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Rio 2016 gold medal (picture Rio 2016, Alex Ferro).jpgRio Olympics: Team GB men win team pursuit gold with World Record
Team GB have won team pursuit gold for the third Olympic Games in a row, setting a new World Record in the process - but Australia pushed them all the way in the final in Rio tonight. The victory means that Sir Bradley Wiggins moves ahead of Sir Chris Hoy as the country's most decorated Olympian.
The Australian quartet went out quickly, and at one point led the British riders by seven tenths of a second.
When they lost their fourth man with more than a kilometre remaining, a Team GB win looked a formality, with the defending champions now in front.
But inside the final two laps the British riders, by now down to three after Wiggins had swung off, were struggling to keep together.
In a storming final lap, it was Team GB who prevailed as Owain Doull, Steven Burke and Ed Clancy crossed the line together to win.
Earlier, Team GB's male track sprinters put in a storming performance in qualifying for the individual sprint, Callum Skinner setting a new Olympic record which lasted just minutes as the final man out, team mate Jason Kenny who is the defending champion, went quicker.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Is Wiggins asthmatic as he was puffing on an inhaler before the race?
At British Cycling you are issued your inhaler prescription when you pick up your kit.
'Asthma' is pretty much a pre-req to be an athlete these days
Ha ha! Turns out that he does suffer from asthma.
Got nervous when it got to 0.666s!
That was some tense stuff. Congratulations to all involved.
I'm not a Wiggins fan as such but he's pretty much legendary now. 16 years at the top of the game.
Get it right, Wiggins did not swing off in the final, he led them across the line.
Fantastic effort and a great win.
Congrats to team GB. Great race and it was defintily very exciting to watch.
Fabulous edge of the seat stuff, hard to watch.
But why no picture Road.cc?
Great stuff, but still not even a mention of the women's World Record??? sort it out Road.cc