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Chittagong Vikings 186 for 4 (Nabi 46*, Malik 40) beat Comilla Victorians 183 for 3 (Latif 76, Shehzad 40*) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsChittagong Vikings, helped along by knocks from Mohammad Nabi and Shoaib Malik, executed a brilliant chase of 184 to upend Comilla Victorians in front of a packed home crowd. The win put the team in the top four, while Comilla were left at the bottom of the points table after their sixth defeat of the tournament.Two important partnerships - first between Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque, and then between Malik and Nabi - got them close to the target before Nabi coolly blasted sixes off Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Saifuddin to finish the chase with four balls to spare.With 17 required off two overs, Tanvir removed Shoaib Malik for a 25-ball 38 and ended the 64-run fourth-wicket stand, off the first ball of the penultimate over.Pressure rose through dot balls but Nabis high six over square-leg and single off the last ball kept Chittagong ahead with eight needed off the last over. Mashrafe Mortaza gave the ball to Saifuddin, who had conceded 30 runs in his previous three overs, and Nabi edged him for a four off the first ball. The next ball was slammed for a six over long-on, Nabis second in an innings of 46 off 24 balls which also included five fours.Dwayne Smith had given Chittagong a rapid start by hitting five boundaries within the first eleven deliveries of the chase. Mashrafe Mortaza trapped him leg-before in the third over but Comilla missed a chance to take more control in the game when Imrul Kayes failed to hold on a catch at deep square-leg, offered by Tamim on 5.Tamim went on to add 62 runs for the second wicket with Anamul Haque, and both batsmen kept pace with the required run rate. Tamim, who made 30 off 27 balls, fell to Ryan ten Doeschate in the 10th over, and in the bowlers next over, Anamul was dismissed for 40 off 30 balls, leaving Chittagong with a target of 81 runs in 8.2 overs.Malik and Nabi took time to settle before taking 25 runs off the 15th and 16th overs. Comilla also fielded poorly, letting straight balls go through for fours on the off side on two occasions.Earlier, Comilla put up their highest score in the tournament, 183 for 3, thanks to two 50-plus partnerships. Khalid Latif was the common factor: he shared a 68-run second-wicket stand with Imrul Kayes, who made 36 off 26 balls, before adding 70 for the third wicket with Ahmed Shehzad.Latif found his groove in the stand with Imrul, hitting his first six over midwicket, while Imrul struck three fours and a six before being run out by Tamim off a direct hit from mid-off. Latif then clattered Nabi for three sixes over square-leg and long-on in the 14th over. Shehzad, meanwhile, helped Comillas final flourish with five boundaries in his unbeaten 40. Latif was run-out in the last over for 76 off 53 balls, which included six fours and five sixes. 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But it seems they dont train for years and then at the Olympics they kill every nation.In interviews with several British riders, the answer was always the same: massive investment of resources, hard work and the Olympics as their singular focus every four years.Start with the finances at their disposal.After an embarrassing showing at the 1996 Atlanta Games, where Team GB failed to win a single track cycling medal, the country began funneling proceeds from its national lottery into the program. Millions of dollars were invested in infrastructure and talent identification.New velodromes and training centers were built. Stars were born.Four years later, Britain won gold, silver and two bronze medals in Sydney. Four years after that came two gold medals in Athens. And by the 2008 Beijing Games, Britain was atop the table.Its team won seven gold medals that year, seven more at the 2012 London Games and, when combined with the six won in Rio, has won 20 of the past 30 gold medals available at the Olympics.The lottery funding is a big part of it, said Jason Kenny, who won three gold medals in Rio to push his career total to six. It allows us to focus entirely on winning medals.The money also helps to fund the Secret Squirrel Club, named after the Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the 1960s, a group of scientists and high-performance experts who have turned out technological marvels that give Britain an edge. Among them are paints developed with F1 teams Mercedes, McLaren and Red Bull that allow bikes to slip through air quicker, skinsuits from adidas with specialized ribbing to improve efficiency, and aerodynamic helmets that are unlike anything worn by other teams.Still, all that money and technology would be wasted if not for the talent.dddddddddddd.Over the past two decades, Britain has built up its grassroots cycling program to give young and aspiring riders a chance to compete. Those who show the most promise graduate to different levels in the British system, from junior academies to senior academies to the Olympic Podium Program.The name itself tells you the value they place on the Summer Games.By that point, athletes are full-time cyclists based at the national training center in Manchester, their day job essentially to train for the Olympics. Among those who have gone through the program are Kenny, his fiancee and four-time Olympic champion Laura Trott, and former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, who returned to track cycling to win his fifth gold medal in Rio.I always thought how special London was. I went there without any expectations, so to win two golds was just incredible, Trott said, and then I thought, `How on earth am I going to top that? We believe in ourselves and in our team. Everything here just snowballs.The snowball hits its maximum speed every four years, and thats by design.Britain routinely struggles at major events such as the world championships in intervening years, only to pop up and dominate the Olympics. One French coach mused they must bring out magic wheels every four years, and Vogel went so far as to call them cannon fodder at the world championships.It only underscores the belief among some that there is something out-of-bounds going on.I dont know how they do it. I cant explain it, said Russian rider Denis Dmitriev. They have a secret. Who knows what it is? But yeah, theyre always best at the moment.British pursuit star Joanna Rowsell-Shand said the point is to peak for the Olympics, not for the world championships or any other competition. Four years are spent sharpening themselves to a razor-fine edge, even if it means sometimes embarrassing results elsewhere.Thats quite a hard thing to go to world championships and know youre not at your top form, she said. Even at worlds this year, we knew there was more to come for the Olympics.The resulting medal haul has left rivals feeling a mixture of awe and envy, often left to race for silver and bronze medals at the sporting event that means the most to them.I think they are doing it right, Vogel said. I just want to know what they are doing. ' ' '