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	Clara Hughes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clara Hughes (born September 27, 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports.
		Hughes participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, in the individual road race and the individual time trial.
		In the 2000/2001 season, Hughes made a successful comeback to speed skating, resulting in participating in the World Single Distance Championships in Salt Lake City, where she finished 11th at the 3000 m.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clara_Hughes (484 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hughes started her sporting career with speed skating, but in 1990 she started competitive cycling.
		Hughes made Canadian and Olympic history when, at Salt Lake in 2002, she became the fourth athlete in the world and the first Canadian to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games by capturing a bronze in the women's 3000m speed skating event.
		Hughes joins Eddie Eagan of the United States, Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway and Christa Rothenburger-Luding of East Germany as the only athletes to win a medal in both an Olympic Winter Games and Summer Games.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Clara-Hughes (1911 words)

	Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clara Hughes (born September 27 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater and has won Olympic medals in sports.
		In the 2000/2001 season Hughes made a comeback to speed skating resulting in participating the World Single Distance Championships in Salt City where she finished 11th at the m.
		Clara Butt stood 6-foot-2 with a frame to match and a voice that easily spanned the range between a soprano's top notes and a b...
	www.freeglossary.com /Clara_Hughes (287 words)

	CANOE 2002 Games - Team Canada - Clara Hughes
		Clara Hughes is one of the big stories to emerge in Canadian sports over the past year but you'd never know it watching your local TV sportscast or reading your daily newspaper.
		A double Olympic bronze medallist in cycling at the 1996 Olympics, Hughes is headed to her first Winter Games with a legitimate shot for a medal in the women's 5'000-metres.
		Hughes could become the first Canadian to win a medal at both a winter and summer Olympics.
	www.jamshowbiz.com /2002GamesTeamCanadaBiosA2M/hughes.html (258 words)

	Athlete_ClaraH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clara Hughes, one of the most successful athletes in Canada in two sports, is not just a role model as a cyclist and speed skater, but in also in character.
		Clara's appreciation for the world around her has led her into the world of art.
		Clara says she began speed skating in 2000 because "it is such a beautiful way to move." This comment is a testament to her respect for the sport.
	www.oval.ucalgary.ca /athlete/athlete_ClaraH.htm (455 words)

	Clara Hughes News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Olympic gold medal skater Clara Hughes donated $10,000 of her personal savings to the Right To Play charity and so far Canadians have dug deep to the tune of an additional $200,000.
		Canadians have been quick to heed Clara Hughes's call for cash for a charity that helps children in impoverished, war-torn areas, after the Olympic champion announced she plans to donate $10,000 of her own...
		Immediately after her triumph in the 5,000 metres here, Clara Hughes said she had $10,000 in the bank and she was going to donate it to Right to Play, the organization formed by Norwegian skater Johann Olav...
	www.topix.net /winter-sports/clara-hughes (611 words)

	Cycling: Clara Hughes
		Double Olympic bronze medallist Clara Hughes is back and eager to win more Olympic medals this fall in Sydney.
		Hughes' 2000 highlight so far was winning the final stage in spectacular fashion at the Tour de l'Aude in France.
		After the 2000 Games Hughes has announced her plans to pursue a career in long track speed skating.
	www.canoe.ca /2000GamesBiosA2M/hughes.html (315 words)

	Clara Hughes: Summer & Winter Olympic Medallist
		Clara Hughes is one of the biggest stories to ever emerge in Canadian sports.
		Clara decided to return to the sport that she has competed in as a teenager - speed skating.
		In 2003 Clara won her first World Cup Gold Medal in the 3000m event and a Gold Medal in the 5000m at the World Championships.
	www.speakers.ca /hughes_clara.aspx (238 words)

	Hughes, Clara
		Hughes, Clara (born on September 27, 1972 at Winnipeg, Man).
		After 10 years and at the age of 28, Hughes returned to her first love, speed skating.
		Hughes made Canadian and Olympic history when, at Salt Lake in 2002, she became the fourth athlete in the world and the first Canadian to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games by winning a bronze in the women's 3000m speed skating event.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=J1ARTJ0009580 (477 words)

	Pedal - Canada's Cycling Magazine
		August 28, 2003 - Clara Hughes, the double Olympic bronze medallist in cycling at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games and bronze medallist in speed skating at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, announced today that she will be leaving the sport of cycling to return her full-time focus to speed skating.
		Hughes, a Winnipeg native who resides in Glen Sutton, Quebec, is a relative rookie on the national speed skating scene.
		Clara finishes her cycling career on a high note winning three medals at the recent Pan American Games and was chosen to carry the Canadian flag in the closing ceremonies.
	www.pedalmag.com /index.php?module=Section&action=viewdetail&item_id=1343 (570 words)

	Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clara Hughes (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won Olympic medals inboth sports.
		Hughes participated in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, the 1991, 1995, and 1999 Pan American Gamesin 1991 and the 1994 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
		In the 2000/2001 season, Hughes made a successful comeback to speed skating, resulting in participating in the World SingleDistance Championships in Salt Lake City, where she finished 11th at the 3000 m.
	www.therfcc.org /clara-hughes-247739.html (205 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Winnipeg’s Clara Hughes (right) shows off the bronze medal she won in the women’s 5,000 metre event on March 6, 2005, at the World Speed Skating Championships in Inzell, Germany.
		The image that stands out for Hughes from the just-completed worlds is not of the two gold, one silver and three bronze garnered, but of seeing her teammates from the sprint events cheering from the sidelines whenever the distance skaters raced.
		Hughes was pleased with her bronze-medal showing that matched her finish at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics but fell short of the gold won last year.
	www.metronews.ca /sports_news_fullstory.asp?id=6734 (641 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Speed Skating - Hughes denies Pechstein fourth straight gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hughes trailed Pechstein for 10 of the 12 1/2 laps, then charged ahead to finish in 6 minutes, 59.07 seconds.
		Al Bello/Getty ImagesCanada's Clara Hughes, center, won the 5000m over countrywoman Cindy Klassen, who became the most-decorated Olympian in Canadian history with five Torino medals, and Germany's Claudia Pechstein, who has won nine Olympic medals, the most ever by a speed skater.
		Hughes moved up to second on that list; between cycling and speed skating, she has one gold, one silver and three bronze.
	www.nbcolympics.com /speedskating/5133343/detail.html (676 words)

	Clara Hughes Article Archives by KeepMedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hughes gives us reason to believe Olympics are still worthwhile It was written in gold across the face of Clara Hughes.
		Clara Hughes poses with the her gold medal and the lucky gold Maple Leaf pin buried beneath the ice at Oval Lingotto.
		Clara Hughes of Canada passed Claudia Pechstein of Germany with two laps to go to win the Olympic gold medal in women's 5,000-meter speedskating yesterday in Turin, Italy, keeping Pechstein from becoming the...
	www.topix.net /winter-sports/clara-hughes/keepmedia (1420 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Viewpoint: Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A sure sign the Olympics are approaching is when the media begin their usual reports of unfinished facilities and missed deadlines.
		Clara Hughes is truly an athlete for all seasons: an Olympic medallist in both the Summer and Winter Games.
		Clara will be writing a series of columns for CBC Sports Online as the Olympics approach, weighing in with her insights into the meaning of sport and the Olympics in the lives of Canadians.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/columns/olympics/clara_hughes (900 words)

	Long Track - Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Whether she is racing on wheels or on skates, Clara Hughes knows what it takes to be the best.
		Clara has 13 North American road races left before she makes the final transition to speed skating.
		She skated competitively for 2 years and started cycling in 1990 as a means of cross-training for the winter sport.
	www.oval.ucalgary.ca /oval_olympics/oly_ClaraH.asp (411 words)

	Women Warriors - Athletes - Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hughes actually began her athletic career with speed skating at the age of 16, but switched to cycling at age 17.
		Surprising many in the cycling community, Hughes decided to hang up her bike in 2003 and continue pursuing her first love.
		Irrelevant of what her future in speed skating holds, her remarkable past achievements in both sports, have proven beyond a doubt that Hughes is a champion for all seasons.
	www.womenwarriors.ca /en/athletes/profile.asp?id=49 (518 words)

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		Speed skater Clara Hughes made Canadian history on Saturday when she skated brilliantly to a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres, becoming the first athlete from Canada, and the fourth in the history of the Games, to win medals in both summer and winter Olympics.
		Clara accomplished this amazing feat in just her second year in the sport, six years after she won two bronze medals in cycling at the Atlanta Games.
		It took time for her to realize that Clara Hughes was Clara Hughes partly because of this great head of red hair, and she hoped Sekwan Trottier would see that Sekwan is partly Sekwan because she has a head of beautiful fl hair.
	www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/FullStory.html&cf=tgam/common/FullStory.cfg&date=20020226&cache_key=national¤t_row=5&start_row=5&num_rows=1 (1217 words)

	Speaker Profile - Clara Hughes
		Clara Hughes is the only Canadian to win medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
		Inspired by the legendary Gaétan Boucher's performance in the Calgary Olympics, Hughes dreamed of competing as a speed skater in the Olympics.
		Through a series of twists of fate, she first competed on the Olympic stage in the summer games as a cyclist, where she won two bronze medals and had a long career on the competitive circuit.
	www.nsb.com /speakerbio.asp?name=Clara+Hughes (162 words)

	SLAM! Sports - PAN AM Games - Decision time for Clara
		Hughes, who almost didn't come to the XIV Pan-Am Games because of a bad back, won the silver in the individual road time trial.
		Hughes certainly pedalled faster than she tinkled after it was over, having spent 90 minutes trying to piddle for the drug testing people.
		Hughes is trying four events here and won't make up her mind about Athens until they're all done.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/PanAmGames/2003/08/12/159159.html (668 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Clara Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clara Hughes was on the Canadian squad that claimed silver in the women's team pursuit.
		Hughes, who finished third behind winner Claudia Pechstein of Germany and runner-up Gretha Smit of the Netherlands, became just the fourth athlete to win a medal at the Winter Games and Summer Games (she won two bronze medals in track cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Games).
		Hughes has built on her bronze medal in Salt Lake, winning the 5000m title at the 2004 World Single Distance Championships and taking third in the 5000m at the 2004 World Allround Championships.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5064887/detail.html (455 words)

	Clara Hughes Finishes Sixth in Olympic Cycling Time Trial
		SYDNEY (CP) -- Canadian cyclist Clara Hughes said goodbye to road racing with a ride she ranked among her best.
		Hughes, weakened by a cold that wouldn't go away, pushed herself to a threshold of pain beyond what most humans can endure.
		Leontien Zijlaard of the Netherlands won her third gold -- and fourth medal -- of the Games by turning two laps of the 15.6-kilometre course through the city's eastern neighbourhoods in 42 minutes flat -- an average of 44.56 kilometres an hour.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2000/cycling/hughes_sep30.htm (683 words)

	Speed Skating Canada - New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hughes, originally from Winnipeg, was in the next to last pair of the day with Renate Groenewold of the Netherlands.
		The Dutch speed skater, the reigning all around world champion, clocked 7:01.21 which stood for the gold while Hughes, the world champ in the distance, clocked 7:01.24 as both skaters made a furious rush down the final stretch.
		Hughes still leads the combined 3,000/5,000 World Cup standings after three events with 260 points, Groenewold is second at 240 and Groves third at 200.
	www.speedskating.ca /eng/story_detail.cfm?id=762 (333 words)

	Finishing for Fallen Friend
		Freezing from the cold, hard rain that pounded down most of the race, exhausted from the effort, and stuck in 43rd place, 10:18 behind the winner, Winnipeg cycling star Clara Hughes crossed the finish line of the women's road race yesterday and paid tribute to the friend who couldn't be here.
		Hughes started well in the 120-kilometre, seven-lap race that began and ended near the cricket field and football stadium in downtown Sydney.
		Hughes was as high as seventh after lap three, and she actually took the lead for a moment, but she flatted a tire, had to pull over, and never returned to the pack.
	www.caaws.ca /olympics/2000/cycling/_sep26.htm (470 words)

	SkiTrax - North America's Cross Country Skiing Magazine
		Hughes retired from amateur cycling in August 2003 and for the past two years has focused her attention solely on returning to the podium in long track speed skating at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin.
		Hughes' road to speed skating excellence began 17 years ago in the family room at her parents' home in Winnipeg as the then 16-year-old elected to take up the sport with the goal of competing at the Olympic Winter Games after watching the legendary Gaétan Boucher skate at the 1988 Games in Calgary.
		One year later, Hughes switched to cycling where she carved out a legendary career which, in addition to her two Olympic medals, includes winning five Pan American Games medals, twice reaching the podium at the Commonwealth Games, being a four-time women's Tour de France competitor and finishing her career as an 18-time National Champion.
	www.skitrax.com /index.php?module=Section&action=viewdetail&item_id=1952 (1945 words)

	Clara Hughes Qualifies for Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HEERENVEEN, Netherlands—Clara Hughes of Winnipeg added her name to Canada’s Olympic long track speed skating team on Saturday at the World Cup event.
		The three skaters are Cindy Klassen of Winnipeg and Kristina Groves of Ottawa, already both qualified in other events, while Hughes gets her first spot on the women’s team.
		Hughes, was a double bronze medallist in cycling at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.speedskating.ca /e/archives/jan02/long_track_jan12b.htm (113 words)

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