October 5, 2010 10:22 PM

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Australia win first two gold medals in cycling

Australia won the men's and women's time trial races in Commonwealth Games record times today, grabbing the first two gold medals in cycling at New Delhi 2010. Olympic and world champion, Anna Meares won the women's 500-meter time trial in 33.758 seconds, beating the record of 34.326 she set in 2006. Poland's Simona Krupeckaite holds the world record at 33.296 seconds. Scott Sunderland won the men's 1-kilometre time trial in 1 minute 1.411 seconds, beating the games record of 1:01.726 set by Chris Hoy of Scotland at Manchester in 2002. Meares' teammate Kaarle McCulloch took silver in 34.780 seconds in the women's race, while the bronze went to Becky James of Wales in 35.236 seconds. The 22-year-old Sunderland was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than silver medalist Mohamad Rizal Tisin of Malaysia, who finished at 1:02.768. New Zealander Edward Dawkins took bronze at 1:02.777. Jack Bobridge of Australia set a games record in the men's qualifying round of the individual pursuit, finishing the 4,000-meter race in four minutes, 14.845 seconds. Bobridge, who won the bronze medal in the event at the world championships, was competing against Peter Latham of New Zealand in the seventh heat.

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