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Great Britains women defended their team pursuit title in a new world record time on another dominant night for Team GB in the Rio velodrome. Air Max 97 Silver Bullet Uomo .The quartet of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Elinor Barker, and Katie Archibald stopped the clock at 4 minutes and 10.236 seconds, the third time they have broken the world record this week.World champions the United States were a distant second, while Canada claimed bronze after defeating New Zealand.Moments after the team pursuiters claimed gold, Britains cyclists were celebrating another medal as Becky James came through the field to earn silver in the womens Keirin.The 24-year-old from Abergavenny left it late, running last in the final lap before powering through the field to pip Australias Anna Meares on the line and finish second behind Hollands Elis Ligtlee.The team pursuit gold was Britains third at the Olympic velodrome of the Games so far, while James silver meant it was four medals from four events entered by Team GB in the track schedule.It was unbelievable, said Trott, who made history as the first British woman to win three Olympic golds. I knew it was going to take a world record to win here and to do it three times is fantastic. It was just insane.A 4min 10sec is what [our coach] Paul Manning had targeted for us, so to come here and do it was just unbelievable. It just came together.Victory means Britain have claimed back-to-back team pursuit golds after triumphing in London, but Rowsell Shand admitted the quartet expected the result to be closer in Rio.Im incredibly proud of the whole team, she said. Im quite surprised at the time -- I knew that kind of time was possible and I knew that time was in us.In the first two rides America were close to us, they were only a second behind us in qualifying and then a tenth in the next round, so we knew it would be a close battle. We knew it would come down to the last laps.My turn was finished with three laps to go and I could see the Americans and I could see our team and I knew we could finish it off.Britain are now reigning Olympic champions in both mens and womens team pursuits, while the mens team sprint claimed gold on Thursday.The team is guaranteed another gold and a silver on Sunday when Jason Kenny meets countryman Callum Skinner in the individual sprint final.Press Association Sport contributed to this report. Nike Air Max 97 Offerta . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. Nike Silver 97 Uomo . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. 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EUGENE, Ore. -- Calling Inika McPherson the most unlikely of Olympians wouldnt be much of a stretch.Shes 5-foot-4 and competes in the high jump -- a discipline usually dominated by taller women.McPherson is also only a few months removed from a 21-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine.And yet, the 29-year-old will be on the U.S. team in Rio de Janeiro -- and sure to stand out, thanks to her blue-striped hair, a pair of red lips tattooed on the side of her face and a made-for-the-movies story that included washing dishes to make ends meet while she was waiting for the drug ban to elapse.I think everyone should march to their own beat, just really live life. But I came to the point where I was harming myself and my dreams, said McPherson, who finished third at track and field trials by leaping 6-4 -- or one foot higher than she stands.That positive test was jarring -- to her and her family. Her life at that point was moving too fast, she explained.McPherson tested positive after an in-competition sample she provided on June 29, 2014, at the USA championships in Sacramento, California. Her suspension was announced that December, with the ban made retroactive to July 27, 2014. It gave her a chance to return in time for trials.It was a surprise to me. I was like, `What is going on? No way this can be happening, said McPherson, who lives and trains in Houston. It was something that happened that I really learned from. Dont ever put yourself in that position or in that environment.The toughest part was having a conversation with her mom -- that she didnt have a drug problem, that she was just as perplexed.My mom was concerned at the beginning, `Whats going on in your life that you would test for that? McPherson explained. But we sat down and talked.Not to put it on the people I was around, but I turned into one of those people. I was hanging out with the wrong crew, going a different route. Im thankful for that whole experience, because I can share that so others wont have to go through that.It was painful to be away from a sport she fell in love with in fourth grade, after a gym teacher set up a makeshift high jump. They would run into the gym from the doorway and bound over the bar.Shes always been good, real good. She went to the University of California, where she finished fourth at NCAA indoor championships as a senior. Everything was progressing on an upward trajectory -- made the U.S. team for 2011 worlds, U.S. indoor runner-up in 2012, ouutdoor runner-up in 13 and outdoor champion in 14. Nike Tn Rosse. Then, she tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.It was more, `whats going to happen now? she said.McPherson worked at a temp agency and frequently drew assignments at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston as a dish washer.Sometimes, people who didnt know her would ask: What do you want to do one day?Her answer never wavered, even if it drew some raised eyebrows: Make the Olympic team.I never took my eye off the focus or the dream of what I wanted to accomplish, McPherson said.It was hard for her and her coach, Patrick Pyle, to always find a training facility. So they improvised in a gym at 24-Hour Fitness, simulating the high jump by running up to the basketball rim and trying to grab it. Turns out, McPherson has such hops she can actually dunk a tennis ball.We chose to go those unorthodox routes to keep things very fresh, Pyle explained. That way you didnt have the stress and the everyday routine of being at the track.Whatever they were doing certainly worked. McPherson finished third behind 32-year-old Chaunte Lowe and 18-year-old Vashti Cunningham, the daughter of longtime NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham.McPherson had even more pressure because, being away so long, she didnt have the Olympic qualifying standard of 6-4. She had to hit that at trials to secure her spot.Not a problem.I wasnt concerned at all, because I had (reached the standard) a couple of times before I got here, McPherson said. I was going to get it.McPherson is hardly your average height for a high jumper. Consider: Lowe is 5-9 and Cunningham 6-1.I have to work a little harder than the taller jumpers, she said, laughing. Its all good.One things for sure: She stands out. She dyes her hair whatever color strikes her and went with blue for the trials because, I looked around and saw a lot of blue.She also has more than 30 tattoos, including the eye-catching lips ink. She said it represents how a mother or a grandmother will kiss you on the cheek.Soon, she wants to add another tattoo -- the Olympic rings.Her family also is scrambling to get tickets to Rio. They dont want to miss this show.My family was supportive -- thats how I really made it through these two years, McPherson said. No way I could have done this alone.Sometimes, you have to ask for help.NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys NFL China Cheap Jerseys China China NFL Jerseys ' ' '