Uzbekistan wins cycling gold and silver


Associated Press
October 3

Sergey Krushevskiy of Uzbekistan pedaled to a gold medal and Alexandre Vinokourov won the silver Thursday in the men's 169.4-kilometer individual road race at the Asian Games.

Battling blustery winds, Krushevskiy covered the hilly seven-lap course in rural northern Busan in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 59 seconds. Vinokourov sprinted across the line at 4:18.24. The bronze went to Hong Kong's Wong Kam Po, who finished in 4:19.17.

Riders head to the track Friday for the men's 200-meter flying start, 4-kilometer individual pursuit, team sprint and 1-kilometer time trial. The women compete in the 200-meter flying start, 500-meter time trial and 3-kilometer pursuit.

Second place Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan sticks her tongue out while she performs her beam exercise during the women's individual all around finals of the gymnastics competition at the Asian Games in Pusan October 3, 2002. Zhang Nan of China won the competition and her compatriot Kang Xin was third. REUTERS/Tom Szlukovenyi