CYCLING: Hoy leads way.Olympic champion Chris Hoy Chris Hoy MBE (born March 23, 1976 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish track cyclist and Olympic Games gold and silver medal winner. Prior to taking up track cycling, Hoy had raced BMX and competed at rowing for the Scottish junior team winning Silver in the 1993 British leads the British team's quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the medals in the World Track Cycling Championship in America at the end of the month. Hoy, the defending champion in the kilometre time trial and Jamie Staff, the keirin world title holder, are in a 15-strong British squad for the Los Angeles championship from March 24-27. Hoy is seen as Britain's best hope of a medal in the absence of Bradley Wiggins who is concentrating on his professional road racing career |
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