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From left, Britain's Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell pose with the gold medal of the women's team sprint event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, August 5, 2024, in Paris, France
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TEAM GB’s long-awaited return to the women’s team sprint battle at an Olympic Games ended with gold as Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell broke the world record three times on a perfect night.
After failing to even qualify in this event since London 2012, Team GB set a new benchmark in every round, the last of them a time of 45.186 seconds which saw them beat New Zealand by five tenths of a second to claim Britain’s first ever Olympic women’s team sprint medal.
“It doesn’t get much better than that,” said Marchant, the 31-year-old who flew the women’s sprint flag alone for Britain in Rio and Tokyo.
