SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) – The Netherlands set a new world record in the men’s team sprint as they set up a gold-medal showdown against Britain later on Tuesday at the National Velodrome. Roy van der Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland rocketed around three-lap race in 41.191 seconds — beating their previous world best […]
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SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) – The Netherlands set a new world record in the men’s team sprint as they set up a gold-medal showdown against Britain later on Tuesday at the National Velodrome.
Roy van der Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland rocketed around three-lap race in 41.191 seconds — beating their previous world best of 41.225.
Britain’s trio of Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin also impressed in their first-round heat with a time of 41.819.
Australia and France will contest the bronze medal.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)