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Bith and the great cyclist
Alison Shanks (born 13 December 1982) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing. -
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life
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begining cycling
Shanks began cycling in 2005, and soon enjoyed success. -
2006 commonwealth games
After more than five years competing for the Otago Rebels in the National Bank Cup netball, she competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she finished fourth in the pursuit. -
commonwealth games 2010
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Shanks won a gold medal for the Cycling Track 3000m Individual Pursuit Women. She just nudged out Wendy Houvenaghel of Northern Ireland with a time of 3:30.875.