Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamakwikwi eOlympics akatanga kudzivirira zita rake mukutsvaka mumwe nomumwe, achikwanisa nenguva yemaminitsi mana nemasekondi 15.031, achiputsa rekodhi yake yeOlympic kubva muna 2004. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira akakunda Alexander Serov wekuRussia, asati atora goridhe mumakwikwi ekupedzisira naHayden Roulston weNew Zealand, achiva mutasvi wekutanga kudzivirira zita rekutsvaga kweOlympic kubudirira. Akanga ari mutezo wechikwata chaitevera
iro rakaputsa chinyorwa chenyika mumakwikwi acho nenguva yemaminiti matatu nemasekonzi 55.202. Zuva rakatevera racho, chikwata chacho chakakunda menduru yegoridhe, chichikunda Denmark nemasekonzi 6,7 nechimwe chinyorwa chitsva chenyika chemaminitsi matatu nemasekonzi 53,314, avhareji yekumhanya ye1. Akasangana naCavendish muMadison, uye semakwikwi enyika anotonga, vaifarirwa menduru yegoridhe, asi vakapedza vari vapfumbamwe bedzi. Cavendish akanzwa kuti Wiggins akanga asina kuita zvakanakisisa zvaaigona muMadison.