Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Women's Team Pursuit - Gold Final - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan - August 3, 2021. Team Germany celebrate winning gold. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
TOKYO (Reuters) - Germany dethroned Britain's women as queens of the Olympic track team pursuit in brutal fashion on Tuesday, with a third world record in two days giving them an emphatic victory.
The fearsome foursome of Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke Kroeger almost caught Britain's quartet in the 4km final at the Izu Velodrome, stopping the clock at 4:04.242.
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