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More hardware Zijlaard wins time women's time trial for third goldLatest: Thursday October 12, 2000 03:10 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (CNNSI.com) -- Leontien Zijlaard of the Netherlands won the women's time trial Saturday with a 36-second victory. Zijlaard has now won three gold medals in Sydney. She won gold medals in the road race and 3,000-meter individual pursuit, where she set a world record, and also took silver in the points race. "If someone would have said to me I would win three gold medals in the Olympics, I wouldn't have believed it," said Zijlaard, who missed the Atlanta Games while trying to conquer an eating disorder. "Now I've got three golds and I'm very, very pleased about it," she said. She covered the 18-mile time trial course in 42 minutes flat, well ahead of silver medalist Mari Holden of the United States, who finished in 42:36. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli of France won the bronze in 42:52. The Olympic course followed most of the road race course, and the turns made the event technically challenging. "When I saw the course, I was excited," Holden said. "I knew it was very technical and having done so many criteriums in the U.S., it was a benefit for me. I thought I had as good a chance as anyone." The men's individual time trial was scheduled for later in the day.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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