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Cycling
Ullrich and his servants sweep the board
28 September: Even if you had no idea where an Olympic event was being held in Sydney, it would be easy to track it down by the helicopters. To date, the maximum count is 13 visible in the sky at the same time.

Koalas, pigs and a Mighty Mouse
25 September: Stephen Bierley joins the pack at the mountain biking

Madison avenue shut to British
22 September: Britain's Rob Hayles yesterday confirmed his status as the unluckiest cyclist in Sydney when a pile-up deprived him and his team-mate Bradley Wiggins of a fifth British cycling medal in the madison relay at the Dunc Gray velodrome.

Keen hits the jackpot with his free hand
20 September: Cycling's success story is based on one man's vision and lottery funding, says Richard Williams.

Britain wins fourth cycling medal
19 September: The British men's pursuit team on Tuesday claimed a bronze medal after a race-off with France.

McGregor turns her lottery cash to bronze
19 September: After nearly a decade training on inhospitable Pennine roads, Yvonne McGregor's career met a cruel impasse.

Queally puts wheels on Britain's medal train
18 September: Jason Queally tried to get some sleep, but his mind was whirring. Above him, was the gold medal. By last night a silver snuggled alongside it.

So where has this band of British cyclists sprung from?
18 September: Thus far in Sydney, Britain's strike rate on the velodrome has been unmatched in any other sport.

To Sydney via Stourbridge
9 September: Boardman goes back to his first routes in preparation for the Olympics

Equestrian


Four cheers for a very British sort of silver
20 September: Australia won, of course, but there was relief all round for the Poms, writes Matthew Engel.

Britain wins equestrian team silver
19 September: Great Britain has won a silver in the three-day equestrian even, finishing behind Australia.

All clear as eventing survives its critical test
19 September: Near the Olympic equestrian centre a small bushfire sent smoke into a cloudless sky. Was this a funeral pyre for the death of three-day eventing?

Stark vision rides above snake alarm
18 September: Britain are in a good position to challenge for the gold medal but could face an unexpected obstacle: snakes.

Eventing faces Stark facts of life
15 September: Richard Meade's three gold medals in 1968 and 1972 lifted eventing to a level of public acclaim in Britain out ol proportion to its limited constituency.







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