Tag: Sir Chris Hoy
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Play roles in Queen’s Baton ceremony
Glasgow, Oct 7, 2013: Her Majesty The Queen will launch the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace next week (Wednesday, 9 October) at a public ceremony featuring Scotland’s greatest-ever Commonwealth and Olympic athletes, Allan Wells MBE and Sir Chris Hoy MBE. The ceremony will be attended by Commonwealth and Games dignitaries and broadcast…
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Sir Chris Hoy launches Glasgow’s one-year countdown
Glasgow – Scotland, July 23, 2013: Six-time Olympian and double Commonwealth Gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy today (Tuesday 23 July) fired off a festival day of sporting and interactive fun in Glasgow as the city and Scotland celebrated the magical one-year milestone to the Commonwealth Games. Sir Chris kick-started a day of celebration by…
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Second world record for Aussie golden girl Meares
Melbourne-Australia, April 08, 2012: Second world record Meares, Australia’s Anna Meares broke her second world record of the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships to blitz the field in the women’s 500m time trial on the final night of competition. It was the eighth world record of the championships. The result was enough to ensure…
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AUSTRALIA SHOOTS TO THE TOP OF THE MEDAL TABLE
Melbourne-Australia, April 07, 2012: AUSTRALIA SHOOTS TOP, Australia’s Anna Meares is aiming for her fourth 500 metres individual time trial crown on the final day of the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne on Sunday. Meares won her first world title at the velodrome in Melbourne’s Olympic Park in 2004 and after defending…
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Hisense Arena is hotting up – Day 2 review
MELBOURNE – Australia: Anna Meares is on track to defend her women’s sprint title at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Friday. But the Australian has a road block in rival Victoria Pendleton from Great Britain to overcome first in the semi-finals at Hisense Arena. Meares broke the world record for the flying…