplanade
• Sarah Carrigan (Australia) on course
• Kathy Watt (Australia) showed good form but could only manage 2nd
• Oenone Wood (Australia) rode like she had a motor
• Oenone Wood (Australia) nears the end of her ride
• Sarah Carrigan (Australia) put in a big effort
• Leow Hoay Sim (Malaysia) starts her ride
• Kathy Watt (Australia) in front of the big crowd
• The women's podium
• Oenone Wood (Australia) pretty pleased with today

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• Now son, this is where all the action is going to be today…at the women's time trial in the Commonwealth Games
• Oenone Wood flying towards a gold medal in the women's time trial at St.Kilda in Melbourne
• A rider giving her all in the women's time trial at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) on the road to a bronze medal, beachside at St.Kilda
• A Malaysian rider in action during the women's time trial
• Kathy Watt (Australia) had plenty of hometown support at St.Kilda for her ride against the clock
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) explains her bronze medal ride in the women's time trial
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) was delighted with her bronze medal… can't you tell?
• Sara Carrigan (Australia) makes her way back to camp to freshen up for the medal presentations
• Watt, Wood and Carrigan: An Australian trifecta of medals, thank the crowd for their support
• The podium (L-R): Kathy Watt (2nd), Oenone Wood (1st), and Sara Carrigan (3rd) all of Australia
• From the left; Kathy Watt, Oenone Wood and Sara Carrigan listen to another 'Advance Australia Fair'
• An Australian triple-treat (L-R): Kathy Watt, Oenone Wood and Sara Carrigan proudly display their medals
• Oenone Wood (Australia) signs autographs for the crowd at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Oenone Wood (Australia) looking proud as she wears her gold medal in Melbourne
• Even the Commonwealth Games volunteers need a break during the 'Games'!

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• Stephania Magri (Malta) enjoyed her day
• Oenone Wood (Aus) breathes deeply before the start
• Sara Carrigan (Aus) takes a look down the course prior to starting
• Sara Carrigan in action
• Katrina Hair (Sco)
• Melissa Holt (Nzl) was fourth
• Kathy Watt (Aus) heads out for her ride
• Oenone Wood (Aus) heads for home
• Erinne Willock (Can) nears the finish
• The three Aussies salute the crowd (L-R, Watt, Wood , Carrigan)
• Kathy Watt (silver), Oenone Wood (Commonwealth Champion), Sara Carrigan (bronze)

March 19: Men’s 20km scratch race

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• 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mike Turtur (L) of Australia and the voice of cycling Phil Liggett from England were calling the shots at the cycling
• Action from the final race at the track cycling at the Commonwealth Games
• Riders in the men's scratch race add all the colour of track cycling at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• The field in the men's scratch race in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games make their way down the back straight
• There's always one who wants to spoil the party.. please remain in single file!
• Riders in the home straight at Vodafone Arena before another great crowd at the track cycling program
• The scratch race is an attacking form of cycling and was the final race of the Commonwealth Games track cycling schedule
• Vodafone Arena provided all the action for the 2006 Commonwealth Games cycling in Melbourne
• Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man) took out the gold medal in the men's scratch race
• The medal winners from the scratch race (L-R): Ashley Hutchinson (Australia, silver), Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man, gold), and James McCullum (Scotland,bronze)
• James Mccullum drapes himself in the Scottish flag after claiming bronze in the scratch race

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• Zach Bell (Canada) was in the break which lapped the field
• Ben Kersten (Australia)
• Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand) was in the break which lapped the field
• Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man)
• Zach Bell and James McCallum
• James McCallum (Scotland) won the bronze
• Ben Kersten (Australia)
• Mark Cavendish and Zach Bell
• Ashley Hutchinson took the silver
• Gilbert tried to keep Bell with the leaders, but Bell was out of gas
• Cavendish held off Hutchinson for the gold
• Mark Cavendish gave the Isle of Man its first Commonwealth cycling gold since the 1960's
• Mark Cavendish
• The podium: Ashley Hutchinson (2nd), Mark Cavendish (1st), James McCallum (3rd)
• The podium: Ashley Hutchinson (2nd), Mark Cavendish (1st), James McCallum (3rd)

March 19: Men’s team sprint

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• The men's team sprint podium (l-r): England, Scotland and Australia
• The Scottish crew flew to a gold medal
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) celebrates gold in the team sprint

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• England were pinning their hopes on the three man team sprint final on the final night in the velodrome
• The three man team from Canada in action in the sprint
• The team from England powering down the home straight in their quest for gold
• The boys from Scotland were flying for gold in the three man team sprint
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) throws his bike at the line and claims gold for Scotland in the three-man team sprint
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) flexed his muscle for Scotland in the three-man team sprint
• This was medal row on the infield at Vodafone Arena during the cycling at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• The podium from the three-man team sprint (L-R): England 2nd, Scotland 1st, and Australia 3rd

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• England came up a few tenths of a second short
• Hoy celebrates gold for Scotland
• England on the line
• Yannik Morin led out for Canada
• Scots enjoy the moment
• Jamie Staff peels off
• Travis Smith took the second lap for Canada
• Jason Queally hands off to Matthew Crampton
• England, Scotland, Australia the place getters in the men's team sprint
• Scotland lines up
• Team Malaysia
• Hoy takes over from Edgar
• Chris Hoy throws his bike at the line to take gold for Scotland
• New Zealand made the final four
• The first rider peels off
• Australia throws for the line
• Yannick Morin, a former Mr Natural Universe flexes for the crowd - (inset photo: taken in 1998 when he won)

March 19: Women’s 3,000m individual pursuit

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• Katie Mactier with her gold medal
• The women's IP podium (l-r): Kate Bates, Katie Mactier and Emma Jones

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• New Zealander Alison Shanks in action in the women's 3000m individual pursuit
• Australian Kate Bates awaits her ride in the women's 3000m individual time trial
• Kate Mactier (L) of Australia nabs Wendy Houvenaghel of England in the home turn of the women's 3000m individual pursuit
• Kate Mactier ( R ) of Australia overtakes Wendy Houvenaghel England in a round of the 3000m individual pursuit
• Wow! This track cycling is great…
• Kate Mactier powers to victory in the 3000m individual pursuit in Melbourne
• Melbourne's own Kate Mactier powers towards a gold medal in the 3000m women's individual pursuit
• Australian Kate Mactier wins another Commonwealth Games gold medal in Melbourne
• Kate Mactier from Melbourne is elated to win another gold medal for the Aussies
• Gold medal winner, Kate Mactier gets a hug from boyfriend Greg Henderson of New Zealand
• Mactier can't believe another gold medal is hers as she is congratulated by coach John Beasley
• The women's 3000m individual pursuit podium (L-R): Kate Bates (Australia, 2nd), Kate Mactier (Australia, 1st), and Emma Jones (England, 3rd)
• The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. John Howard meets the South African coach on the infield at Vodafone Arena

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• Uracca Leow Hoay Sim gets encouragement
• Iona Wynter (Jamaica)
• Alexis Rhodes (Australia)
• Katrina Hair (Scotland)
• Alexis Rhodes (Australia)
• Alison Shanks (New Zealand)
• Katherine Bates (Australia)
• Emma Jones (England) took the bronze medal
• Paddy Walker (New Zealand)
• Alison Shanks (New Zealand) finished fourth
• Katherine Bates (Australia)
• Katherine Bates (Australia)
• Wendy Houvenaghel (England)
• Katherine Bates caught Paddy Walker in the qualifier
• Katie Mactier (Australia) won gold and set a new Commonwealth Games record
• Wendy Houvenaghel about to be caught by Katie Mactier
• Mactier caught Houvenaghel, only to be re-passed (Houvenaghel was disqualified)
• Mactier caught Houvenaghel during her Games Record ride, only to be re-passed (Houvenaghel was disqualified)
• The podium: Katherine Bates (2nd), Katie Mactier (1st), Emma Jones (3rd)
• Emma Jones
• Mactier looks across at rival Bates
• Katie Mactier celebrates her victory
• Katie Mactier celebrates her victory

March 18: Women’s sprint

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• Kerrie Meares (Australia) set the third fastest time in qualifying
• Anna Meares (Australia) was second-fastest
• Victoria Pendleton (England) set a Commonwealth Games record in the sprint qualifying
• Anna Meares (Australia) burned Fiona Carswell (New Zealand) off her wheel
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) had to go high to get around Elisabeth Williams (New Zealand)
• Anna Meares and Victoria Pendleton in the third and deciding ride
• Victoria Pendleton celebrates her win
• Victoria Pendleton flies the flag for England
• Three fast ladies... Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Kerrie Meares
• Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Kerrie Meares
• Kerrie Meares is congratulated by her Mum and Dad
• Kerrie Meares won the bronze from the front and the back
• Meares and Pendleton jockey for position in the gold medal final
• Pendleton was too fast for Anna Meares
• Kerrie tried, but sister Anna was just too fast
• Elisabeth Williams tried, but was no match for Kerrie Meares in the bronze medal final
• The Meares sisters had a restart after Kerrie touched the wall during a track stand

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• Standstill tactics in play as the Meares sisters contest their semi-final
• Elizabeth Willliam (NZl) gave it her all, but was beaten to bronze by Kerrie Meares (Aus)
• Anna Meares (Aus) gives Victoria Pendleton (Eng) a good look at the fence in the ride off for gold - a tactic which worked for Kerrie Meares in Manchester in 2002
• Anna Meares (Aus) won the second heat in the gold medal ride-off, but Victoria Pendleton (Eng) took the gold medal 2-1
• The sprint podium watches the flags being raised - (l-r) Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Kerrie Meares

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• Kerrie Meares (l) of Australia outlasts New Zealand's Elizabeth Williams for the bronze medal in the women's sprint
• Now let me see… I'd really like another medal
• Victoria Pendelton of England (l) Anna Meares (Australia) drive to the line in their best of three series for the gold medal
• Now get out there and win us a gold medal!!
• Victoria Pendleton (England) gets a helping hand at the start from England's track cycling coach Aussie Shane Sutton
• Anna Meares (Australia) leads England's Victoria Pendleton in their quest for gold in Melbourne
• Anna Meares (Australia) keeps watch on Victoria Pendleton (England) in the home straight
• Meares (r) and Pendleton head for the finish in the women's sprint final
• England's Victoria Pendleton starts to celebrate her gold medal ride down the back straight
• Victoria Pendleton (England) rode brilliantly to outlast Aussie sprint star Anna Meares to win the gold medal
• A happy Victoria Pendleton (England) on the podium with her gold medal
• Happy medals winners in Melbourne (l-r): Anna Meares (Australia, silver), Victoria Pendleton (England, gold), and Kerrie Meares (Australia, bronze)

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• Victoria Pendleton (England) edges out Anna Meares in the final
• Celebration time for Victoria Pendleton
• The women's sprint podium (l-r): Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton and Kerrie Meares

March 18: Men’s sprint

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• Justin Grace (New Zealand)
• Shane Perkins (Australia)
• Ryan Bayley (Australia)
• Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica) surprised people with his speed - he is training at the UCI Cycling Centre in Switzerland
• Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
• Ross Edgar (Scotland) posted the best time
• Travis Smith (Canada) was 5th in qulifying
• Ross Edgar (Scotland) keeping his eye on Sufian Mohamad Hafiz (Malaysia)
• Matthew Crampton (England) and Nathan Seddon (New Zealand)
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) had no trouble with Justin Grace
• Josiah Ng (Malaysia) was very nearly upset by Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
• Travis Smith (Canada) had to come around Shane Perkins (Australia) in the final corner
• Edgar and Smith went to three rides in the semis
• Matt Crampton received a bye through to the semis after Lynch was disqualified for his second warning about moving around too much
• Librizzi wasn't a match for Bayley
• Smith took Ng in two straight in the quarter finals
• Ryan Bayley - gold #2
• The men's sprint podium (l-r): Ross Edgar, Ryan Bayley, Travis Smith
• Smith took the bronze in two straight
• Bayley came over the top of Edgar for the gold
• Ross Edgar and Travis Smith were the only pair to require three rides in the semis
• Crampton tried hard but was no match for Bayley's speed
• Bayley celebrates his second gold in two days

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• Travis Smith flying the flag for Canada after claiming a bronze medal in the men's sprint
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) leads Ross Edgar (Scotland) during their three race sprint series for the gold medal
• Another gold to Australian Ryan Bayley in the men's sprint series
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) salutes the crowd after winning his second gold medal of the Games
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) gets a hug from his sister Kristine after winning gold in Melbourne
• Elvis has just entered the Commonwealth Games cycling venue at Vodafone Arena
• Travis Smith of Canada in action in the bronze medal ride-off in the men's sprint
• Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica) was disqualified from the men's sprint series for altering his line in the dash to the finish
• Marco Librizzi (Scotland) gets a helping hand to the start… and what's under ya kilt?
• Bayley and Librizzi play cat and mouse in their heat of the sprint series
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) keeps an eye out for any challengers in the sprint series
• Canadian Travis Smith holds out England's Matthew Crampton for the bronze medal in the men's sprint
• Scotland's Ross Edgar leads Aussie Ryan Bayley in a best of three race for the gold medal in the men's sprint
• Bayley (l) and Edgar go for it…

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• Australia's Ryan Bayley salutes the crowd after his dominant display
• 'Hey, how was that?' asks Ryan Bayley after his win
• Ryan Bayley jumped early in the final and did the job

March 18: Men’s 4,000m team pursuit

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• Malaysia qualified fourth and goes up against New Zealand for the bronze
• South Africa finished fifth, outside the medal round
• The England team qualified first
• New Zealand qualified third and are almost a certainty for the bronze
• The English team were a blur as they qualified first
• England in full flight
• Australia qualified second setting up the now-almost-traditional final showdown
• Australia
• The yellow and green blur of Australia
• Malaysia couldn't match the power of the Kiwis and were caught
• New Zealand caught Malaysia to win the bronze
• England on the way to gold
• Australia would take silver
• New Zealand rode a strong, disciplined ride to take the bronze
• A silver for Australia
• The English team were in a class of their own
• England was near-perfect in its formation
• England took the gold
• Australia took an early lead in the final, but couldn't hold off England
• England lived up to their favoured status
• The three strongest nations were Australia, England and New Zealand

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• The Australian pursuit team relax before their gold medal attempt against the English
• Cycling Australia High Performance Manager Kevin Tabotta ( R ) keeps an eye on the Aussie team's pursuit members
• Members of Cycling Australia (l-r) Shayne Bannon, Kevin Tabotta, Martin Barras and Gennie Sheer at the 'Games'
• Aussie, Aussie, Aussie… you fill in the blanks!
• In the pits at Vodafone Arena, home of the 2006 Commonwealth Games cycling programme
• A heavy media presence from all over the world at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• The Malaysian pursuit team in action against New Zealand in the Bronze medal ride-off
• A focussed New Zealand pursuit team ride towards a Bronze medal
• The Aussie pursuit team leave the starting gate in Melbourne
• The pursuit team from England keeping a straight line towards a gold medal
• Peter Dawson leads the Australian pursuit team around Vodafone Arena
• Paul Manning leads the English charge
• The quartet from England lean into a bend in Melbourne
• Melbourne 2006 and a silver medal to the Australian pursuit team
• The lads from England begin their celebrations after claiming gold in the team's pursuit

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• England's crack track crew ride their way to gold in Melbourne
• The english pursuit team on the podium in Melbourne
• In perfect formation the English team rode to gold

March 17: Men’s 40km points race

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• A very happy Sean Finning after winning the men's points race
• Sean Finning (Australia) on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's points race
• The men's points podium (L to R): Hayden Roulston (2nd), Sean Finning (1st) and Geraint Thomas (3rd)

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• Peter Dawson (R) of Australia leads Mark Cavendish (L) of the Isle of Man into the home straight in the men's 50km points race
• The heat is on in the men's 50km points score race
• New Zealander Greg Henderson was one of the hot favourites to take gold in the men's 50km points score race
• Greg Henderson (New Zealand) failed to finish in the medals in the men's 50km points score
• A Canadian duo had the national maple leaf prominent throught-out the 50km
• Riders swing round Vodafone Arena in the men's 50km points score race
• Sean Finning (Australia) leads Scotland's Evan Oliphant (L) into the home straight
• Aussie Sean Finning looking ahead to a gold medal in the 50km points score race
• The Isle of Man's Mark Cavendish on the attack
• Isle of Man pair Mark Cavendish (L) and Mark Kelly in action during the men's 50km points score
• Peter Dawson leads Australian teammate Sean Finning around Vodafone Arena
• A trio of Kiwis leads a pair of Aussies...
• You bloody beauty! ...can I say that after winning a gold medal?
• Sean Finning and Peter Dawson of Australia celebrate after Finning took gold in the men's 50km points race
• Hey Sean, you’re the man...
• A pat on the head for gold medalist Sean Finning of Australia
• Melbourne 2006 a moment Sean Finning will never forget
• The Aussie flag comes out to play again...
• Sean Finning (Australia) with his gold medal from the men's 50km points race
• The podium from the men's 50km points score (L-R): Hayden Roulston (New Zealand, Silver), Sean Finning (Australia, Gold), and Geraint Thomas (Wales, Bronze)

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• Sean Finning (Australia) gold medal
• Hayden Roulston, Sean Finning, Geraint Thomas
• Zach Bell (Canada) and Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man)
• Sean Finning (Australia)
• Geraint Thomas (Wales) bronze medal
• Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man)
• Australia took control of the race early on
• Martin Gilbert (Canada)
• Peter Dawson (Australia)
• Martin Gilbert (Canada) and Ian Stannard (England)
• Evan Oliphant (Scotland) was aggressive all race
• Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) silver medal

March 17: Men’s keirin

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• Bayley on the front in the final of the men's keirin, with Kersten and Smith following
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) with the Aussie flag after winning the men's keirin
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) salutes the crowd after his win
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) embraces his family after winning the men's keirin
• The men's keirin podium (L to R): Travis Smith (2nd), Ryan Bayley (1st) and Ross Edgar (3rd)
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) salutes from the podium with his gold medal

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• Ryan Bayley (Australia) salutes the crowd after another gold medal winning ride in the keirin final
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) wears the Australian flag which is becoming fashionable at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) with his gold medal from the keirin
• Ryan Bayley (Australia) is the centre of attention after his gold medal winning ride in the keirin
• The podium from the keirin: Travis Smith (2nd), Ryan Bayley (1st) and Ross Edgar (3rd)

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• Bayley and Staff before their Keirin race
• Ryan Bayley leads Travis Smith and Justin Grace
• Staff and Bayley made it through the first round but Josiah Ng had to go to the repechage
• Travis Smith, Ryan Bayley, Ross Edgar
• Staff and Bayley made it through the first round but Josiah Ng had to go to the repechage
• Jamie Staff and Shane Kelly
• Jamie Staff and Shane Kelly
• Shane Kelly and Ross Edgar outkicked Travis Smith, forcing Smith into the repechage
• Matthew Crampton was disqualified after he and John Cumberbatch (Bar) had a shoving match in their round heat
• Keirin final 1 lap to go
• Travis Smith celebrates

March 17: Women’s 25km points race

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• Action from the women's points race
• Kate Bates and Rochelle Gilmore ride close to each other
• Kate Bates (Australia) winner of the women's points race
• Kate Bates and Alexis Rhodes celebrate their gold and silver in the women's points race
• The podium (L to R): Rochelle Gilmore (2nd), Kate Bates (1st) and Kate Cullen (3rd)
• Aussie 1-2: Rochelle Gilmore (L, 2nd), and Kate Bates (R, 1st)

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• The hair has to be right for an assault at a Commonwealth Games medal
• The field makes its way around Vodafone Arena in the women's 25km points race
• The bunch in the women's 25km points race makes its way around Vodafone Arena
• Kate Bates of Australia leads the field around and towards her gold medal in the 25km points event
• Rochelle Gilmore of Australia (L) and Mandy Poitras of Canada go head to head for sprint points in the women's 25km points race
• Kate Bates of Australia is congratulated by family after claiming gold in the 25km Point's Score race
• The women's podium from the 25km points race (L-R): Rochelle Gilmore (Australia, Silver), Kate Bates (Australia, Gold), and Kate Cullen (Scotland, Bronze)

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• Rochelle Gilmore, Katie Bates, Kate Cullen
• Rochelle Gilmore, Katie Bates, Kate Cullen
• A different view of the track
• Mandy Poitras (Canada) fifth place
• Speed on the track
• Emma Jones (England) and Iona Wynter (Jamaica)
• Gina Grain (Canada) finished fourth
• Mandy Poitras (Canada)
• Katherine Bates and Rochelle Gilmore
• Team Australia the strength of the race
• Mandy Poitras and Gina Grain (Canada)
• Alexis Rhodes (l) and Rochelle Gilmore
• Gina Grain came within 1 point of taking the bronze
• Bates celebrated with her family
• Bates celebrated with her family
• The Australians controlled the race
• Bates and Gilmore celebrate

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• Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) on the way to silver
• Kate Bates (Aus) checks for opponents on her way to gold
• Gina Grain (Can) in the shadow of bronze medallist, Kate Cullen (Sco)
• The Aussies in the blur of the action
• Kate Bates leads the finish order - Gilmore (Aus), Cullen (Sco) and Grain (Can)
• Kate Bates leads the strong Australian team
• A hug for schoolfriends as Kate Bates' parents look on
• The medallists salute the crowd (L-R): Gilmore (Aus), Bates (Aus), Cullen (Sco)

March 16: Men’s 4,000m individual pursuit

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• Paul Manning (England) powers his way to the individual pursuit gold
• England's Rob Hayles en route to second place
• Paul Manning (England) flies around the velodrome
• Paul Manning (England) acknowledges the crowd after his victory

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• Paul Manning (Great Britain) thumps the air after winning gold in the men's Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
• The all England podium from the men's Individual Pursuit, (L-R): Robert Hayles (Silver), Paul Manning (Gold), and Stephen Cummings (Bronze)

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• Svein Tuft (Canada) would qualify 11th
• Faces of starters on the big screen
• Zack Bell (Canada) qualified eighth
• Peter Dawson (Australia) - a surprising eighth
• Paul Manning (England) - fastest qualifier and fastest in the final too
• Amirrudin Jamaludin (Malaysia) - lots of potential a nation that has just started to take track seriously
• Rupert Rheeder (South Africa) qualified 12th
• Mark Jamieson (Australia) was hoping for better than seventh
• Rob Hayles (England) came up against Manning in an all-England final
• Jason Allen (New Zealand) - the only rider not from England to make the finals
• Michael Hutchinson (Northern Ireland) on the way to sixth in qualifying
• Steven Cummings (England) improved on his qualifying ride to take the bronze
• Peter Dawson (Australia)
• Steven Cummings (England)
• Steven Cummings (England)
• Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) qualified eighth
• Paul Manning catches Hayden Roulston in qualifying
• Mark Jamieson (Australia) gets underway in qualifying
• Rob Hayles (England)
• Rob Hayles passes Mark Jamieson in qualifying
• A clean sweep for England in the men's pursuit

March 16: Men’s 1,000m time trial

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• Ben Kersten (Australia) setting the best time
• Ben Kersten (Australia) is a blur on the track
• Jason Queally (England) en route to silver
• Ben Kersten (Australia) celebrates his win
• Ben Kersten (Australia) runs up the track with his road bike and Aussie flag after winning the kilometre time trial
• Ben Kersten (Australia) celebrates his win with the Australian flag
• Ben Kersten (Australia) celebrates with his family
• The podium (L to R): Jason Queally (2nd), Ben Kersten (1st), and Chris Hoy (3rd)

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• Victorian Sport's Minister Justin Madden was an interested spectator at the first night of competition in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
• Ben Kersten straps in for a tilt at the men's kilometre time trial
• Scotland's Chris Hoy begins his attack on the men's kilometre ride against the clock
• Ben Kersten powers into the home straight and another gold medal to Australia
• Ben Kersten salutes the crowd after winning the men's kilometre time trial at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Chris Hoy from Scotland contemplates a medal ride in Melbourne
• Chris Hoy was a firm favourite in the men's kilometre time trial at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
• Jason Queally from Great Britian in pursuit of a medal in the men's kilometre time trial
• You little beauty!! An elated Ben Kersten after winning gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games
• Ben Kersten climbs into the crowd at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne after claiming gold in the men's kilometre time trial
• Ben Kersten rejoices his gold medal with the Australian flag in a lap of honour at Vodafone Arena
• The podium (L to R): Jason Queally (2nd), Ben Kersten (1st), and Chris Hoy (3rd)

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• Jason Queally (England) was the fastest visitor with the silver medal
• Cam MacKinnon (Canada) on the way to sixth
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) had a fast start but faded to bronze in the second half
• Cam MacKinnon (Canada)
• Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand) finished fifth
• Ben Kersten (Australia) - the second cycling gold of the evening for the host nation
• Ben Kersten (Australia) pours on the power
• Ben Kersten (Australia) - tucked and focused
• Jason Queally (England)
• Jason Queally (England)
• Cam MacKinnon (Canada)
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) - a massive effort at the start.
• Yannik Morin (Canada) on the way to eighth
• Hayden Godfrey (New Zealand)
• Craig MacLean (Scotland)
• Craig MacLean (Scotland) was just out of the medals
• Ben Kersten (Australia) shows the effort
• Ben Kersten (Australia)
• Ben Kersten celebrates
• Ben Kersten
• Kersten upset the favourites
• Olympic champion Hoy had to settle for bronze
• Australia's medal winners

March 16: Women’s 500m time trial

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• Anna Meares (Australia) during her winning ride
• Anna Meares (Australia) celebrates her gold medal
• Victoria Pendleton (England) on the way to silver
• Kerrie Meares (Australia) made it two podium places for Australia and the Meares clan!

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• Kerrie Meares awaits the start to her ride against the clock in the 500m time trial
• Kerrie Meares takes a breath at the gates before riding to a bronze medal
• Kerrie Meares gives it her all in the finishing straight of the women's 500m time trial
• Victoria Pendelton from Great Britain in her pursuit of a medal in the women's 500m time trial
• Anna Meares drives to the line to victory and an Aussie gold medal in the women's 500m time trial
• See, I told you so… another gold medal to Australian Anna Meares
• Gold medalist Anna Meares grabs an Australian flag of her parents after riding to victory in the women's 500m time trial in Melbourne
• This one's for you mum and dad… Gold medalist Anna Meares points to her mum and dad who were watching her for the first time at International level
• The Meares sisters, Anna (L) and Kerrie celebrate their Commonwealth Games medals with family after the presentation

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• Kerrie Meares (Australia) on the way to the bronze medal
• Elizabeth Williams (New Zealand) took fifth place
• Victoria Pendleton (England) grabbed silver
• Victoria Pendleton (England) - the silver medalist
• Anna Meares (Australia) set a new Games record
• Anna Meares (Australia) - a Commonwealth gold medal to go with her Olympic gold.
• A very happy Anna Meares
• The Meares sisters congratulate each other
• The Meares sisters salute their parents