SBS Cycling Central | Cycling News and Results | Highlights of 2012
The cycling highlights of the year from the Aussie channel - so lots of Anna Meares and Rachel Neylan!
The final clash in a long battle Photos | Cyclingnews.com
From the CJ Farquharson’s best photos of 2012 gallery - click through and look at them all!
Best Of 2012 Aussie Cycling Women (by TheMulloswebcast)
Anna Meares shows off her Oppy Medal Photos | Cyclingnews.com
Anna Meares won pretty much everything at the Australian Cycling Awards - click through here to see who else won things, and here for photos, both on Cyclingnews - and check out this quote from Meares:
Meares revealed she has her sights on a fourth Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but will take a break before starting serious training.
“I would like to continue on for another four years through to Rio and the next Olympic campaign, but you won’t see me until next year as I will be taking a nice break,” Meares explained. “And in that break, this Olympic champion is looking forward to wearing my trackies around the house, gardening, walking my dog and annoying my husband.”
Yay! Four more years of Meares!
"Seems though after 18 yrs on the track i’m far better at turning left than right :)
— Anna Meares (@AnnaMeares) September 6, 2012
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Very Zoolander!
"Sitting in tonight to reply to all the kids letters I got from back home. Might be writing for a while yet :) twitter.com/AnnaMeares/sta…
— Anna Meares (@AnnaMeares) August 11, 2012
500m Podium - Track World Championships 2012
(via Photo Gallery)
1. Anna Meares, Australia, 0:00:33.010 - NEW WORLD RECORD!
2. Miriam Welte, Germany, 0:00:33.626
3. Jessica Varnish, Great Britain, 0:00:33.999
4. Kaarle McCulloch, 0:00:34.097
5. Wai Sze Lee, Hong Kong, 0:00:34.199
6. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez, Cuba, 0:00:34.215
7. Willy Kanis, Netherlands, 0:00:34.280
8. Sandie Clair, France, 0:00:34.314
9. Lyubov Shulika, Ukraine, 0:00:34.358
10. Jinjie Gong, China, 0:00:34.438
Anna Meares on her victory lap, after winning the 500m at the Track World Championships
” Anna Meares has smashed the world record to win her fourth 500 metre time trial crown and her second gold medal of the 2012 UCI Track World Championships.
It was the tenth career world title for the 28 year old who won her first senior gold medal on the same track in the same event at the 2004 world titles.”
Anna Meares, with her medal for the 500m - Track World Championships 2012
Keirin podium, Track World Championships 2012
(via Cycling Australia’s Photo Gallery)
1. Anna Meares, Australia
2. Ekaterina Gnidenko, Russia
3. Kristina Vogel, Germany
4. Shuang Guo, China
5. Clara Sanchez, France
6. Mu Di, China
7. Sandie Clair, France
8. Simona Krupeckaite, Lithuania
9. Kaarle McCulloch, Australia
10. Olena Tsos, Ukraine
Anna Meares, after winning the keirin in the Track World Champs 2012
Anna Meares after her keirin win at the 2012 Track World Champs
Anna Meares backed up from yesterday’s disappointment of third place in the sprint to successfully defend her keirin crown bringing the capacity crowd to their feet as she launched a burst of speed in the final 200 metres to come from the back of the six rider field and claim the win.
Anna Meares backed up from yesterday’s disappointment of third place in the sprint to successfully defend her keirin crown bringing the capacity crowd to their feet as she launched a burst of speed in the final 200 metres to come from the back of the six rider field and claim the win.
(via Cycling Australia’s Photo Gallery)
Meares celebrates before she’s even crossed the line! Now that’s class!
