The Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome outside Paris is considered to be a fast track, but a perfect storm of low barometric pressure, high temperatures and humidity and the intensity of the 2024 Olympic Games competition sent the world records plummeting on Monday.
Since the women are only three years into having a three-rider, 750-metre team sprint and the first Olympics in the new format, the record was expected to be challenged. However, by the end of the night, Great Britain's trio had slashed the new world record to a stunning 45.186 en route to the gold medal.
