Meares triumphs over adversity to win silver

(Wednesday 20 August 2008)

Anna Meares won silver in the women’s track cycling sprint, claiming Australia’s only medal in cycling.

Last year Meares suffered a serious accident and cracked vertebra that could have left her a quadriplegic.

 "But two weeks after my crash all I wanted to do was get back on the bike. From that stage I really believed that it was worth the effort to put in and try and get here and I'm really proud of that silver" says Meares.

"It's probably the proudest moment. I'm the youngest of four children and they're all at home watching me, and tonight it just hit home that my parents got to see an Olympic silver."

(read the full story at http://www.theage.com.au/news/cycling/silver-caps-remarkable-comeback/2008/08/20/1218911734432.html)

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