French cyclists win gold, silver at U-23 road worlds

 　　COPENHAGEN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- French cyclist Arnaud Demare won gold on the fouth day of the UCI U-23 Road World Championships Friday.

　　Another Frenchman Adrien Petit grabbed¹ the silver medal.

　　Demare and Petit had solid performance in the last sprint² on the uphill finish, bringing a double victory to France that also became the fifth member of the goldclub,while Britain's Andrew Fenn got bronze.

　　Besides, Lucy Garner³ from Britain won the first Road Race World Champion 2011 for women's junior in the morning's race.

　　In the medal standing⁴ after four days and seven races, Australia still leads with two gold and two bronze medals, and Britain have now got five medals.

　　The host Denmark also had a wonderful performance so far, standing in the fourth place with one gold, one silver and one bronze medals.

　　Two more road races for junior men and elite⁵ women will be held in in Rudersdal, north of Copenhagen, on Saturday.

1 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

2 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

3 garner   

v.收藏；取得

参考例句：

• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
• Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。