Victoria Pendleton and Christine Ohuruogu win Gold for Great Britain!

Posted by fjgirls in August 19th, 2008

Victoria Pendleton of Team GB was hottly tipped to win Gold in the track cycling event, and she has just won today on Day 11 of the Beijing Olympics, her first career Olympic Gold in the Womens Sprint at the Laoshan Velodrome. She won convincingly, wining 2 races to beat the Australian Ann Meares of Australia into the silver medal.

Victoria Pendleton photo by teamxero

Victoria Pendleton Womens Sprint Final and Interview courtesy BBC

This is one of a further 4 golds that Team GB won on Tuesday to take the gold medal tally to 16. Supporting headlines:

Pendleton strikes gold
The Press Association
Victoria Pendleton won Britain’s seventh cycling gold of the Beijing Olympics with victory in the women’s sprint. The 27-year-old from Hitchin beat Anna …

Victoria Pendleton claims Olympic sprint gold
Times Online, UK
Victoria Pendleton of Britain beat Australian Anna Meares to claim her first Olympic gold in the final of the women’s sprint tournament. …

Pendleton powers to gold
Sportinglife.com, UK
Victoria Pendleton became the latest British cyclist to claim gold in the Laoshan Velodrome, winning the women’s sprint in fine style. …

Cyclist Pendleton wins gold, says Hoy is her hero
AFP -
BEIJING (AFP) — Victoria Pendleton admitted that winning a maiden Olympic gold will take a while to sink in. After capping a tough, three-day tournament to …

Christine Ohuruogo wins Gold in 400m Olympics Final

Christinie Ohuruogu CC photo by Paul Foot

Christine Ohuruogu at Birmingham Stadium CC photo by Paul_Foot

Christine Ohuruogu makes it a double for Team GB in the womens events with a solid track and field event Gold Win in the 400m Final. She won inside the 50 second mark at 49.62 seconds beating Jamaica’s Shericka Williams into Silver. A first and much needed gold for Team GB in a track and field event, in the jewel in the crown birds nest stadium, to add to the gold dominated wins in cycling, sailing and rowing!

Christine Ohuruogu 400m Final video courtesy BBC

Ohuruogu stuns Richards to take Olympic crown
AFP
BEIJING (AFP) — Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain produced a stunning race here on Tuesday to add Olympic gold to the world and Commonwealth crowns she …

Brilliant Ohuruogu lands 400m gold
The Press Association
Christine Ohuruogu sank to her knees in disbelief on Tuesday night after becoming the first British woman ever to win the Olympic 400metres title. …

UPDATE 2-Olympics-Athletics-Ohuruogu wins 400 gold for Britain
Reuters UK, UK
By Julian Linden BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Christine Ohuruogu surged to the women’s Olympic 400 metres title on Tuesday and provided Britain with their …

Ohuruogu wins stunning 400m gold
Times Online, UK
Christine Ohuruogu has completed one of the most sensational comebacks in sporting history by winning the Women’s 400 metres final at the Olympic Games. …

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