Sara Carrigan
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"Sara Carrigan" Order of Australia/OAM is a professional cycling/cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam.

She was formerly a member of Professional cycling Team, Van Bemmelen - AA Drink (NED). She lives in Nerang, Queensland/Nerang in Queensland and is a member of the Gold Coast Cats cycling club. She graduated from Somerset College in 1998 and completed her tertiary education at Griffith University [http://griffith.e-newsletter.com.au/pub/pubType/EN/pubID/92986ab6f93d3a1226bc/nc/fdbb9178727d746f9504/interface.html [ :: Griffith at the Commonwealth Games - Griffith University :: ]]

Her greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics/2004 Summer Olympics Women's Road race where she won the gold medal. With a few laps to the finish Carrigan crossed a gap to the leading group to join fellow Australian cyclist, Oenone Wood. At the start of the final lap Carrigan broke away, with only Judith Arndt of Germany following, leaving Wood to successfully distract the rest in the following group, allowing her to win the gold medal.

Carrigan was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

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We want to do something special after what happened.

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It's been a really hard year, ... I'm an Olympic champion yet I've only won one race. I've had a lot of seconds, but there's a lot of expectation when you are an Olympic champion.

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This year for me has been quiet. After a huge break at the end of the year this is the best I've felt since Athens.

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Every day after the accident I went to the hospital. It was the biggest highlight of the day to see how much better the girls were.

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These last few weeks is the best I have felt all year, but still its hard to feel where I am.

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I personally felt I just wanted to go home and be with my loved ones, but we all sat down together and said we're committed to the rest of the year and we have shown that in our results.

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