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29th Olympic Games - JO, Beijing, China, August 9-23, 2008

August 22: Men's Cross Country MTB, 34.4km

France's Julian Absalon had company
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
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Christoph Soukup (Austria)
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South African Burry Stander
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Canada's Seamus McGrath flatted
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Julien Absalon (France)
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This French fan has a son named Absalon.
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Julien Absalon (France) shares his win
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Fans line the final descent
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Julien Absalon celebrates his win.
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The Netherlands Bart Brentjens
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Adam Craig of the USA
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Fans packed the plaza
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Spain's Jose Hermida
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Geoff Kabush (Canada)
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Germany's Moritz Milatz
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The men's podium:
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Belgian cyclo-cross star Sven Nys
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France's Jean-Christophe Peraud
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Christoph Sauser was in contention all day
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American Todd Wells
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Geoff Kabush (Canada) got the holeshot
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Canada's Geoff Kabush got the holeshot and led
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Early on lap one it was a bit
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It was a bit of a traffic jam
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Great Britain's Liam Killeen went down,
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Fredrik Kessiakoff was at
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Christophe Sauser (Switzerland)
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Manuel Fumic (Germany)
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Jose Hermida (Spain)
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Christoph Sauser and Jean-Christophe Peraud
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Adam Craig (United States)
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Jianhua Ji (China)
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Todd Wells (United States)
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Federico Ramirez (Costa Rica)
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World champion Christoph Sauser (Switzerland)
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Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
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Seamus Mcgrath (Canada) rode the rim
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
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Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
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Manuel Fumic (Germany)
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Jose Hermida (Spain)
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Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden)
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Burry Stander (South Africa)
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Christoph Soukup (Austria)
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Liam Killeen (Great Britain)
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Roel Paulissen (Belgium)
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Geoff Kabush (Canada)
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Jianhua Ji (China)
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Kashi Leuchs (New Zealand)
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Filip Meirhaeghe (Belgium)
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Todd Wells (United States)
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Seamus McGrath (Canada)
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Liam Killeen (Great Britain)
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Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
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Adam Craig (United States)
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Bart Brentjens (Netherlands)
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
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Christoph Sauser (Switzerland)
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Sven Nys (Belgium)
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Julien Absalon (France)
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Julien Absalon (France) was delighted with
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France's Jean-Christophe Peraud (France)
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Nino Schurter (Switzerland) takes the bronze
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Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) pounded
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Julien Absalon (France) was the
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Podium (L-R): Jean-Christophe Peraud (France), Julien Absalon (France)
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Christoph Sauser chased the bronze medal hard
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The Australian Daniel McConnell had some trouble
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The coach had to get a rock out
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Julian Absalon followed rule #1
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Absalon nows a thing about winning
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Absalon had to keep his body fluid.
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Niko Schurter decided to take the drink
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Absalon and the loneliness of the cross country
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Jean-Christophe Peraud completed France's triumph
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Sven Nys (Belgium) scored a ninth place.
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Manuel Fumic was with the Swiss riders
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There were huge crowds at the course.
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Switzerland's Nino Schurter sprinted hard
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Absalon dominated his way
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Peraud ended the day in second
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