TEAM GB zoomed to their 11th gold of Paris 2024.
The women’s team sprint trio broke the world record TWICE in a week in reaching the Olympic final – then took top spot when it mattered most.
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Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell confirmed their domination of the event by beating surprise finalists New Zealand at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome outside the French capital.
The victory boosted Team GB’s hopes of finishing in the top five nations at this summer’s Games, which end on Sunday.
Earlier, Germany stunned the Netherlands to snatch the sprint-trip bronze medal.
Mexico beat China in the play-off for fifth-spot.
And Poland pipped Canada in the battle to see who finishes seventh and eighth.
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Great Britain set a new World and Olympic record of 45.472 seconds in the women’s team sprint during the qualifying round at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome outside Paris.
In the first Olympic race with three riders and 750 metres of flat-out sprinting for the women, Katy Marchant hit out hard on her first lap, but Sophie Capwell appeared to slip slightly out of turn one, but she recovered quickly. With an extra shot of adrenaline, she closed the gap to the early leaders New Zealand and launched Emma Finucane, who put in a blistering final lap to get past the Kiwis.
New Zealand started as the second team and broke the Olympic record at 45.593 seconds.