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Nicole Cooke - Olympics Gold Medal Winner from Wick

August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nicole and her Gold MedalLocal girl Nicole Cooke has done us proud winning a Gold Medal in the Beijing Olympic games.  Nicole is from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan. Nicole snatched victory in the Women’s Cycling Road Race against strong competition.

Best of luck in Wednesday’s time-trial.

Update 14th August 2008: Unfortunately Nicole came in 15th in the time-trial. Never mind!

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  • 1 Welsh Medal Winners Welcome Home | South Wales, UK // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    [...] bit of a soft spot for Nicole Cooke since she comes from close to where I live.  She’s from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan.  The welcoming crowd in Cardiff Bay today seemed to agree - the biggest cheer was saved for [...]

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