Australia’s staff pursuit males have certified on the high of the rankings on the Paris Olympic Video games, carefully adopted by Nice Britain.
The Australia quartet got here near setting a brand new world file of their experience on the St Quentin en Yvelines velodrome on the outskirts of Paris, with a time of three:42.958 for the 4,000m occasion.
The world file, set by Italy on the Tokyo Olympics, is 3:42.032.
Nice Britain’s quartet of Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wooden, Dan Bigham and Ethan Vernon additionally put in a positive experience, operating Australia shut with a time of three:43.241. Different groups that certified within the high 4 and are subsequently in a position to compete for a gold or silver medal have been reigning Olympic champions Italy, and Denmark (who gained silver in Tokyo) in fourth and third locations respectively.
Italy specifically had a rollercoaster qualifying experience, beginning out shortly however practically dropping their third man, Simone Consonni, in direction of the tip and having to carry on for that qualifying time.
The fifth to eighth spots – groups which can be solely in a position to compete for bronze – went to France, New Zealand, Belgium and Canada.
The German and Japanese groups each didn’t qualify.
The staff pursuit competitors continues tomorrow with the ladies’s qualifying and the lads’s first spherical, whereas the remaining occasions, together with the medal races, happen on Wednesday.
A number of data tumbled on what was a sweltering first night time within the velodrome, with Nice Britain’s ladies setting three world data within the staff dash, on their approach to profitable the primary accessible observe gold medal of the Paris Video games.
It was an exceptionally quick night, with a quick observe combining with excessive temperatures and low air strain.
Within the final Olympic Video games at Tokyo, Nice Britain certified in fourth place however have been knocked out within the first spherical after being caught by Denmark.
That was a race laden with incident, with the Danish third man ploughing into GB’s Charlie Tanfield because the Danes made the catch.
Nice Britain will probably be hoping for a smoother passage in direction of the medals finals this time spherical.
Paris Olympic Video games: males’s staff pursuit qualifying outcomes
1. Australia 3:42.958
2. Nice Britain 3:43.241
3. Denmark 3:43.690
4. Italy 3:44.351
5. France 3:45.514
6. New Zealand 3:45.616
7. Belgium 3:47.232
8. Canada 3:48.964
Not certified
9. Germany 3:50.083
10. Japan 3:53.489
