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Manning, Clancy, Thomas and Wiggins (BEIJING, August 18) — Great Britain rewrote the history books with an Olympic and world record in winning the Men’s Team Pursuit at the Laoshan Velodrome on Monday Beijing 2008 : Great Britain sets world mark and wins gold Great Britain nearly caught Denmark in the final lap to claim its first Men’s Team Pursuit gold medal since the London 1908 Olympic Games and improved on the previous record it set Sunday (3:55.202), finishing in 3:53.314. Denmark (4:00.040) was out-gunned from the beginning of the 4km, 16-lap test against the clock, taking their first Team Pursuit Olympic medal since a bronze in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. In the bronze medal round, New Zealand (3:57.776) scored an impressive victory ahead of defending Olympic champions Australia (3:59.006).

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