Untouchable Absalon defends Olympic crown
(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
BEIJING (AP) If anyone was doubting Julien Absalon after he lost the mountain biking world championship title he had taken for four straight years, his display on Saturday should allay their fears.
The Frenchman dominated the men's Olympic event, pulling ahead of his rivals and then never allowing the gap to diminish.
"He was above my level," conceded Jean-Christophe Peraud, Absalon's teammate who took the silver medal. "You have to be having a really great day to get close to him."
Summer Games News
- Thursday, November 26, 2009 -
OLYMPICS_DOLY_CYC Headlines
- Untouchable Absalon defends Olympic crown
- No medals for US Beijing Olympic mountain bikers
- Absalon defends his gold in men's mountain biking
- Spitz easily wins Olympic mountain bike gold medal
- Reade fails, but British coach still pushing BMX
- Americans win 3 medals in Olympic BMX finals
- Strombergs wins men's Olympic BMX gold medal
- Bennett races in semifinals with injured shoulder
- Bennett gets extra day to heal, Olympic races off
- Rain pushes women's mountain bike race to Saturday
| Medal Count | ||||
| Cycling | ||||
| G | S | B | Total | |
| AFG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Medals Table | ||||
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