Cycling-Flying Finucane ready to reign in rainbow jersey at Track Champions League

Cycling - UCI World Championships 2023 - Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - August 9, 2023 Britain's Emma Finucane celebrates after winning the gold medal on the podium after the women's elite sprint final REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Emma Finucane was flying under the radar when she raced in last year's UCI Track Champions League but a year on she returns to Palma's velodrome unmistakable wearing a rainbow jersey after becoming Britain's latest sprint world champion.

The 20-year-old Welsh speedster blasted to gold at the world championships in Glasgow just over two months ago -- ending her country's 10-year wait for a women's sprint world champion.