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s Bradley Wiggins the most- famous man in Britain? .'■ He could well be af
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I ston, near Chdrley, became the I Tour’s first British winner on July 22nd and became the first man to win the yellow jersey and 01)Tnpic gold in the same year after
an.imperious per formance in the 44-kilometre. time trial atHampton Court. . The success saw Wiggins
Olympic gold. . The 32-year-old from Eccle-
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ancholy. 1 realised on the po dium that that’s probably it for me. I don’t think anything is going to top that.” Wiggins has won three in dividual titles
performance like that together nine days after the Tour and win another Olympic title in another event, it is never, ever going to get any better than that,’’Wiggins said. “There is almost slight mel
ing to sink in for the man who has gone from relative obscu rity just a few weeks ago to become known as “Wiggo” throughout the land. “To go out there and put a
ment and one which is unlikely to be repeated any time soon. . The reality is only just start
claim a fourth Olympic gold : and a seventh medal in all, sur passing Sir Steve Redgrave’s British record haul. • . . ' It is an astonishing achieve
ter following his Tour, de France win .'.followed up by!
;..and one team gold medal and . s e ^ n medals in all in a range .?^i?'s.';jP>',ncs from 4km in the individual and team pursuit
• to the 40km Madison and the timetnal.
The British record haul lwhich, given five-time medal
ist Sir Chris Hoy is competing in two events in the velocfrome
IS now set to stand until Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
; • • Wiggins said: “To be men tioned in the same breath as people like Steve Redgrave ?P,4 Hoy is an honour
- Ultimately it’s all about the gold medals once you’ve been .Olynipic champion.
m Rio, depending on the reac tion of his wife Cath.
Wiggins could target a fifth
t h i ^ , going back to the track in the team pursuit where it all started and trying to win a fifth. But that|s a long way off.”
d• He added; “I could envisage, epending on what my wife own hero!
have got together to offer Bra dley a whole host of goodies on his return for him and his fam ily including eve^thing from free nights out to ice-cream for his two children! Bradley, we salute our veiy
nationah^Kro. And nearer to home J ^ i s the man eveiy- one wantslp. buy a drink - the Farmer’s Aims in Eccleston in case you are wondering! And in Chorley the traders
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I Robert plays a part in historic moment
OBERT Bale insists he couldn’t have planned ■ a better London 2012
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a role in American swimmer Michael Phelps becomingUie greatest Olympian of all time. - :
qualified for the 4x200m free style relay at the Olympic trials in March. ■
The 22-year-oId haSionly
most of his opportunity when he got into the pool with his team mates. . ;
But he made sure he made the Bale, who has based himself
in Lancaster, swimming the- third leg, helped a British quar
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penultimate swimmer for the medal showdown, leu'an Lloyd replacing Cany and occupying the second leg, and helped the team to sixth. The British quar tet clocked a pretty good time of 7:09.33 minutes, but it was noth ing compared to the American team that included Phelps. • They stormed to gold in
tet of himself, David Carry, Ross Davenport and Robbie Renwick reach the final fifth fastest, Bale retained his place as the
6:59.70 as Phelps, who earlier claimed 200m butterfly silver, grabbed a record-breaking 19th Olympic medal. That broke the*
‘ “Swimming against these top guys is amazing. It’s why I get up for train ing in the mornings, to compete with the best in the world, so to be here, on this stage, it’s just a dream come true for me.”
performances, so I think we can come away happy with that,” said Bale.
record of 18 held by gym nast Larisa Latynina and Bale admitted it was a pleasure to be part of his tory in London. “We all put in solid
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Beaten Fran stays positive
finest moment...but that may still be to come!
iOUTHPORT ^ swimmer Fran Hal- I sail admits London '2012 wasn’t her
ally great performance on a personal level.
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mer insists it will take more than some capital punish ment for her to turn her back on the sport anytime soon. She is vowing to come back stronger than ever in the coming years in a bid to emulate Team GB’s gener
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heartache in the 100m freestyle and 4xl00m freestyle final re lay, Halsall was also in action on the final day at the Aquatics Centre with two opportunities to end her London adventure bn a high.
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made of sterner stuff and after going through her nightmare she is determined to bounce back in style.
al race saw her touch home in 24.47 seconds, being forced to watch on knowing that her per sonal best of 24.11 would have been good enough for silver. However Halsall insists she is
Halsall’s final individual med it
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