Tumbleweed Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 LONDON Double Tour de France winner Nicole Cooke believes an innovative new team set-up can help Great Britain claim an unprecedented haul of cycling medals at the Beijing Olympics in August.Cooke, who has yet to win an Olympic medal despite enjoying success in almost every other area of her sport, will lead the new Team GB Halfords Bikehut squad of ten women and two men.The Welsh rider is convinced that the new 'ProNat' structure, jointly funded by sponsors and the national federation, will boost Team GB's hopes of gold in Beijing. New Great Britain ProNat team primed for season
Tumbleweed Posted January 28, 2008 Author Posted January 28, 2008 more women's olympic news ADELAIDE - Australian cyclist Anna Meares, winner of the 2004 Olympic 500-meter gold medal in track cycling, could miss a chance to defend her title due to a serious race accident.Meares suffered a fractured neck vertebrae and dislocated shoulder in a crash during a track cycling World Cup meet in Los Angeles nine days ago.The crash has put her Beijing Olympic selection in jeopardy and forced her out of Australian and world championship meets."I realize that I'm pretty lucky with the injuries that I have come away with," Meares said Tuesday. "The C2 vertebrae, so I have been told, is the one that controls all your breathing and if that goes, so too does your life." Olympic champion Meares could miss Beijing due to race accident
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