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The Independent UK

Emma Finucane powers Wales to gold in British show of force in Commonwealth Games team sprint

Wales took gold ahead of British friends and foes in the team sprint in Glasgow - (PA)

Emma Finucane had already collected three quarters of what she labelled her ‘Oscars’ haul. In Glasgow, she added the final golden statuette – and delivered a performance worthy of the occasion.

The 23-year-old struck Commonwealth Games gold to add to previous victories at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and she did so with the sort of dramatic flourish usually reserved for the closing scene of a blockbuster.

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