Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain compete during qualifying for the men's team pursuit track cycling event held at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain compete during qualifying for the men's team pursuit track cycling event held at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain compete during qualifying for the men's team pursuit track cycling event held at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain compete during qualifying for the men's team pursuit track cycling event held at the Laoshan Velodrome.

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Gold and world record for British cyclists

Britain wins the men's team pursuit gold medal, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record they set yesterday.

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BEIJING // Britain won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record they set yesterday. The team of Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and individual pursuit gold medallist Bradley Wiggins finished the 4,000 metres in three minutes, 53.314 seconds, almost overlapping the silver medal-winning Denmark team. New Zealand beat archrivals Australia to take the bronze medal.

*AP

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