Australia make it eight in Apeldoorn

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The Australians rounded off a superb performance at the 2011 Track World Championships, taking more gold medals on the final day of competition on Sunday. What Great Britain did in Majorca in the last Olympic cycle, the Australians did in Apeldoorn.

The Cyclones won eight gold medals in total, six of which were in Olympic events. Anna Meares was the star of the show, winning gold in all three Olympic sprint events and setting herself up as the standout favourite, 17 months out from London 2012.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.