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Lancashire's Olympic heroes are guests of honour at Turf Moor

9:12am Monday 20th August 2012

EAST Lancashire's top Olympic heroes were given a rousing reception by thousands of football fans when they walked on to the pitch at Turf Moor.

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Call for parade of East Lancs Olympic stars

1:00pm Tuesday 14th August 2012

EAST Lancashire’s civic leaders have spoken of their pride in the area’s Olympians, and their hopes of a “lasting human legacy”.

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Burke: 'Winning gold was the best day of my life'

10:39am Friday 10th August 2012

HE won an Olympic gold medal, smashed a world record and stood on top of the podium in front of a partisan British crowd.

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Post box honour for golden boy Steven Burke

9:16am Monday 6th August 2012

OLYMPIC gold medal winner Steven Burke has helped give his home town of Colne the midas touch – with Royal Mail painting a post box gold in his honour.

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Colne Cyclone Burke wins Olympic gold medal

6:36pm Friday 3rd August 2012

COLNE'S Steven Burke has helped Great Britain to Olympic gold in cycling's team pursuit in a new world record time.

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'Colne Cyclone' Steven Burke in record breaking ride

6:01pm Thursday 2nd August 2012

Great Britain's team pursuit squad set a world record in qualifying on a night of high drama at the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome.

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Burke: 'Tour winner Wiggins is an inspiration'

11:11am Tuesday 24th July 2012

HE admits he is unlikely to follow Bradley Wiggins’ route from the team pursuit to the Tour de France, but Steven Burke believes the Great Britain cycling squad will be inspired in London by their fellow Briton’s historic achievement on the Champs Elysees.

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Burke in pursuit of team pursuit gold

1:48pm Tuesday 17th July 2012

AFTER breaking the world record in April, Steven Burke knows that the Great Britain team pursuit quartet will face the pressure of being favourites for a gold medal at the Olympics. But the Colne Cyclone believes their feat at the Track Cycling World Championships will give them vital confidence after insisting that Australia are one team who will certainly provide serious competition in London. The qualification round takes place at the London Velopark on August 2, with the medal races held a day later. Great Britain will be aiming to defend their title from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, but Australia had seemed to be the form team at the start of the year after claiming victory at an event in London in February. That was before Burke, Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy and Pete Kennaugh defeated their main rivals in their own country to take the world record at the World Championships in Melbourne. “It was the first time we had beaten the full Australian line-up since Beijing and I think it was very important that we did that before the Olympics,” said Burke, who was not involved in the team pursuit at the last Olympics but won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. “I’d had shingles a few weeks before we raced them in London and a few of us were still getting our track legs. “But one of the Australian riders said they would have traded beating us in London for us beating them in their own back yard. “To do that did give us confidence.” The team’s new world record of three minutes 53.295 seconds surpassed the mark set by Great Britain in Beijing, but even that was only enough to secure victory by the narrowest of margins over Australia in Melbourne. And Burke thinks they will have to break that world record again if they are to win gold at the Olympics. “I won’t think about the fact that we are the favourites,” said the 24-year-old. “I think we will have to break the record again. The Aussies are going to improve their pace. “We know we are going to have to do it again to win gold.” Burke is joined by Thomas, Clancy, Kennaugh and Andy Tennant in Great Britain’s endurance squad for the Olympics and one will ultimately miss out on a place on the track. It would be something of a surprise, though, if the selectors made any change to the quartet that won in Melbourne. Burke also competed in the kilometre time trial at the World Championships, finishing 10th in a hotly contested event. That discipline is not currently an Olympic event but Burke could be interested in taking part if it is introduced in Rio in 2016. “I think a lot of people are interested in it now because they might be bringing it in for Rio,” he said. “It would depend on how things are with the team pursuit.”

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East Lancashire's Olympic dynamic dozen

4:31pm Wednesday 4th July 2012

The biggest sporting event event is just 23 days away – and East Lancashire will have 12 stars taking place at the Greatest Show on Earth. Here ANDY CRYER takes a look at the local heroes...

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Colne cyclist Steven Burke named in Olympic squad

11:26am Thursday 14th June 2012

COLNE cyclist Steven Burke has been named in the Team GB cycling squad for the London 2012 games.

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