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The Guardian - UK
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Emma Finucane hopes wide velodrome in Paris can unlock gold medal dream

Team GB track sprinter Emma Finucane takes a selfie
Emma Finucane: ‘As long as I do everything right, then everything is possible … I just want to make everyone proud.’ Photograph: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com/Shutterstock

Emma Finucane hopes the world’s widest velodrome may be the key to unlocking her gold medal ambition at Paris 2024.

“It’s a much bigger velodrome,” the Team GB rider said of the Siberian pine track at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Versailles. “It’s a metre wider than any other track, which means you get more momentum off the banking from the top.”

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