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Anna Meares Winning Women's Individual Sprint Last Ever Race at London olympics
- Published_at:2012-08-07
- Category:Sports
- Channel:TheClickup
- tags: Anna Meares, Australia's Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton, Anna Meares Win, London Olympics Gold medalist, 2012 London Olympics, London Olympics, Results Latest, updates, live, stream, video
- description: Victoria Pendleton's career ended in disappointment as she was beaten by Anna Meares in the women's individual sprint final in her last ever race. Pendleton won the first race of the three-leg final against Australia's Meares by a thousandth of a second but was then disqualified for riding out of the sprinters' lane. The Briton - the defending champion - tried to hit back in race two. But a stunning Meares finish gave her a 2-0 win and left Pendleton with silver. Guo Shuang of China took bronze after beating Germany's Kristina Vogel 2-0. Anna Meares of Australia in controversial fashion, 2-0 in the best-of-three final. And rather than retiring disappointed, the Olympic record holder was more pleased to sign off from the world of cycling with a silver medal. "I am so relieved right now," she said. "I'm sort of a bit overwhelmed by emotion I would have loved to have won on my final race but I'm kind of just so glad that it's all done and I can move on. "I'm glad that it got to that stage, I think she is the best rider in the field and it's the way it should have been, if everything turned out right it should have been Anna and myself in the final she's a fantastic competitor.
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