Britain’s sprinters continued their flying start to life in the Paris velodrome with men’s team silver, but were powerless to stop an awesome Netherlands trio retaining their Olympic title.
After Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant had taken a dazzling gold in the women’s event on opening night, the men’s trio of Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin guaranteed themselves a shot at gold with victory over Germany in the previous round, but always faced a tall order against the Dutch.
