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New Zealand's team pursuit squad picked up an Olympic bronze medal today with the sweetest possible of victories - over Australia at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Hayden Roulston, Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan and Jesse Sergent sped away to win by 1.23 seconds over their trans-Tasman rivals.
Britain won the men's team pursuit gold medal, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier.
The team of Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas and individual pursuit gold medalist Bradley Wiggins finished the 4,000 meters in 3 minutes, 53.314 seconds, almost overtaking the silver medal-winning Denmark in the final.
- NZPA, AP
