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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands won the gold medal of the women's cycling road race at the Rio Olympic Games here on Sunday.
Breggen clocked a winning time of three hours 51 minutes and 27 seconds to take the glory.
Emma Johansson of Sweden took the silver, while the bronze medal went to Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy.
A total of 68 cyclists featured in the route for the 2016 Rio Olympic women's cycling road race, which covers a distance of 136.9 kilometers as it begins and ends at Fort Copacabana.
