Track cyclist Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain celebrates after winning the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men's individual pursuit first round at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing on August 16, 2008.[Agencies]

BEIJING -- Britain's Bradley Wiggins beat Hayden Roulston to win the Olympic track men's pursuit gold medal at the Olympic Games on Saturday.

Roulston took the silver and Briton Steven Burke got the bronze after beating Russian Alexei Markov.