Hughes seeing double -- two bronzes

 ATLANTA (CP) -- Canadian cyclist Clara Hughes was so exhausted after crossing the finish line in the women's time trial Saturday she was seeing double.
 In her case it was double bronze.
 Hughes, a native of Winnipeg who now calls Hamilton home, won a bronze medal -- almost two weeks after finishing third in the women's road race on the second day of the Summer Olympics.
 "I gave everything I had, I didn't have an ounce left," said Hughes, a broad smile pasted on her face at a post-race news conference. "I had a friend who used to say they saw Elvis when they got in that zone.
 "I think I saw Elvis at the finish line."
 Russia's Zulfiya Zabriova won the race in 36 minutes 40 seconds. France's Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, winner of the women's road race, took the silver in 37 minutes flat. Hughes finished in 37:13.
 Hughes, 23, went out strong in the first half of the race, but faded slightly in the second part.
 But she said a crazed flag-waving fan who ran beside her brandishing a Canadian flag as she rode up a tough hill provided a much-needed boost.
 "That was great," said Hughes, who rode a new British-made bike called a Hotta. "I thought if this guy is running as fast up this hill as I was riding, I had better get going.
 "It was really good motivation because it was a tough hill."
 Hughes' second medal was the fifth by Canadian cyclists at the Centennial Games, second only to the rowers who had six. Prior to Atlanta, Canadians had won just four medals in Olympic cycling since 1896.
 Canadian cycling doesn't receive the support that teams like the Americans and Europeans. The United States for instance had a $7-million budget in preparing for the Olympics.
 "This is unbelieveable for Canadians, especially in cycling," said Hughes, adding she'll be around for the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. "I'm very motivated to give myself another four years."
 Spain's Miguel Indurain won the men's time trial, ahead of compatriot Abraham Olano and Britain's Chris Boardman.
 The women's time trial was a 26-kilometre race against the clock, while the men's was cycled over a distance of 52.2 kilometres, instead of the usual 40 kilometres. Each racer goes off individually, at 90-second intervals.
 Jackson, 37, of Nepean, Ont., rode the time trial despite having crashed in the road race on July 21. She received a deep cut to her right arm and tendon damage, but was completely healed for Saturday's race.
 Jackson rode the course in a time of a 38:50 to finish tied for ninth with Anna Wilson of Australia among a field of 25. Despite the top-10 finish, Jackson was disappointed with the outcome but happy to have ridden.
 "It was very hard. A difficult race," said Jackson, verging on tears. "I'm really excited to have finished the race just to be an Olympian because that chance was taken away from me."
 Eric Wohlberg of Sudbury, Ont. was the lone Canadian in the men's race, finishing 26th in the 40-man field.
 "It was a very hard course," said Wohlberg after his ride in steamy conditions through a trendy Atlanta neighborhood. "Normally time trial courses are flatter and this is the first time I've done a time trial of more than 40 kilometres and it became a matter of pacing yourself."
 Rain was a factor in the men's race, making the the most technical part of the course slick for the cyclists.
 Wohlberg said it was falling the heaviest in the section of the course where a number of women crashed two weeks ago during their road race.
 "It was necessary to back off a bit in the corners," he said. "I already crashed once this week."