Britain breaks men’s team sprint world record at OlympicsAugust 2, 2012 - 21:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Britain took a step towards defending their men's Olympic team pursuit title after dominating qualifying in a new world record time at the London velodrome on Thursday, August 2, AFP said. Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Peter Kennaugh and Geraint Thomas combined to clock 3min 52.499sec for the 16-lap, 4km event, beating their own record of 3:53.295 set in Melbourne in April. The top eight teams qualify for the first round of the competition, which will be held on Friday. The top two teams in the first round qualify for the gold medal match while the next two fastest will battle for bronze. Australia, regarded as Britain's closest rivals in the 16-lap 4 km event, finished second fastest in 3:55.694 -- well behind the 3:51 that many team coaches have said will be required to win Olympic gold. New Zealand were third in 3:57.607, Denmark fourth in 3:58.298 and Russia fifth in 3:59.265. Completing the top eight were Spain, Colombia and the Netherlands. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |