Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Team Pursuit - Qualification - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 2, 2021. Franziska Brausse of Germany, Lisa Klein of Germany, Mieke Kroeger of Germany and Lisa Brennauer of Germany in action. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
IZU, Japan (Reuters) -Germany fired the opening salvo in the battle for women's team pursuit gold with a massive world record in qualifying as the Olympic track cycling programme began on Monday.
The German quartet of Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke Kroeger completed 16 laps of the Izu track in 4:07.307 to smash by nearly three seconds the record set by Britain when they won gold at the Rio Olympics.
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