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Great Britain set second set world record in women's pursuit - update
In a thrilling women’s team sprint final Great Britain came from behind to beat world champions Australia and set a new world record in the process, clocking a time of 32.754.
The Australian duo of Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch had set a new world record of 32.828 earlier in the day at the London Olympic velodrome and went into the final as favourites. They led the race throughout until Britain’s Victoria Pendleton stormed back with a final lap time of 13.962 to secure the gold medal.
"It is unbelievable when the crowd roars. I was shaking on my bike," said Pendleton.
"I didn't think we were going to go faster in the final but we did. We're a fairly new team. We tried something different in the final and it worked out."
In the ride for bronze France lost out to China.
Pursuit record falls
Great Britain secured a second gold medal and another world record in the women's team pursuit, beating Canada with a time of 3.18.148. Australia had set a world record in the ride for bronze just a few minutes beforehand.
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