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Laura Weislo

'I set the stakes high' - Emma Finucane, British women and Danish men team pursuiters smash world records at European track championships

Picture by Olly Hassell/SWpix.com - 02/02/2026 - Cycling - 2026 UEC Track Elite European Championships - Konya Velodrome, Konya, Türkiye - Women's Sprint Qualifying - Emma Finucane (Great Britain) after the Women's Sprint Qualifying 200m flying start setting a new world record of 9.759.

British riders broke records three times on day two of the UEC Track European Championships in Konya, Turkey on Monday, with sprinter Emma Finucane smashing the flying 200-metre mark set by China's Yuan Liying and the women's team pursuit squad regaining the 4,000 metre record after losing it to Germany at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Finucane shaved 0.223 seconds off the flying 200m mark, setting a time of 9.759 seconds on the same track where Liying became the first woman to break 10 seconds when she set her record of 9.976 seconds at the Nations Cup in 2025.

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