Editing Clara Hughes (section)

===Cycling===
[[File:Clara Hughes 2011 Tour of the Gila.jpg|thumb|left|Hughes on 2011 Tour of the Gila]]
Hughes, an 18-time Canadian national cycling champion, won the silver medal at the 1995 [[World Cycling Championships]] (time trial).

She participated at the [[1991 Pan American Games|1991]], [[1995 Pan American Games|1995]], 1999 and [[2003 Pan American Games]] and won eight Pan American Games medals.  A participant at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990]], [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994]] and [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], Hughes won gold in the time trial (road, 2002), bronze in the points race on the [[velodrome]] (2002), and silver in the 50&nbsp;km team time trial (1994, with [[Alison Sydor]], [[Anne Samplonius]], and Lesley Tomlinson).<ref name="GROOM2013">{{cite book |author=GRAHAM GROOM |title=THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NezwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA296 |year=2013 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-291-57638-2 |pages=296–}}</ref>

Hughes participated in the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics]], winning two bronze medals at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], in the individual road race and the individual time trial. These were the second and the third ever medals in road cycling for Canada, after [[Steve Bauer]]'s silver medal at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], and the first medals in cycling for a Canadian woman.<ref name=TorStar-2012-06-22 /> As of 2011, these were the only three cycling medals for Canada.<ref name=TorStar-2012-06-22 />

A four-time participant of the women's [[Grande Boucle|Tour de France]], Hughes has won the [[Women's Challenge|1994 Women's Challenge]] and the [[Liberty Classic|1995 Liberty Classic]].

Hughes served as a commentator for cycling events for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s coverage of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>CBC Television, ''Olympic Prime'', August 20, 2008</ref>

In November 2010, she announced a comeback, indicating her desire to race at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/article/891846--olympian-clara-hughes-making-a-comeback-for-2012-london-games?bn=1 |location=Toronto |work=The Star |first=Randy |last=Kman |title=Olympian Clara Hughes making a comeback for 2012 Games |date=November 17, 2010}}</ref> At the 2011 Pan American Championships, Hughes won the individual time trial and road race, both by a big margin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/2011/05/news/clara-hughes-beats-stevens-and-neben-to-win-pan-am-games-time-trial_171391 |title=Clara Hughes beats Stevens and Neben to win Pan Am games time trial |publisher=Velo News |date=2011-05-06 |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/panamerican-road-championships-cc-1/road-race/results/ |title=Hughes solos to victory, earns second Panamerican gold |publisher=Cycling News |date=2011-05-08 |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> In May 2011, she took first in the [[Tour of the Gila]], winning two stages. In July 2011, she finished first in the inaugural [[Crusher in the Tushar]] in Beaver, Utah. At the Chrono Gatineau time trials in May 2011, she finished first among an international slate of riders.<ref>[http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/2012/05/20/chrono_gatineau_time_trials/ "Hughes wins Chrono Gatineau Time Trial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311080229/http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/2012/05/20/chrono_gatineau_time_trials/ |date=March 11, 2016 }}, Canadian Press, May 20, 2012</ref> In June 2012, she was selected to become part of Canada's 2012 London Olympics team, as one of four in cycling, with two other women and a man.<ref name=Hesjedal-Hughes-join-2012Olympics /> She finished 32nd, with the peloton, in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|road race]]<ref>CTV, TSN 2012 London Olympics, airdate: July 29, 2012, circa 10h45am EDT</ref> and finished 5th in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|road time trial]] at the 2012 Olympics.<ref>CTV, SportsNet 2012 London Olympics, airdate August 1, 2012, circa 8:40am</ref>