Great Wall inspires Swiss Cancellara

Olympic gold medalist Fabian Cancellara said the Great Wall of China gave him inspiration as he powered his way to two medals at the Beijing Games.

"This wall was giving me the power and the strength because when you see more than 5,000 km of this wall and the hard work they had to do this," the Swiss cyclist said on Wednesday, after winning his second road cycling Olympic medal.

"Maybe this was a sign that I had to do the same and I did the same," added Cancellara, who rode the 47.3km race in just over one hour and two min.