Great Britain go into the 2024 Olympic Games looking to uphold their status as the preeminent track cycling nation of the 21st century, having topped the medal table at every Olympics since their ground-breaking display in Beijing in 2008.
Britain as a sporting nation had a middling Olympic pedigree until that point but a revolution in the funding system has heralded a gold rush, with GB finishing no lower than fourth in the overall medal table from Beijing onwards. Cycling has been a central part of that era, and in particular track cycling, which offers a host of events – and therefore medals – and the sort of environment where equipment counts for a lot and the money could be used to win the technological arms race. They’ve also tasted success in the past four Games in road cycling, mountain bike, and BMX, albeit more sporadically.
