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■ of the “Colne Cyclone” Steven Burke. His treasured, inestimable ac-


■ drome during the past two weeks. Among the highlights of those golden performances, was that


- picked up a staggering seven gold medals in the Olympic Velo-


• And none more.than our magnificent cyclists who have


----3 flame has burned bright for North West Olympians at London 2012.


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colade in Great Britain’s cycling team pursuit at the Velodrome ensured Pendle boasted more ' gold medals than 35 countries represented at the Games.


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; only just set in qualifying for the final, a stag­ gering achieve­ ment by any­ one’s standards. St e v e n , a


. a second off the world record which they had


: The' 24-year-old teamed up alongside Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Peter Kennaugh for Team GB in the vociferous 6,000 capacity Olympic caldron to-help shatter their own world record against finalists Australia when clocking three minutes 51.659 seconds. T h a t. knocked nearly


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GOLDEN BOYS: Steven Burke, second left, with his teammates and (inset) pictured in action


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former Colne Park Hi g h School and Nelson and Colne College in d en t, has improved


the men’s individual pursuit at Beijing in 2008.


bronze medal he won in on th e


hometown a hero. He will be offered the highest honour Pehdle Council can pro­


And he is set to return to his


vide for a resident as he will be made Honorary Freeman of the Borough in recognition of his out- standmg achievement.


mm A day to remember


I HORLEY’S Stuart Stokes will •never forget his final competitive ^race,afterbeing waved off by a par-


-iiase, took place on the day of action which featured GB’s golden girl Jessica Ennis’ first


Sta __ tisan British crowd at the Olympic His event, the men’s 3,000m Steeple-


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day of competition, when she started to pull ahead of the field.


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It was a day when the crowd within the Stokes


regrets at all. I am walking off with my head held high, because I couldn’t have done any more. It is a great climax to a lot of work.”


an athletics era. Having missed out on se­ lection for the last three Olympics, Stokes’ story is a throwback to a different age and couldn’t be further from Ennis’ - with a full-time teaching job at Holy Cross RC High School in Chorley being juggled with a young family and training. Yet he was com­ peting there alongside her in the stadium. He said: “I have no complaints and no


Stokes’ Olympic debut felt like the end of


I - . 'A 1 SILVER LINING: Samantha Murray crosses the line to claim an much deserved silver medal Samantha an mspiration to all kLITHEROE’S Samantha


^Murray was the last athlete jtpclaim a medal for Team 'GB.


stunning 16 days especially as only four years ago the 22-year-old was watching the Beijing Games on


the finish line following a gruel­ ling five events in the modem pen- tathlete she was not just claiming a remarkable silver medal put she was responsible for capping off the most successful games for Great Britain in the past centuty. It was an incredible end to a ”


• When the 22-year-old crossed


the combined run and shoot which saw her move from fourth into sec­ ond place: “I had a lot to make up on, so I needed that run. I made a few mistakes today. I ’m just so pleased. My legs kept running for me, and I’m so happy. Four years ago I was doing my A-levels at


university in Bath that she was en­ couraged to perssue her dream of competing at an international level. The Preston-bom star said after


sideration of competing this time around. It was only when she went to


television Without a serious con­


forming to an international level. “I started at the University of Bath in 2008 and since then I’ve


* body can do anything they really want to do.”


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school. I’d started pentathlon al­ ready but I was by no means per­


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the crowd at the arena when she took to the podium to claim her silver medal behind the world champion modem pentathlete, the Latvian Laura Asadauskaite.


She.received a huge cheer from


•if there’s anything you want to achieve in life, you can do it. If I can do it, I ’m a normal girl, any-


progressed through the-ranks. ‘Honestly, if you have a goal,


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