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Matthew Southcombe

Geraint Thomas settles for bronze in Commonwealth Games time trial after early crash scuppers hopes of gold

Geraint Thomas had to settle for bronze after an early crash ruined his chances of gold in the men's individual time trial at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Welshman's eagerly anticipated duel with Aussie, and eventual gold medallist, Rohan Dennis was over within two minutes when Thomas misjudged an early corner and clipped the barriers, which sent him tumbling to the tarmac.

It cost him around 30 seconds and, at the time of the incident, commentator Chris Boardman said: "That's it at this level. He can't recover from this, surely. Not at this level."

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