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Argentina Wins Gold in the Track Cycling Madison
Posted by tmg820 on 8/21/2008

BEIJING -- Argentina's Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando
Perez have won the gold medal in the men's madison, their nation's
first track cycling medal of the Beijing Olympics.

Argentina had eight points Tuesday, one more than silver-medalist Spain and two more than bronze-winning Russia.

It
was an upset loss for Britain, the heavy favorites with Mark Cavendish
and Bradley Wiggins -- who was bidding to pass Burton Downing of the
United States as the most-decorated Olympic track cyclist of all time
-- finishing eighth.

The madison is a 200-lap, two-man race where
teams collect points in sprints held every 20 laps. Only one rider from
each nation is racing at a time.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

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