Olympics | Lavreysen untouchable as he powers to men's Olympic cycle sprint gold


  • World
  • Saturday, 10 Aug 2024

PARIS, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- World record holder, world champion and defending Olympic champion Harrie Lavreysen retained his Olympic title with a supreme display of sprinting to beat Matthew Richardson of Australia in the Olympic velodrome at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on the outskirts of Paris on Friday.

Lavreysen has been untouchable in the Games after setting a new world record in qualification and he gave Richardson no option.

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