Women's road cycling
Gold medal winner Rohan Dennis of Australia, center, poses with silver medal winner Fred Wright of England, left, and bronze medal winner Geraint Thomas of Wales after the men's cycling individual time trials at the Commonwealth Games in West Park, Wolverhampton, England, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
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Netherlands' Ellen Van Dijk competes during the Women Elite individual time trial race at the World Road Cycling Championships in Bruges, Belgium, Monday Sept. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Ellen van Dijk claims 2nd time trial title at cycling worlds

By Samuel Petrequin Sep. 20, 2021 01:02 PM EDT

Kelsey Mitchell of Team Canada reacts to winning her heat during the track cycling women's sprint race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Kenny scores cycling gold for Brits, Valente same for US

By Dave Skretta Aug. 08, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom, of Malaysia, and Sergey Ponomaryov, of Kazakhstan, crash during the track cycling men’s keirin race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Danes win return of Madison to Olympic track cycling program

By Dave Skretta Aug. 07, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

Laura Kenny, right, and Kate Archibald, of Team Britain, react after winning the gold medal in the women's madison race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Kenny, Archibald win Olympic debut of women's Madison

By Dave Skretta Aug. 06, 2021 06:33 AM EDT

Athletes compete during the track cycling men's omnium tempo race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Braspennincx, Walls win track cycling gold at Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Aug. 05, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Frederik Madsen of Team Denmark and Charlie Tanfield of Team Britain (133) get up after crashing during the track cycling men's team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Germany, Netherlands beat Brits to win track cycling golds

By Dave Skretta Aug. 03, 2021 05:15 AM EDT

Shanju Bao, left, and Tianshi Zhong of Team China hug with their gold medals during a medal ceremony for the track cycling women's team sprint finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
EXPLAINER: Why track cycling records are falling at Olympics

By Dave Skretta Aug. 02, 2021 11:36 PM EDT

Tianshi Zhong, left, and Shanju Bao of Team China compete during a qualifying heat for track cycling women's team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
China's Bao, Zhong win Olympic women's team sprint gold

By Dave Skretta Aug. 02, 2021 05:34 AM EDT

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, competes in the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Chloe Dygert of the United States competes during the women's cycling individual time trial at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Team USA's cycling program off to rocky Olympics start

By Dave Skretta Jul. 28, 2021 10:20 PM EDT

Dmitriy Gruzdev of Kazakhstan, Nikias Arndt of Germany and Mohcine El Kouraji of Morocco compete in the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (Tim de Waele/Pool Photo via AP)
Olympics Latest: Latvia wins gold in men's 3-on-3

Jul. 27, 2021 08:40 PM EDT

Vineta Petersone of Latvia takes the first bend during a BMX Racing training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Organizer mishaps continue to plague cycling at Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Jul. 27, 2021 08:20 PM EDT

THIS CORRECTS TO GOLD, NOT BRONZE - Naohisa Takato of Japan, left, and Yang Yung-wei of Taiwan compete during their men's -60kg gold medal judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympics Latest: US men get off to fast start in volleyball

Jul. 23, 2021 08:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, file photo, Japan's Naohisa Takato, left, competes against Georgia's Amiran Papinashvili during the men's 60-kg judo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “I had enough of the humiliating experience of ending up with a bronze medal in Rio," Takato said. "In the Tokyo Olympics, I’ll definitely seize the gold. With whatever kind of judo, however unrefined that could be, I’ll get a gold medal and play ‘Kimigayo’ (Japan’s national anthem) in the awarding ceremony.” (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Japan's judoka stars look to calm nation's Olympic angst

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 23, 2021 12:03 PM EDT

Belgium's Wout Van Aert, second left, crosses the finish line to win ahead of Britain's Mark Cavendish, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, right, and Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, during the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 108.4 kilometers (67.4 miles) with start in Chatou and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France,Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Olympic cycling road races are studies in contrast

By Dave Skretta Jul. 22, 2021 10:15 PM EDT