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The four American cyclists who arrived for last month's Beijing Games wearing black masks and were subsequently ordered to apologize for offending the host nation are seeking an apology from the U.S. Olympic Committee. read more

BEIJING (AP) If anyone was doubting Julien Absalon after he lost the mountain biking world championship title he had taken for four straight years, his display on Saturday should allay their fears. read more

BEIJING (AP) - Julien Absalon of France won his second straight Olympic gold medal in men's mountain biking Saturday, easily holding off countryman Jean-Christophe Peraud for the title. read more

BEIJING (AP) Instead of coming to Beijing two weeks ago for the Olympic opening ceremony and all that the games can offer, the U.S. mountain bike team trained in South Korea, hoping that staying sharp there would lead to medal performances. read more

BEIJING (AP) Julien Absalon of France won his second straight Olympic gold medal in men's mountain biking Saturday, easily holding off countryman Jean-Christophe Peraud for the title. read more

BEIJING (AP) Sabine Spitz of Germany took the gold medal in the Olympic women's mountain bike race on Saturday, adding it to the bronze she won at the Athens Games four years ago. read more

BEIJING (AP) Instead of coming to Beijing two weeks ago for the Olympic opening ceremony and all that the games can offer, the U.S. mountain bike team trained in South Korea, hoping that staying sharp there would lead to medal performances. read more

BEIJING (AP) There was no golden ending to Shanaze Reade's Olympic story. Instead of standing on the victory rostrum, she left in a team car for x-rays on a possible broken hand. read more

BEIJING (AP) For a long time, Anne-Caroline Chausson resisted BMX. She was basically retired, after dominating downhill mountain-biking for a decade and with 13 world championship titles to her name. read more

BEIJING (AP) Halfway through the BMX men's gold medal race, Mike Day knew he was beaten, and the notion of leaving Beijing with only a silver medal represented an unfathomable disappointment. read more

BEIJING (AP) World champion Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the men's BMX gold on Friday, sweeping to the front at the start of the winner-take-all final and never losing control in the sport's first-ever Olympic finals. read more

BEIJING (AP) World champion Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the men's BMX gold on Friday, sweeping to the front at the start of the winner-take-all final and never losing control in the sport's first-ever Olympic finals. read more

BEIJING (AP) World champion Maris Strombergs of Latvia has won the gold medal in men's BMX cycling, holding off American stars Mike Day and Donny Robinson for the title. read more

BEIJING (AP) Despite a dislocated left shoulder, three-time world champion cyclist Kyle Bennett of the U.S. was able to race in the BMX semifinals Friday at the Beijing Olympics. read more