Australia won Olympic Gold on Wednesday night in the Men's Team Pursuit final after a closely fought race against Great Britain. Sam Welsford, Oliver Bleddyn, Conor Leahy and Kelland O’Brien rode to a time of 3:42.067 in the final, a couple of seconds off their own World Record time of 3:40.730, set in an earlier round.
Gold in Paris is surely the result of years of tireless hard work in the Team Pursuit event for the Australian men. It was their first Olympic Team Pursuit title since 2004, and Games in Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo have passed since that victory on the boards of the Athens Velodrome.
