07 September 2008

Mountain Biking Event at 2008 Beijing Olympic

I watched the mountain biking event at 2008 Beijing Olympic. It was awesome...!!!

Results:

Men's XC:
1. Julien Absalon (France) - Gold
2. Jean-Christophe Peraud (France) - Silver
3. Nino Schurter (Switzerland) - Bronze

Notable riders are:
4. Christoph Sauser (Switzerland)
7. Liam Killeen (Great Britain)
10. Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain)
12. Oliver Beckingsale (Great Britain)
20. Geoff Kabush (Canada)
One lap behind - Adam Craig (USA)
Three laps behind - Todd Wells (USA)

Women's XC:
1. Sabine Spitz (German) - Gold
2. Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) - Silver
3. Irina Kalentyeva (Russia) - Bronze

Notable riders are:
5. Chengyuan Ren (China)
7. Mary Mcconneloug (USA)
8. Georgia Gould (USA)
DNF Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Norway)
DNF Margarita Fullana (Spain)
DNF Marie-Helene Premont (Canada)

Some photos:

Mens...










Womens...













A video from YouTube (added on 7 Aug 2009):