{"id":5021,"date":"2008-08-25T13:50:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2020-09-14T14:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T19:16:33","slug":"mcconneloug-races-her-seven-to-seventh-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/mcconneloug-races-her-seven-to-seventh-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"McConneloug Races Her Seven to Seventh in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5022 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/080825_mary_beijing_2.jpg\" alt=\"Mary McConneloug in Beijing\" width=\"250\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mary McConneloug (team Kenda-Seven Cycles) road to an impressive seventh place finish in the Olympic mountain bike competition in Beijing this weekend. Her result made her the top American finisher among both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams. Crossing the line with hands clasped above her head and face pointed to the sky, Mary was obviously pleased with her effort and result.<\/p>\n<p>The heat of the day and challenging racecourse took their toll, forcing even some considered medal favorites to abandon the competition. But Mary road a smart and calculated race, moving up from 13th to 7th place lap by lap.<\/p>\n<p>McConneloug is a four-time U.S. National Champion and two-time Olympian. Her Seven Sola mountain bike has served her flawlessly the entire time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/080825_mary_beijing_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5023 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/080825_mary_beijing_1.jpg\" alt=\"Mary McConneloug in Beijing\" width=\"250\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/080825_mary_beijing_1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/080825_mary_beijing_1-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From all of us at Seven Cycles, congratulations Mary!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.velonews.com\/article\/82255\/spitz-wins-scorcher-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more coverage and see pictures on Velonews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary McConneloug (team Kenda-Seven Cycles) road to an impressive seventh place finish in the Olympic mountain bike competition in Beijing this weekend. Her result made her the top American finisher among both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams. Crossing the line with hands clasped above her head and face pointed to the sky, Mary was obviously &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/mcconneloug-races-her-seven-to-seventh-in-beijing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;McConneloug Races Her Seven to Seventh in Beijing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5,9,681],"class_list":["post-5021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-press","tag-team-kendasevenno-tubes","tag-team-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11794,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions\/11794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}