BRITISH sprinter Emma Finucane achieved her aim of breaking the women’s flying 200m track world record at the 2026 European Track Championships today.

The 23-year-old became just the third woman to go under 10 seconds when she clocked a time of 9.759 seconds in qualifying for the individual sprint in Konya, Turkey, eclipsing Chinese rider Yuan Liying’s 9.976 in the process.

Finucane said: “I set the stakes high, I let everyone know that I wanted to break this world record and I think every girl coming into this competition wanted to take the opportunity too.

“I was really nervous, I was really nervous to execute the perfect ride and I think I pretty much went out there and did everything I possibly could technically and to come away, to look at the board and see 9.759 and break the world record is unbelievable, I just can’t believe it.”

The British quartet of Millie Couzens, Katie Archibald, Josie Knight and Anna Morris later broke the world record for the women’s team pursuit when they clocked 4:03.634 in qualifying.