Cyc: Meares breaks Olympic record

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2008
Cyc: Meares breaks Olympic record

BEIJING, Aug 17 AAP - Australian track cycling star Anna Meares broke the Olympic record
for the flying 200m in sprint qualifying today.

Meares rode a scorching time of 11.140 seconds to break the old mark of 11.212, set
by compatriot Michelle Ferris at the 1996 Games.

The Queenslander has made an astonishing comeback from the January crash during a World
Cup race in Los Angeles that nearly left her with permanent spinal damage.

Meares suffered a fractured disc in her neck and was only millimetres away from paralysis.

Also today, the Australian teams pursuit squad qualified third-fastest in four minutes
2.041 seconds behind world champions Great Britiain and New Zealand, who were second fastest.

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