Nicole Cooke Wins Britain’s First Gold Medal
Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke claimed Britain’s first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning a thrilling women’s road race.
25 year old Cooke was in a group of five that pulled away from the peloton in the 6km uphill climb to the finish and
timed her finish to perfection, edging ahead of Emma Johansson and Tatiana Guderzo in the sprint to the line!
She clocked a time of three hours, 32 minutes and 24 seconds and is Britain’s first ever Olympic medalist in this event.
Well done Nicole! Shame you couldn’t celebrate with the Welsh flag….
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August 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
yea i watch the race on tv - i didn;t expect such perfomance
August 13th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Nice win Nicole Cooke….well done to Britain for their gold medal
August 14th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Great win for Nicole, just need a few more to add to the total now. C’mon team GB
September 1st, 2008 at 5:16 am
I wish South Africa had done a little better in the games oh well harder work for in 4 years
September 7th, 2008 at 2:52 am
Congrats to Nicole:)
September 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Britain did extremely well overall in these games, great lead in for 2012