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When Judith Arndt crossed the finish line to win the silver medal in the women’s road cycling race Sunday, she might have celebrated. Instead, she signaled with her middle finger. After the International Cycling Federation had fined her the equivalent of $165 in Swiss francs for “incorrect behavior while crossing the finish line,” she said her gesture had been directed at the German Cycling Federation. Its sin, said Arndt, had been in leaving sprinter Petra Rossner off the team. “If Petra was there, we would have raced differently, more aggressive,” Arndt said. “Petra is the best sprinter, and maybe we would have had gold.”