British Empire rules the boards on the Olympic velodrome,
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Wrap up from the OlympicÂÂ velodrome. Britian is clearly head of the class on the velodrome this year winning seven of the ten goldÂÂ medals and a 
number of silver’s as well. They also won the women’s road race. The US was shut out on the track for the second Olympics in a row.
Hoy wins men’s track cycling sprint gold
BEIJING (AP) _ Britain’s Chris Hoy has taken his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, beating teammate Jason Kenny in the men’s track cycling sprint.
Hoy, the silver medalist from Sydney and reigning world champion, 
defeated Kenny in two races in the final at the Laoshan Velodrome to complete a perfect week. It was the last gold to be decided in the velodrome and left Britain with seven of the 10 gold medals in track cycling. This AP photo captures Hoy wipe a tear while holding his three gold medals.
The silver was Kenny’s second medal. He took gold alongside Hoy in the men’s team sprint on Friday.
France’s Mickael Bourgain beat Germany’s Maximilian Levy of Germany for the bronze.Argentina wins gold in the track cycling madison
BEIJING (AP) _ Britain’s Victoria Pendleton has beaten Australia’s Anna Meares for the gold medal in the women’s track 
cycling sprint.
Pendleton, a three-time world champion in the event, swept Tuesday’s best-of-three final, 2-0.
Meares — who suffered a near-catastrophic injury at a World Cup race near Los Angeles 
seven months ago — won the bronze in the sprint at the Athens Games four years ago. This AP photo shows the tactics of forcing your opponent in the sprint to take the lead. The referee is timing them and watching to make sure they do not go backward.
BEIJING (AP) _ Argentina’s Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez have won the gold medal in the men’s madison, their nation’s first track cycling medal of the Beijing Olympics.
Argentina had eight points, one more than silver-medalist Spain and two more than bronze-winning Russia on Tuesday.I think this photo captures the emotions and pride 
these men have in their win and their homeland.
It was an upset loss for Britain, the heavy favorites with Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins — who was bidding to pass Burton Downing of the United States as the most-decorated Olympic track cyclist of all time — finishing eighth.
The madison is a 200-lap, two-man race where teams collect points in sprints held every 20 laps. Only one rider from each nation is racing at a time.
Pendleton wins women’s track cycling sprint gold
China’s Guo Shuang beat Willy Kanis of the Netherlands for the bronze.
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