France Takes Gold and Silver in Men’s Mountain Biking at 2008 Olympic Games
August 23, 2008 by Carl Martens
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France finished one-two in the men’s mountain biking event at the Beijing Olympic games at Laoshan Mountain.
Julien Absalon claimed his second straigh Gold medal with a time of 1:55:59, just over a minute ahead of his compatriot Jean-Christophe Peraud who finsihed second. Julien is a four-time world champion and became the first man with two Olympic mountain biking titles with his win today.
The bronze medal was won by Nino Schurter of Switzerland. He beat out countryman Christoph Sauser who was the 2000 Olympic Bronze medalist by just two seconds!
“I realized that I was better going uphill than he was,” Schurter said afterwards.
“I was able to hold him off on the straights, and the last 15 seconds I definitely had the better of him.
“I really wanted a medal and I am more than happy.”
He added that he would do everything possible to become the favourite to win gold in the 2012 Games in London.
The United States, Adam Craig finished 29th and Todd Wells finished 43rd.
Today’s event was the final cycling competition of the Beijing Games.
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Carl H. Martens is founder of Made to Order Bikes, Inc. Originally from the burbs of Chicago, IL he now resides in the city of Roswell which is located just north of Atlanta. He enjoys riding Big Creek which is just down the road from where he lives.
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