On August 11 the first set of medals was decided on the Rio Olympic track. The title of Olympic champion was to be settled in the men’s team sprint. The first day’s program was shortened: between the qualifying and the final rounds of the medal event, only the qualifying of the men’s and women’s team pursuit was held. More on that later; now, before we talk about the race itself, let’s get to know the team sprint.
In the sprint qualifying itself, the British team won with an Olympic record of 42.562, cementing its status as main favorite. But in the race for a place in the final, against the Germans, New Zealand improved the record the British had just set, to 42.535, creating great intrigue before the gold final between them.
11 August 2016
2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)
Men Team Sprint 1st Round
GREAT BRITAIN
HINDES Philip
KENNY Jason
SKINNER Callum
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA
After the preliminary rounds, the bronze and gold finals took shape:
France – Australia (for bronze)
New Zealand – Great Britain (for gold)
In the bronze final, as expected, the French won.
In the gold final the British confirmed their favorite status, winning with a new Olympic record of 42.440!
11 August 2016
2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)
Men Team Sprint
1st : GREAT BRITAIN
HINDES Philip
KENNY Jason
SKINNER Callum
2nd : NEW ZEALAND
DAWKINS Edward
MITCHELL Ethan
WEBSTER Sam
3rd : FRANCE
BAUGE Gregory
D’ALMEIDA Michael
PERVIS Francois
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA
So Great Britain opened the gold medal list on the Rio track!
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Special thanks to the Japanese photographer Yuzuru SUNADA for permission to use his works in our publications.
Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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