2006 Commonwealth Games - JR

Melbourne, Australia, March 16-26, 2006

Photography

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

March 22: MTB training

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• England has one entry in the women's race - Amy Hunt
• The always smiling Kiara Bisaro is a strong medal contender
• Kiara Bisaro (Canada) enters the Rock Garden
• Kashi Leuchs (NZ) is a strong medal contender
• Myra Moller from the Cook Islands
• Scotland's lone entry in the women's race - Ruth McGavigan
• Seamus McGrath (Canada) negotiates a turn in the Rock Garden
• Seamus McGrath (Canada) won silver at the last Commonwealth Games
• A rather different way of descending the Rock Garden by one of the Ugandan riders
• Almost down...
• Ouch!
• This unique rig was built especially for the Games, and will run along beside the track on the climb
• Geoff Kabush (Canada) is the favourite
• Oli Beckingsale (England) could be on the podium
• Oli Beckingsale (England) is a medal contender
• Through the berms with 2 K to go
• One of the Scots negotiates the berms

March 15: Training

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• Members of the Malaysian team train for the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the track in Melbourne. Malaysia's top medal hope Josiah Ng was absent from training due to an illness, according to their Australian coach Lyn Dixon.
• Lyn "mother of two" Nixon encourages the riders of the Malaysian cycling team. Nixon is almost as small and lean as the elite athletes she's coaching but her ambitions are even stronger. Just three months after taking control of the Malaysian cycling team competing at the Commonwealth Games, Nixon and assistant coach John Beazley, another Australian, believe their charges are heading places fast.
• Greg Henderson (New Zealand) is one of his country's strongest medal hopes - the former world points race champion has also had a successful career on the road in the USA.
• Members of the New Zealand men's pursuit team practice on the velodrome. New Zealand is strongly tipped to medal in the team pursuit, but the final is expected to be between Australia and the UK.
• A member of the New Zealand team trains on teh trackin melbourne
• Members of the Australian team headed by Rochelle Gilmore get in some laps.
• Cam McKinnon of the Canadian team trains ahead of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, 14 March 2006
• Alexis Rhodes (Australia) training on the track. Rhodes has made a remarkable recovery after being one of five riders injured in the crash that killed her AIS team-mate Amy Gillett last year.

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• One of the English team trains on the velodrome
• Riders circle the track in the velodrome
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) trains behind a derny
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) the defending Kilo champion
• One of the Scottish team prepares for a training session
• Chris Hoy (Scotland) and Jason Queally (England) on the track