Bradley Wiggins targets Olympic Gold Medal after Tour de France win
MARIA SAEED
KARACHI: Tour de France Champion Bradley Wiggins is to seek further glory in the first week of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The first Briton to win cycling's showcase event will start the Olympic time trial on August 1st, as favorite for the gold medal after dominating the event twice during the Tour de France.
The 32-year-old Londoner showed during the Tour that he can beat all comers in the race-against-the-clock, even after 2,175 miles of racing over three weeks in one of the ultimate endurance tests in all of sports.
“If I'm 100 percent honest, it's gold or nothing in London now, really,” Wiggins said. “That’s the way I'm treating the next nine days. I can't sit here and say I'll be happy with silver or happy with a bronze,” he added.
A million fans are expected to line the streets on Saturday when he will be part of the five-man Team GB squad.
Wiggins is taking part in two events at the Games. In Saturday’s 140km road race he will be part of the team attempting to put Mark Cavendish on the road to gold, and in the 44km time trial a week on Wednesday, he will be aiming for glory himself.
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