среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Germany pulls off 2 escapes to win team pursuit

Germany repeated as the gold medalist in the women's pursuit and Canada beat the United States in the men's team pursuit final at the Vancouver Olympics.

Germany edged Japan by two-hundredths of a second after escaping the semifinals with Anni Friesinger-Postma's belly slide across the line.

Katrin Mattscherodt replaced Friesinger-Postma in Saturday's final, teaming with Stephanie Beckert and Daniela Anschutz Thoms to overcome a deficit of nearly two seconds midway through the race.

Poland claimed the women's bronze, overcoming the United States.

No one cut it closer than the German women.

Matched against the Americans in …

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