AUGUST 4 • TRACK Ahmed, Tegenkamp stick together
Even after 25 laps and 28 minutes of up-and-down racing on the track at Olympic Stadium in London, there was no separating a pair of Badgers. Wiscon- sin junior Mohammed Ahmed and 2005 UW gradu- ate Matt Tegenkamp crossed the finish line sepa- rated by less than three seconds in what became a fast, yet tactical, 10,000 meters at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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AUGUST 4 • TRIATHLON Flat tire deflates Jorgensen's debut
A flat tire let the air out of Gwen Jorgensen's Olympic debut. The equipment issues on her bike relegated the University of Wisconsin alumna to a 38th-place finish in the triathlon at the Olympic Games in London, where she finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 34 seconds.
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