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Recipient of an OAM 2008 After a very bad cycling accident at the World Cup in January 2008 Meares broke her neck, but made an astonishing come back to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Meares made it through to the final ride-off for gold against Great Britain’s Victoria Pendleton, where she received the silver medal. 2004 At the Olympic Games in Athens, meares won a gold medal, and set a new world and Olympic record in the Women's 500 metre time trial of 33.952 seconds, becoming also the first woman n history to ride under 34 seconds. Meares also won a bronze medal in the Women's 200m Sprint event in Athens At the Time Trial World Titles in Melbourne Meares claimed the title of Women's World time trial champion, and won silver for the sprint event. Mears also won the 2004 World Cup Time Trial in Sydney. 2001 Meares was awarded the Australian Junior Women's Track Cyclist of the Year.