By Martyn Herman SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews completed an incredible week with gold in the women’s sprint at the National Velodrome on Sunday. Andrews outclassed Germany’s Lea Freidrich in the final, winning 2-0, to become the first woman from New Zealand to win the discipline at the Olympics. The 24-year-old also […]
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By Martyn Herman
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews completed an incredible week with gold in the women’s sprint at the National Velodrome on Sunday.
Andrews outclassed Germany’s Lea Freidrich in the final, winning 2-0, to become the first woman from New Zealand to win the discipline at the Olympics.
The 24-year-old also won the keirin on Thursday to deliver New Zealand’s first Olympic track cycling gold for 20 years, having already earned a silver in the team sprint.
Britain’s sprint world champion Emma Finucane beat Dutch rider Hetty van de Wouw to take the bronze — the 21-year-old’s third medal from her Games debut.
Finucane was the favourite going into the final day but was well-beaten by Andrews in the semi-finals.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Hugh Lawson)