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Rio track racing, night 1: Team pursuit heats up as world records fall
- Updated: August 12, 2016
Home » News » Rio track racing, night 1: Team pursuit heats up as world records fall
It was British night at the track, and it seems there will be more to come.
Team GB topped both of Thursday’s events. First it rode a cohesive, controlled, and above all fast women’s team pursuit to set a new world record in the discipline, then its men’s sprint trio routed New Zealand to take home track racing’s first gold medal of these Rio Olympic Games.
Women’s pursuit heats up
Great Britain’s Katie Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, and Joanna Rowsell-Shand teamed up to beat the world record mark set by Australia in February 2015, clocking a 4:13.260. Minutes later, the United States stepped up for their own ride with the pressure of chasing a new world record.
The U.S. squad of Sarah Hammer, Kelly Catlin, Chloe Dygert and Jennifer Valente started fast, more than a second faster than Great Britain after the first kilometer, but were slowly wound back by a GB team that finished fast. In the end, the U.S. women were slightly off the pace and slotted into second place, 1.026 seconds off Great Britain’s pace. The reigning world champions expect to knock some time off their qualifying effort.
“That’s what we expected,” Hammer said of the British world record. “It’s going to get even faster.” …
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