British Pendleton wins women's sprint cycling Olympic gold

  2008-08-19 11:28:06 GMT    2008-08-19 19:28:06 (Beijing Time)    Xinhua

British Pendleton wins women's sprint cycling Olympic gold

Victoria Pendleton (front) of Great Britain competes in the Women's Sprint Finals of the cycling-track event during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China, Aug. 19,

British Pendleton wins women's sprint cycling Olympic gold

Victoria Pendleton celebrates. (Photo credit: Wu Wei/Xinhua)

  BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Victoria Pendleton of Britain won the women's sprint cycling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

  Australian Anna Meares finished second and Chinese Guo Shuang got the bronze.