KARACHI: Bradley Wiggins has become the most medalled Briton in Olympic history. Now all that remains to happen in his glory-filled year is his knighting in the Queen's New Year's Eve honours. At least that was the word after Wiggins, 32, backed up from his historic Tour de France victory to claim gold in the men's 44km time trial on Wednesday.
Wiggins bagged the fourth Olympic gold medal of his career here Wednesday after blitzing his rivals to win the men's road race time trial.
Wiggins, crownedBritain's first yellow jersey champion just 10 days ago, crossed in 50min 39sec for the 44 km race against the clock which started and finished at the former residence of King Henry VIII,HamptonCourtPalace.
Germany's reigning world champion Tony Martin finished second, some 42 seconds slower than Wiggins, for silver, withBritain's Chris Froome taking the bronze.
A few hours after Helen Glover and Heather Stanning claimedBritain's firstLondongold, Wiggins was in a class of his own, his perfect position on the bike unmatched by his rivals.
“I cannot put it into words. I wouldn't do it justice,” said Wiggins, who overtook Sir Steve Redgrave's record of six medals with his seventh from the Olympics.
“To win an Olympic gold in your home city, when you win in the velodrome, there are three or four thousand people cheering,” he added.
“Here, around the streets ofLondon, the noise is just amazing. I don't think anything will top that. I've just won the Tour de France. It's just been phenomenal,” Wiggins further said.
His performances will come as a huge relief forBritain’s cycling team after they failed to lead Mark Cavendish to gold in the road race on Saturday.
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