Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Track - Men's Sprint - Quarterfinal - Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka, Japan – August 5, 2021. Jason Kenny of Britain. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Jason Kenny's hold on the Olympic sprint title is over after the British track cycling great was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dutch flier Harrie Lavreysen on Thursday.
The 33-year-old Kenny had battled his way through to the last eight after he needed a repechage win in the previous round, but was no match for world champion Lavreysen who powered past him for comfortable wins in both races.
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