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Hebei claims men's individual pursuit cycling gold
14/10/2005 17:19

Wen Hairui awarded Hebei its first cycling gold after winning the men's 4-kilometer individual pursuit at the 10th National Games in Nanjing , East China on Friday.
Wen clocked in four minutes and 47.417 seconds to take the gold, while Zeng Zhaoyu of Liaoning won the silver in four minutes and 48.535 seconds.
Wen attributed to his lacking of lust win to exhaustion, saying "I am really tired today. After the first kilometer, I already felt exhausted, but I am happy to win the gold."
The bronze went to defending champion Ma Yajun of Henan in 4:45. 468.
"I should do better in the preliminary stage," said Ma.
In the preliminary stage, Wen topped the table after breaking the finish line in 4:41.026, Zen placed second in 4:41.418, following by Ma and Song Shuhai of Guangdong in the third and fourth places respectively.
Thus, Wen and Zen got the chance to compete for the gold, while Ma and Song were only enpowered to bike for the bronze.

 



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