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Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:30 pm EDT

The Medal Stand: Bradley Wiggins knows how to celebrate

By Nick Friedell

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If you won two gold medals what would you do? If you're Bradley Wiggins, who won two cycling golds in Beijing, you roll over the front of a taxi cab. The excited Brit didn't get into any trouble though, he just showed the driver his medals and took some pictures. It must feel good to be an Olympic champion. [Telegraph]

If I were staying in Beijing, I would want to hang out here. [NY Times]

Nate Schierholtz's slide is getting replayed a lot in the Giants' clubhouse. [Mercury News]

Just how many endorsement deals will Michael Phelps have in the next year? I'm setting the over/under at 50. I'll take the over. [Baltimore Sun]

Bill Plaschke was really impressed by Henry Cejudo. [LA Times]

Photo via Getty Images

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  1. Zippo
    1. Posted by Zippo Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:01 pm EDT

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    Rolled over the hood of a taxi cab? For some reason I find the image of this particulary funny. But gratz to him
  2. Douglas E
    2. Posted by Douglas E Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:47 pm EDT

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    How in the world has Britain won so many medals esp in cycling? I never see them doing well in the tour de france (although saying that I think one of their riders won a stage or two).
    Also...in the medal table on the official olympic page the Brits are in third....here on yahoo and other places they only have them in fourth or fifth....what is the story there?
  3. jazzman
    3. Posted by jazzman Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:32 pm EDT

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    Great line from a CNN interview with a Brit in a London Pub: "Team GB's medals all come from sports where you're sitting on your bum." Actually, pretty close, at last count 27 out of 38. about 70%.
  4. gwylynn
    4. Posted by gwylynn Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:15 pm EDT

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    Re No 3. The official table is ordered by the number of gold medals
  5. jazzman
    5. Posted by jazzman Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:32 pm EDT

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    Douglas E,
    The Brits are winning in Sprint and Pursuit, which are track cycling event and totally different from road biking. The UK women did win the road race and time trial. But the men did not do so well. UK is a flat country and the mountainous Tour De France is dominated by climbers and time trial guys. The Brits have some good riders. But to win the tour de france... well that's the ultimate road race that everyone shoots for.
  6. Trevor B
    6. Posted by Trevor B Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:20 pm EDT

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    The medal count either goes by point value of medals or by most Gold or by most amount of medals.

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